Once you get started, you will find more and more tasks that can be done more efficiently with keystroke macros/scripts (Color Properties being my most used macro).Ī few more AutoHotKey scripts under my belt, and I am back with version 1.1 of Alibre Part Export.

The key to keystroke programming, is to use the ALT key and the Alibre menu line drop down selections, as well as the TAB, ENTER and ARROW keys to accomplish task automation. AutoHotKey and Macro Express are an excellent combination to develop easy to use and power command automation in Alibre. While similar to VBScript and uses a Visual Basic style of command structure, it is a lot easier to use and very powerful. You can start a script by capturing a 'walkthrough' session, and then using the excellent help file, modify the capture to provide additional capabilities. AutoHotKey has excellent dialog box capabilities and a SmartGUI creation module, as well as the ability to capture scripts based on user keyboard and mouse actions. While I have been (and still am) an advocate for Macro Express, it lacks any sophisticated scripting dialog boxes. I have include the AutoHotKey original script (in case users need to change timing to suit their system performance), and a compiled exe version for those that do not want to install the AutoHotKey software on their system.ĪutoHotKey is FREE, and very powerful. Just manually export a single part file in the desired format, to the desired location, and all subsequent files processed by this script will follow suit with the same format and location. The nice part is that this script works for any export format.

This script is from JordanCClark's request for a rapid way to output a large number of Alibre Part file to STEP. This is a script that I wrote in AutoHotKey that will prompt the user with a file selection dialog for single or multiple Part files for Export, and will process those file(s).

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