SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional customers who use SOLIDWORKS MBD functionality, can automatically generate SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDF output using Convert Task.
This helps you define, organize, and publish 3D product and
manufacturing information (PMI), including 3D model data, in industry standard file
formats. This functionality enhances the integration between SOLIDWORKS PDM and
SOLIDWORKS MBD.
To generate SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDFs:
- In the Administration tool, on the left pane of the
Convert - Properties dialog box,
click Conversion Settings.
- Set Output file
format to 3D PDF - MBD
(*.pdf).
Assembly or Part
The Assembly and Part tabs let you define the themes and views to
publish in the output.
| Theme
for SW Assembly or Theme
for SW Part |
| 3D PDF Theme Path Full path to the folder that
contains the Theme.xml file. Do not include the
file name. If the theme file is in the vault,
Theme.xml and
additional theme content must be cached before the
task execution. If the theme file is present
outside the vault, it must be accessible to the
task host.
|
| Allow the user to change the theme
path Lets users
change the path of the theme file during the task
execution.
|
|
| Select
Views to include |
| 3D Views (Default.) Includes all captured
3D views except the current model view in the
output file.
|
| Primary Views Lets you select the primary views
like front, top, and back to include in the output
file.
|
| Allow the user to change this
setting Lets users
change the setting for the views during the task
execution.
|
|
Source file references
When the files being converted contain references, these options
control how to handle the references.
| Use the referenced version of the
referenced files ("as built") |
Uses version of referenced files
used
when
the file being converted was built. |
| Use the latest version of the
referenced files |
Uses the latest version of the
referenced files. |
| Allow the user to change this
setting |
Lets you change the default
settings. |