Many DWF users are also Buzzsaw users. Buzzsaw is one of Autodesk's service offerings in the area of Collaborative Project Management. I have often mentioned Buzzsaw on this blog. I used to work on Buzzsaw. Software Developer and SQL Database Specialist, Mike Callahan once noted: "You can take the man out of Buzzsaw, but you cannot take Buzzsaw out of the man." Actually the relationship between DWF and Buzzsaw continues to be a strong one. Buzzsaw manages the relationship of DWG and reviewer comments using DWF.
So with this relationship in mind, Director of Solutions Engineering, Natarajan Srinivasan, shared a Visual Basic script that can be used to download files, DWF included, from a Buzzsaw site. The steps to installing teh script include:
- Download ProjectPointAPIToolkit.exe.
- Execute ProjectPointAPIToolkit.exe to install some components.
- Download BuzzsawFileDownloader.zip.
- Unzip BuzzsawFileDownloader.zip.
To use the script:
BuzzsawFileDownloader.vbs SourceFolderPath DestintationFolderPath User Name Password Level ServerName
- Depth and ServerName are optional, if not specified depth of 2 and Production ServerName is used.
- SourceFolderPath : The Buzzsaw folder path to download. Example: {siteName}/{project1}/{Folder1}
- DestintationFolderPath : The local folder to download. Example : c:\{Download}
- User Name : The User Name.
- Password : The password for the given user name.
- Level : It can have values of 0,1 or 2.
- 0: The empty folder"
- 1: The source folder and its immediate contents"
- 2: The source folder and all its immediate contents and their contents until all folders/files are copied.
- Server Name : The URL of the server. Example: http://{serverName}:{portname}
The ability to share design data and track its changes electronically is one of the ways DWF goes beyond the paper. Thanks Natarajan!
--Scott
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