Using caddsbatch
The operation of the Creo View Adapter for CADDS 5 involves utilizing a single command to publish CAD data. The form of command line is as follows:
caddsbatch [options] <cad_data>
A command line conversion has the following stages:
1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory containing the CAD data you want to convert.
For the purposes of this example, the directory is /users/guest/cadds_data/.
2. Type in the caddsbatch command, for example:
/users/guest/cadds_setup/caddsbatch -p output caddstest
In this example, the command line can be broken down in order from left to right as follows:
a. The setup directory containing the adapter configuration, followed by the command to convert the data:
users/guest/cadds_setup/caddsbatch
b. Option -p <output path> is shown as output. This is the name of the directory where the adapter places the converted data.
c. The CADDS 5 data to be converted is given as caddstest.
3. Press ENTER and caddsbatch is launched. When the command prompt returns, the conversion is completed.
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caddsbatch can publish more than one instance of CAD data at a time. To publish a list of CAD data, type all of the names on the command line separated by a space. Wildcards (asterisks *) can also be used, if the user is confident that the data returned will be correct.
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In most cases, only the directory name is required, as the adapter checks the contents of the directory to determine the CAD data to convert. The complete file names are only required when the directory contains two different types of CAD data, such as _db and _pd. CGOS names can also be used.
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4. You can now open the converted data output in the Creo View client.
