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Operations Guide Visual Enterprise Generator Version 7

PUBLIC Document Version: 1.0 – 2011-12-13

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1  2D Raster Graphics .............................................................................................................. 17 1.1  go_2d_flip .......................................................................................................................... 17 1.2  go_2d_tograyscale ............................................................................................................... 17 1.3  go_2d_getmetadata .............................................................................................................. 17 1.4  go_2d_open ........................................................................................................................ 17 1.5  go_2d_rotate ....................................................................................................................... 18 1.6  go_2d_save ......................................................................................................................... 18 1.7  go_2d_save_fittopreserveaspectratio ..................................................................................... 18 2  2D Vector/3D Graphics ........................................................................................................ 19 2.1  go_animation_setproperties .................................................................................................. 19 2.2  go_thumbnail_createanimated .............................................................................................. 19 2.3  go_object_assigndefaultmaterialtoall ..................................................................................... 20 2.4  go_cadsearchpath_add ......................................................................................................... 20 2.5  go_cadsearchpath_clear ....................................................................................................... 20 2.6  go_camera_setactiveparams ................................................................................................. 20 2.7  go_camera_setactivefov ....................................................................................................... 21 2.8  go_camera_setactiveview ..................................................................................................... 21 2.9  go_camera_setactiveprojectionmode ..................................................................................... 22 2.10  go_plugin_checklicense ....................................................................................................... 22 2.11  go_object_deselectall ........................................................................................................... 23 2.12  go_context_load .................................................................................................................. 23 2.13  go_context_save .................................................................................................................. 23 2.14  go_thumbnail_createstatic .................................................................................................... 23 2.15  go_fileformat_getall ............................................................................................................ 23 2.16  go_scene_get2dmodeflag ..................................................................................................... 24 2.17  go_scene_getexternalfile ...................................................................................................... 24 2.18  go_fileformat_getbyguid ...................................................................................................... 24 2.19  go_plugin_getguidandlicensestatus ....................................................................................... 24 2.20  go_object_getselectedsurfacearea ......................................................................................... 25 2.21  go_object_getselectedvolume ............................................................................................... 25 2.22  go_view_isorthographic ....................................................................................................... 25 2.23  go_layer_create ................................................................................................................... 25 2.24  go_layer_delete ................................................................................................................... 26 2.25  go_layer_rename ................................................................................................................. 26 2.26  go_layer_getall .................................................................................................................... 26 2.27  go_scene_getexternalfiles..................................................................................................... 26 

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2.28  go_scene_getmaterials ......................................................................................................... 27 2.29  go_material_assign .............................................................................................................. 27 2.30  go_material_getparams ........................................................................................................ 27 2.31  go_material_gettexture ......................................................................................................... 28 2.32  go_material_import ............................................................................................................. 29 2.33  go_material_setambientcolor ................................................................................................ 29 2.34  go_material_setdiffusecolor ................................................................................................. 29 2.35  go_material_setdoublesidedflag ............................................................................................ 29 2.36  go_material_setemissivecolor ............................................................................................... 29 2.37  go_material_setglossinesslevel ............................................................................................. 30 2.38  go_material_setopacitylevel ................................................................................................. 30 2.39  go_material_setoutlinethickness ........................................................................................... 30 2.40  go_material_setparams ......................................................................................................... 30 2.41  go_material_setreflectionlevel .............................................................................................. 31 2.42  go_material_setrefractionlevel .............................................................................................. 31 2.43  go_material_setspecularlevel ................................................................................................ 31 2.44  go_material_setspecularcolor ............................................................................................... 32 2.45  go_material_settexture ......................................................................................................... 32 2.46  go_material_setwireframelinewidth ...................................................................................... 33 2.47  go_scene_mergeduplicatematerials ....................................................................................... 33 2.48  go_scene_mergefile ............................................................................................................. 33 2.49  go_scene_mergetransformedfile ........................................................................................... 34 2.50  go_scene_getmetadata ......................................................................................................... 34 2.51  go_scene_open .................................................................................................................... 34 2.52  go_scene_openwithplugin .................................................................................................... 35 2.53  go_scene_openempty ........................................................................................................... 35 2.54  go_render_raytrace .............................................................................................................. 35 2.55  go_scene_removeexternalfile ............................................................................................... 36 2.56  go_object_removebytype ..................................................................................................... 37 2.57  go_object_removeselected.................................................................................................... 37 2.58  go_scene_removeunusedmaterials ........................................................................................ 37 2.59  go_scene_resettransform ...................................................................................................... 37 2.60  go_scene_save .................................................................................................................... 38 2.61  go_scene_getanimations ....................................................................................................... 38 2.62  go_scene_zoom ................................................................................................................... 38 2.63  go_object_selectall .............................................................................................................. 38 2.64  go_object_selectbymetadata ................................................................................................. 39 2.65  go_plugin_selectforfile ........................................................................................................ 39 2.66  go_camera_settodefaultview................................................................................................. 39 2.67  go_markup_setvisibilityforall ............................................................................................... 39 2.68  go_object_setmetadatawithtype ............................................................................................ 40 2.69  go_object_setmetadata ......................................................................................................... 40 2.70  go_object_setname .............................................................................................................. 41 2.71  go_viewport_setsize ............................................................................................................ 41 

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2.72  go_scene_setviewaxis .......................................................................................................... 41 2.73  go_setting_setfloat ............................................................................................................... 41 2.74  go_setting_setinteger ........................................................................................................... 42 2.75  go_setting_setstring ............................................................................................................. 42 2.76  go_viewport_setmetadata ..................................................................................................... 42 2.77  go_step_export .................................................................................................................... 43 2.78  go_step_getall ..................................................................................................................... 43 2.79  go_scene_transform ............................................................................................................. 43 2.80  go_viewport_getall .............................................................................................................. 43 2.81  go_viewport_setactive ......................................................................................................... 44 2.82  go_object_setvisibility ......................................................................................................... 44 2.83  go_scene_getxreferences ...................................................................................................... 44 2.84  go_render_zbuffer ............................................................................................................... 45 2.85  goc_bounding_box .............................................................................................................. 46 2.86  goc_hidden_wireframe ......................................................................................................... 47 2.87  goc_line_illustration ............................................................................................................ 48 2.88  goc_sceneproperties ............................................................................................................. 49 2.89  goc_shaded_illustration ........................................................................................................ 53 2.90  goc_shaded_vertices ............................................................................................................ 56 2.91  goc_shaded_wireframe ........................................................................................................ 57 2.92  goc_solid ............................................................................................................................ 58 2.93  goc_solid_outline ................................................................................................................ 60 2.94  goc_solid_wireframe ........................................................................................................... 62 2.95  goc_transparent ................................................................................................................... 63 2.96  goc_transparent_bounding_box ............................................................................................ 65 2.97  goc_transparent_bounding_box_outline ................................................................................ 66 2.98  goc_transparent_wireframe .................................................................................................. 67 2.99  goc_vertices ........................................................................................................................ 68 2.100  goc_wireframe .................................................................................................................... 69 3  File/Directory/Path .............................................................................................................. 70 3.1  do_directory_attributes ........................................................................................................ 70 3.2  po_path_combine ................................................................................................................ 70 3.3  do_directory_copy ............................................................................................................... 71 3.4  do_directory_create ............................................................................................................. 71 3.5  do_directory_delete ............................................................................................................. 71 3.6  do_directory_deletefiles ....................................................................................................... 71 3.7  do_directory_exists .............................................................................................................. 72 3.8  do_directory_getdirectories .................................................................................................. 72 3.9  do_directory_getfiles ........................................................................................................... 72 3.10  do_directory_move .............................................................................................................. 72 3.11  fo_file_findtext ................................................................................................................... 73 3.12  fo_file_append .................................................................................................................... 73 3.13  fo_file_getattributes ............................................................................................................. 73 3.14  po_path_buildfilename ......................................................................................................... 74 

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3.15  fo_file_copy ........................................................................................................................ 74 3.16  fo_fileordirectory_create ...................................................................................................... 74 3.17  do_directory_createworkspacetempdir .................................................................................. 74 3.18  fo_file_delete ...................................................................................................................... 75 3.19  fo_file_delete_with_retry ..................................................................................................... 75 3.20  fo_file_exists ...................................................................................................................... 75 3.21  fo_file_move ....................................................................................................................... 75 3.22  po_path_resolveunc ............................................................................................................. 75 3.23  fo_file_savefromstring ......................................................................................................... 76 3.24  fo_file_gettempname ........................................................................................................... 76 3.25  fo_file_unzip ....................................................................................................................... 76 3.26  fo_file_zip .......................................................................................................................... 76 4  Flow Control ....................................................................................................................... 77 4.1  er_stopprocessing ................................................................................................................ 77 4.2  for-each .............................................................................................................................. 77 4.3  if ........................................................................................................................................ 77 4.4  pause .................................................................................................................................. 77 4.5  set ...................................................................................................................................... 78 4.6  standarderror ....................................................................................................................... 78 4.7  standardterminatehandler ..................................................................................................... 79 4.8  variable .............................................................................................................................. 79 4.9  while .................................................................................................................................. 79 5  General Operations .............................................................................................................. 80 5.1  guid_createnew ................................................................................................................... 80 5.2  datetime_tostring ................................................................................................................. 80 5.3  email_send .......................................................................................................................... 81 5.4  rhz_extractvzxml ................................................................................................................. 81 5.5  http_download .................................................................................................................... 81 5.6  http_upload ......................................................................................................................... 82 5.7  log_add .............................................................................................................................. 82 5.8  log_message ....................................................................................................................... 82 5.9  log_save ............................................................................................................................. 83 5.10  xml_setvalue ....................................................................................................................... 83 5.11  serverproperties_getall ......................................................................................................... 83 5.12  xml_extract ......................................................................................................................... 83 5.13  task_resultsdocument_tomsmq ............................................................................................. 84 5.14  task_resultsdocument_tofile ................................................................................................. 84 5.15  pdf_headerfooter ................................................................................................................. 84 5.16  pdf_mergefiles .................................................................................................................... 85 5.17  pdf_templatemerge .............................................................................................................. 86 5.18  job_start ............................................................................................................................. 86 5.19  task_start ............................................................................................................................ 86 5.20  keyvaluepair_response_setvalue ........................................................................................... 87 5.21  os_shellexecute ................................................................................................................... 87 

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5.22  keyvaluepair_response_writetofile ........................................................................................ 87 5.23  keyvaluepair_trigger_loadfromfile ........................................................................................ 87 5.24  string_tokenize .................................................................................................................... 88 5.25  os_waitforosprocessexit ....................................................................................................... 88 5.26  xml_attributeadd ................................................................................................................. 88 5.27  xml_elementadd .................................................................................................................. 89 5.28  xml_elementcount ............................................................................................................... 89 5.29  xml_elementexists ............................................................................................................... 89 5.30  xml_escapestring ................................................................................................................. 90 5.31  xml_getattributevalue .......................................................................................................... 90 5.32  xml_xslttransform ............................................................................................................... 90 6  Import/Export Settings ......................................................................................................... 91 6.1  Right_Hemisphere_Binary_ExportOptions ............................................................................ 91 6.2  Autodesk_3D_Studio_ExportOptions .................................................................................... 94 6.3  Visual_XML_ExportOptions ................................................................................................ 94 6.4  XAML_ExportOptions ........................................................................................................ 95 6.5  DirectX_Model_ExportOptions ............................................................................................ 96 6.6  AutoCAD_Design_Web_Format_ExportOptions ................................................................... 96 6.7  DICOM_Image_ExportOptions ............................................................................................ 97 6.8  Open_Inventor_File_ExportOptions ...................................................................................... 97 6.9  SOFTIMAGE_XSI_ExportOptions ....................................................................................... 98 6.10  3ds_Max_File_ExportOptions .............................................................................................. 99 6.11  VRML_Worlds_ExportOptions .......................................................................................... 100 6.12  Visual_Design_Stream_ExportOptions ............................................................................... 100 6.13  LightWave_Scene_ExportOptions ...................................................................................... 103 6.14  JPEG_2000_JPC_ExportOptions ........................................................................................ 103 6.15  Rhinoceros_3D_Model_ExportOptions ............................................................................... 103 6.16  Office_Powerpoint_Document_ExportOptions .................................................................... 104 6.17  HTML_Document_with_3D_ExportOptions ....................................................................... 107 6.18  LightWave_3D_and_Binary_Object_ExportOptions ............................................................ 111 6.19  OpenFlight_Scene_Description_Database_ExportOptions .................................................... 111 6.20  Maya_ASCII_Scene_ExportOptions ................................................................................... 112 6.21  Adobe_Portable_Document_2D__with_template__ExportOptions ........................................ 113 6.22  Tagged_Image_File_Format_ExportOptions ........................................................................ 116 6.23  AutoCAD_Drawing_Object_ExportOptions ........................................................................ 116 6.24  Portable_Network_Graphics_ExportOptions ........................................................................ 116 6.25  Universal_3D_export_ExportOptions .................................................................................. 117 6.26  JPEG_2000_JP2_ExportOptions ......................................................................................... 117 6.27  Maya_Binary_Scene_ExportOptions ................................................................................... 118 6.28  Maya_Interchange_File_Format_ExportOptions .................................................................. 118 6.29  Stereolithography_File_ExportOptions ................................................................................ 118 6.30  Adobe_Portable_Document_3D_ExportOptions .................................................................. 119 6.31  Flex_Web_Application_ExportOptions ............................................................................... 125 6.32  JTPMI_Files_ExportOptions .............................................................................................. 129 

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6.33  Google_SketchUp_Document_ExportOptions ..................................................................... 130 6.34  Adobe_Portable_Document_2D_ExportOptions .................................................................. 130 6.35  Right_Hemisphere_Material_ExportOptions ........................................................................ 131 6.36  Computer_Graphics_Metafile_ExportOptions...................................................................... 132 6.37  AutoCAD_Drawing_Interchange_ExportOptions ................................................................. 132 6.38  OpenEXR_Bitmap_ExportOptions ..................................................................................... 133 6.39  JPEG_Image_ExportOptions .............................................................................................. 133 6.40  Wavefront_Object_ExportOptions ...................................................................................... 134 6.41  Caligari_trueSpace_Object_ExportOptions .......................................................................... 134 6.42  Right_Hemisphere_Binary_ImportOptions .......................................................................... 134 6.43  Autodesk_3D_Studio_ImportOptions .................................................................................. 135 6.44  CATIA5_Assembly_Files_ImportOptions ........................................................................... 135 6.45  Visual_XML_ImportOptions .............................................................................................. 137 6.46  DirectX_Model_ImportOptions .......................................................................................... 137 6.47  Caligari_trueSpace_Scene_ImportOptions ........................................................................... 138 6.48  Pro_ENGINEER_Drawing_files_ImportOptions.................................................................. 138 6.49  AutoCAD_Design_Web_Format_ImportOptions ................................................................. 139 6.50  Open_Inventor_File_ImportOptions .................................................................................... 139 6.51  Solid_Edge_Assembly_files_ImportOptions ........................................................................ 140 6.52  N3ds_Max_File_ImportOptions ......................................................................................... 141 6.53  MicroStation_CAD_Graphic_files_ImportOptions ............................................................... 141 6.54  VRML_Worlds_ImportOptions .......................................................................................... 142 6.55  Visual_Design_Stream_ImportOptions ............................................................................... 143 6.56  LightWave_Scene_ImportOptions ...................................................................................... 144 6.57  Rhinoceros_3D_Model_ImportOptions ............................................................................... 144 6.58  Autodesk_3D_Studio_Project_ImportOptions...................................................................... 145 6.59  Autodesk_3D_Studio_Material_ImportOptions.................................................................... 145 6.60  LightWave_3D_and_Binary_Object_ImportOptions ............................................................ 145 6.61  Pro_ENGINEER_Assembly_files_ImportOptions ................................................................ 146 6.62  OpenFlight_Scene_Description_Database_ImportOptions .................................................... 147 6.63  Maya_ASCII_Scene_ImportOptions ................................................................................... 147 6.64  Gerber_File_ImportOptions ............................................................................................... 147 6.65  Tagged_Image_File_Format_ImportOptions ........................................................................ 148 6.66  AutoCAD_Drawing_Object_ImportOptions ........................................................................ 148 6.67  Parasolid_Part_and_Assembly_Files_ImportOptions ............................................................ 150 6.68  AutoCAD_Sheet_Set_File_ImportOptions .......................................................................... 151 6.69  Points_File_ImportOptions ................................................................................................ 151 6.70  Maya_Binary_Scene_ImportOptions ................................................................................... 152 6.71  Maya_Interchange_File_Format_ImportOptions .................................................................. 152 6.72  Universal_3D_import_ImportOptions ................................................................................. 152 6.73  CATIA4_Part_Files_ImportOptions .................................................................................... 153 6.74  Collada_ImportOptions ...................................................................................................... 154 6.75  Step_Part_and_Assembly_files_ImportOptions.................................................................... 155 6.76  Pro_ENGINEER_Neutral_files_ImportOptions ................................................................... 156 

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6.77  SolidWorks_Drawing_files_ImportOptions ......................................................................... 157 6.78  Pro_ENGINEER_Part_files_ImportOptions ........................................................................ 157 6.79  Protein_Data_Bank_ImportOptions .................................................................................... 158 6.80  JTPMI_Files_ImportOptions .............................................................................................. 159 6.81  Inventor_Part_files_ImportOptions ..................................................................................... 160 6.82  Portable_Graymap_Heightfield_ImportOptions ................................................................... 161 6.83  NX_Parts_and_Assemblies_ImportOptions ......................................................................... 162 6.84  CATIA4_Assembly_Files_ImportOptions ........................................................................... 163 6.85  Google_SketchUp_Document_ImportOptions ..................................................................... 165 6.86  SolidWorks_Part_files_ImportOptions ................................................................................ 165 6.87  Bundled_RH___RHB_files_ImportOptions ......................................................................... 166 6.88  Bundled_RH___RHB_files_ImportOptions ......................................................................... 167 6.89  AutoCAD_Drawing_Interchange_ImportOptions ................................................................. 167 6.90  CATIA5_Drawing_files_ImportOptions .............................................................................. 168 6.91  Inventor_Assembly_files_ImportOptions ............................................................................ 169 6.92  Adobe_Portable_Document_ImportOptions ......................................................................... 170 6.93  CATIA5_Part_files_ImportOptions .................................................................................... 170 6.94  Solid_Edge_Part_files_ImportOptions ................................................................................ 172 6.95  Iges_Part_and_Assembly_files_ImportOptions .................................................................... 173 6.96  CATIA_Graphical_Representation_Files_CGR__ImportOptions .......................................... 174 6.97  JPEG_Image_ImportOptions .............................................................................................. 175 6.98  Wavefront_Object_ImportOptions ...................................................................................... 175 6.99  ACIS_Part_and_Assembly_files_ImportOptions .................................................................. 176 6.100  Caligari_trueSpace_Object_ImportOptions .......................................................................... 177 6.101  SolidWorks_Assembly_files_ImportOptions ....................................................................... 177 7  Metadata ........................................................................................................................... 179 7.1  filemetadata_extract ........................................................................................................... 179 7.2  filemetadata_extractmsoffice .............................................................................................. 179 7.3  filemetadata_extractxmp .................................................................................................... 179 8  Modules ........................................................................................................................... 180 8.1  ApplyModifier .................................................................................................................. 180 8.2  bomfactory ....................................................................................................................... 180 8.3  Clean_Scene ..................................................................................................................... 181 8.4  cm_createbommodelview ................................................................................................... 181 8.5  cm_removeunwantednodes................................................................................................. 181 8.6  cm_renametoplevelnode ..................................................................................................... 181 8.7  cm_setaxissystemcolors ..................................................................................................... 182 8.8  cm_setmetadataunit ........................................................................................................... 182 8.9  cm_setpmialwaysontop ...................................................................................................... 182 8.10  cm_setpmibillboarding ....................................................................................................... 182 8.11  cm_setpmilinecolor ........................................................................................................... 183 8.12  cm_setpmitextcolor ........................................................................................................... 183 8.13  cm_setpointcolor_style ...................................................................................................... 183 8.14  cm_wireframe ................................................................................................................... 184 

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8.15  cm_wireframe_color .......................................................................................................... 184 8.16  convertaitopsd ................................................................................................................... 184 8.17  CreateDVIS ...................................................................................................................... 184 8.18  ct_clippingplane_crosssection ............................................................................................ 184 8.19  ct_color_objects ................................................................................................................ 185 8.20  ct_converttodoublesided..................................................................................................... 185 8.21  ct_explodeobjects .............................................................................................................. 186 8.22  ct_healmodel_advanced ..................................................................................................... 186 8.23  ct_invertfaces .................................................................................................................... 186 8.24  ct_invertfacesandnormals ................................................................................................... 187 8.25  ct_invertnormals ................................................................................................................ 187 8.26  ct_joinequalpoints ............................................................................................................. 187 8.27  ct_randomizeobjects .......................................................................................................... 187 8.28  ct_realight ......................................................................................................................... 188 8.29  ct_reducemodel_advanced.................................................................................................. 190 8.30  ct_remove_degenerate_triangles ......................................................................................... 191 8.31  ct_remove_duplicate_faces................................................................................................. 191 8.32  ct_remove_duplicate_materials ........................................................................................... 191 8.33  ct_remove_duplicate_meshes ............................................................................................. 191 8.34  ct_remove_invisible_polygons ........................................................................................... 191 8.35  ct_removeinternalparts ....................................................................................................... 192 8.36  ct_removesmallparts .......................................................................................................... 192 8.37  ct_separatemesh ................................................................................................................ 192 8.38  ct_unifynormals ................................................................................................................ 193 8.39  ct_uvmapping ................................................................................................................... 193 8.40  dgnhierarchyxml ............................................................................................................... 195 8.41  ill_advancedsettings ........................................................................................................... 195 8.42  ill_render .......................................................................................................................... 198 8.43  jtassociatepmi ................................................................................................................... 200 8.44  jthierarchyxml ................................................................................................................... 200 8.45  NeutralXmlGenerator ........................................................................................................ 200 8.46  pdf_2d_picturing ............................................................................................................... 201 8.47  pdf_2d_picturing_serial ..................................................................................................... 201 8.48  pdf_merge ........................................................................................................................ 202 8.49  pdf_print_all_metadata ...................................................................................................... 202 8.50  pdf_print_metadata ............................................................................................................ 203 8.51  pdf_protect ....................................................................................................................... 203 8.52  pdf_xfdf_integrate ............................................................................................................. 204 8.53  pmi_settings ...................................................................................................................... 204 8.54  pmi_visibility .................................................................................................................... 204 8.55  regenerate_scene_thumbnails ............................................................................................. 205 8.56  remove_vzxml_hierarchy_cache ......................................................................................... 205 8.57  RunFileQuery 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8.59  setsceneunits ..................................................................................................................... 206 8.60  validate_and_fix_scene_hierarchy ...................................................................................... 206 8.61  validate_and_fix_scene_layers ........................................................................................... 206 8.62  validate_scene_hierarchy ................................................................................................... 206 8.63  validate_scene_layers ........................................................................................................ 206 9  Repository ........................................................................................................................ 207 9.1  ro_audit_addrecord ............................................................................................................ 207 9.2  ro_asset_removeexternalsystemid ....................................................................................... 207 9.3  ro_asset_removespecifiedexternalsystemid .......................................................................... 207 9.4  ro_asset_getdetailsbyexternalsystemid ................................................................................ 208 9.5  ro_asset_getancestorinstances ............................................................................................. 208 9.6  ro_asset_getancestorassetids ............................................................................................... 209 9.7  ro_asset_getexternalsystemid ............................................................................................. 209 9.8  ro_asset_getparentassetids .................................................................................................. 209 9.9  ro_asset_getderivativesforversion ....................................................................................... 210 9.10  ro_asset_setexternalsystemid .............................................................................................. 210 9.11  ro_manifest_convertversion................................................................................................ 210 9.12  ro_entitydatabag_deletevalue ............................................................................................. 211 9.13  ro_absoluteinstance_downloadmasterderivative ................................................................... 211 9.14  ro_asset_downloadmasterderivative .................................................................................... 211 9.15  ro_asset_downloadoriginalfile ............................................................................................ 212 9.16  ro_asset_getassetidfromexternalsystemid ............................................................................. 212 9.17  ro_asset_getdetails ............................................................................................................. 212 9.18  ro_file_scanforassetbuildinfo .............................................................................................. 213 9.19  ro_job_getcreatedassetversions ........................................................................................... 213 9.20  ro_derivative_download ..................................................................................................... 214 9.21  ro_derivative_getdetails ..................................................................................................... 214 9.22  ro_derivative_getstream ..................................................................................................... 214 9.23  ro_entitydatabag_getvalue .................................................................................................. 215 9.24  ro_absoluteinstance_getabsoluteinstancescreatedbyjob ......................................................... 215 9.25  ro_asset_getassetidandversionfromexternalsystemid ............................................................. 215 9.26  ro_asset_getmasterderivativeid ........................................................................................... 215 9.27  ro_file_download .............................................................................................................. 216 9.28  ro_filetype_getforfile ......................................................................................................... 216 9.29  ro_view_getname .............................................................................................................. 216 9.30  ro_job_getproperty ............................................................................................................ 216 9.31  ro_job_setproperty ............................................................................................................. 217 9.32  ro_asset_setmetadatavalue.................................................................................................. 217 9.33  ro_entitydatabag_setvalue .................................................................................................. 217 10  Scriptable Operations ......................................................................................................... 218 10.1  script_execute ................................................................................................................... 218 11  SOAP Web ....................................................................................................................... 219 11.1  webservice_methodinvoke ................................................................................................. 219 11.2  webservice_operationgenerator 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12  SQL Database ................................................................................................................... 220 12.1  database_executecommand................................................................................................. 220 13  Triggers ............................................................................................................................ 221 13.1  filetrigger .......................................................................................................................... 221 13.2  generictrigger .................................................................................................................... 221 13.3  simpletrigger ..................................................................................................................... 221 13.4  conversiontrigger ............................................................................................................... 221 

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1 2D Raster Graphics

1.1 go_2d_flip

Flips 2D images horizontally or vertically.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

direction string The direction to flip, must be horizontal or vertical. Possible Values

Horizontal horiz

Vertical vert

1.2 go_2d_tograyscale

Applies a grayscale mode to a 2D image.

1.3 go_2d_getmetadata

Extracts metadata information from an open 2D image.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

metadataobject metadataparameter2d The extracted image metadata.

outputfilepath filename An optional file to write the data to.

1.4 go_2d_open

Opens a 2D file so that other 2D operations can run.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The location of the 2d file to open.

width integer The width of the 2d file.

height integer The height of the 2d file.

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1.5 go_2d_rotate

Rotates an open 2D image in an anti-clockwise direction by the specified angle.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

angle integer The angle to rotate by, must be 90, 180 or 270. Possible Values

90 90

180 180

270 270

1.6 go_2d_save

Saves an open 2D image to a file in the specified format.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Specify where to save the file.

fileformat string The 2d file type. eg, 'jpg', 'bmp'.

width integer The width in pixels of the image.

height integer The height in pixels of the image.

1.7 go_2d_save_fittopreserveaspectratio

Saves an open 2D image to a file in the specified format and preserves both the aspect ratio of the image and the canvas size of the output.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Specifies the location to save the file.

fileformat string The 2d file type. eg, 'jpg', 'bmp'.

width integer The target width of the image.

height integer The target height of the image.

background integer The background color of the image.

transparency integer The background transparency level (0 is transparent, 100 is opaque).

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2 2D Vector/3D Graphics

2.1 go_animation_setproperties

Sets specific properties for an animation range.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

animationrangeindex integer The index of the animation range.

starttime float Start Time(secs).

endtime float End Time(secs).

fps float Frames Per Second.

2.2 go_thumbnail_createanimated

Creates an animated GIF file thumbnail from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

outputfilename filename Output animation filename (optional if stream is provided).

outstream stream Output stream (optional if filename is provided).

width integer Width of the GIF file.

height integer Height of the GIF file.

axis integer Rotation axis. Can be x, y or z.Possible Values

X 0

Y 1

Z 2

frames integer Number of frames in animation.

delay integer Delay between frames of animation in milliseconds.

antialiasing integer Anti-Aliasing. Possible Values

None 0

2 x 2 1

3 x 3 2

4 x 4 3

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2.3 go_object_assigndefaultmaterialtoall

Assigns the default material to all objects in a scene.

2.4 go_cadsearchpath_add

Sets additional search path for CAD plugins.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

path string Additional search path.

recurse boolean If true, check subdirectories for CAD files.

2.5 go_cadsearchpath_clear

Clears all additional paths for CAD plugins.

2.6 go_camera_setactiveparams

Sets the camera parameters for the the active camera.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Camera string Accepts space delimited list of floats in following order: 16 for camera node 3d 4x4 row-major matrix, 1 for FOV, 3 for camera position, 3 for camera target coordinates, 3 for camera up vector,1 for camera aspect ratio, 1 for camera zoom factor and finally followed by 0 if the camera is orthographic.

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2.7 go_camera_setactivefov

Changes the active camera's field of view binding (minimum, maximum, horizontal, vertical) and angle.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

mode integer The field of view mode constant. 0=min, 1=max, 2=horizontal, 3=vertical. Possible Values

Minimum from Width/Height 0

Maximum from Width/Height 1

Horizontally 2

Vertically 3

fov float Field of view value in degrees (0-90).

2.8 go_camera_setactiveview

Changes the view of the active camera to a pre-defined view.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

View integer The camera view. Possible Values

Orthographic Left 1159

Orthographic Right 1160

Orthographic Top 1161

Orthographic Bottom 1162

Orthographic Front 1163

Orthographic Back 1164

30° Isometric LTF 11051

30° Isometric LTA 11052

30° Isometric RTA 11053

30° Isometric RTF 11054

30° Isometric LBF 11055

30° Isometric LBA 11056

27° Isometric RBA 11057

27° Isometric RBF 11058

27° Isometric LTF 11059

27° Isometric LTA 11060

27° Isometric RTA 11061

27° Isometric RTF 11062

45° Isometric LBF 11063

45° Isometric LBA 11064

45° Isometric RBA 11065

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

45° Isometric RBF 11066

45° Isometric LTF 11067

45° Isometric LTA 11068

Dimetric RTA 11069

Dimetric RTF 11070

Dimetric LBF 11071

Dimetric LBA 11072

Dimetric RBA 11073

Dimetric RBF 11074

43°Trimetric LTF 11075

43°Trimetric LTA 11076

43°Trimetric RTA 11077

43°Trimetric RTF 11078

43°Trimetric LBF 11079

43°Trimetric LBA 11080

48°Trimetric RBA 11081

48°Trimetric RBF 11082

48°Trimetric LTF 11083

48°Trimetric LTA 11084

48°Trimetric RTA 11085

48°Trimetric RTF 11086

2.9 go_camera_setactiveprojectionmode

Toggles the perspective projection mode of the active camera.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

perspective boolean If true, set active camera projection mode to perspective, otherwise set to orthographic mode.

2.10 go_plugin_checklicense

Checks the licensing state of the specified plugin.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

pluginguid string GUID of plugin to check.

islicensed boolean Whether or not the plugin is licensed.

fileformatname string The name of the plugin file format, if found.

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2.11 go_object_deselectall

Clears the current object selection.

2.12 go_context_load

Loads the saved settings from an .xml file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The path to the file containing the saved context.

2.13 go_context_save

Creates and saves an .xml file that contains the settings used at run-time.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Specifies where to save the file.

2.14 go_thumbnail_createstatic

Saves a scene as a 2D thumbnail file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

width integer The width in pixels of the 2d file.

height integer The height in pixels of the 2d file.

infilename filename The name of the input file.

instream stream Input stream.

outfilename filename The name of the thumbnail.

outstream stream Thumbnail stream.

result boolean Result of operation.

2.15 go_fileformat_getall

Returns a list of the file formats for all current SAP Visual Enterprise Generator plugins.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformats collectionparameter The collection of loaded plugins.

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2.16 go_scene_get2dmodeflag

Gets the current value of the 2d mode flag.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

current2dstate boolean Current value of 2d mode flag.

2.17 go_scene_getexternalfile

Gets an external file from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename string Name of the file in scene media folder.

outfilename filename The location of the file.

outstream stream Data stream.

2.18 go_fileformat_getbyguid

Gets the name of the file format matching a specified GUID.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

guid string File format/plugin GUID.

formatName string The name of the file format matching the specified GUID (if any).

2.19 go_plugin_getguidandlicensestatus

Retrieves the GUID and licensing status of a plugin using the file name of the plugin x3d file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

pluginfilename string Filename (without full path and including extension - for example test.x3d ) of the plugin.

pluginguid string GUID of specified plugin.

islicensed boolean Whether or not the plugin is licensed.

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2.20 go_object_getselectedsurfacearea

Returns the surface area of the selected objects in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

surface double Surface area of selected objects.

2.21 go_object_getselectedvolume

Returns the volume of selected objects.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

volume double Volume of selected objects.

invertedvolume double The volume of the selected objects subtracted from the volume of the bounding box for the selected objects.

boundbox double The volume of the bounding box for the selected objects.

2.22 go_view_isorthographic

Determines whether the the projection mode of a view is perspective or orthographic.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

ViewId integer The id of the view to check.

IsOrtho boolean True if the view is orthographic, otherwise false.

2.23 go_layer_create

Creates a new layer in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

name string Name of the new layer.

objectid integer ID of the created layer object.

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2.24 go_layer_delete

Deletes a layer from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

name string Name of the layer. This is used to find the layer if 'objectid' is not specified.

objectid integer ID of the layer object.

2.25 go_layer_rename

Renames a layer in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

name string Name of the layer.

objectid integer ID of the layer object.

newname string Name of the layer. This is used to find the layer if 'objectid' is not specified.

2.26 go_layer_getall

Extracts information for all layers in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

objectcollection collectionparameter A collection of objects describing the object id, name and style of each layer found in the scene.

2.27 go_scene_getexternalfiles

Gets a list of external files from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

listoffiles collectionparameter A list of external media files in the scene.

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2.28 go_scene_getmaterials

Lists all the materials in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materials collectionparameter List of materials in the scene.

scene_materials boolean Only list materials that are in use (applied to a mesh).

2.29 go_material_assign

Applies a specific material to the selected objects in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialname string Material name. Used to find the material if 'materialid' is not specified.

materialid integer Material object ID.

2.30 go_material_getparams

Gets the parameters for a particular material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

ambient integer Ambient light color.

diffuse integer Diffuse light color.

specular integer Specular light (reflection) color.

emissive integer Emissive light (glow) color.

opacity float Opacity of the material [0-100].

glossiness float Determines the model's highlighting [0-100].

speclevel float Intensity of the specular light [0-100].

reflection float Material's ability to reflect [0-100].

refraction float Determines how much light is bent when traveling through material [0-100].

doublesided boolean The double-sided attribute for the material.

rendoutlines boolean Render the thickness of outlines relative to the value of the 'linesvalue' parameter.

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linesvalue float Thickness of outlines if 'rendoutlines' parameter is set to True [0-100].

2.31 go_material_gettexture

Gets a specific texture definition for a specified material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

mapid integer Texture map id. Possible Values

Diffuse 0

Bump 1

Opacity 2

Reflection 3

Refraction 4

Specular 5

Ambient 6

Self Illumination 7

Specular Level 8

Glossiness 9

Ambient Occlusion 10

MAP #11 11

MAP #12 12

MAP #13 13

MAP #14 14

MAP #15 15

MAP #16 16

MAP #17 17

MAP #18 18

MAP #19 19

MAP #20 20

MAP #21 21

MAP #22 22

MAP #23 23

MAP #24 24

MAP #25 25

texture materialtextureparameter Material texture definition.

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2.32 go_material_import

Imports materials from an RHM file into the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Materials file.

materialsloaded collectionparameter A collection of objects describing the object id and name of each imported material.

2.33 go_material_setambientcolor

Sets the ambient color of a material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

ambient integer Material ambient color.

2.34 go_material_setdiffusecolor

Sets the diffuse color for a material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

diffuse integer Material diffuse color.

2.35 go_material_setdoublesidedflag

Sets the doublesided parameter for a material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

doublesided boolean Material double sided flag.

2.36 go_material_setemissivecolor

Sets the emissive color for a material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

emissive integer Material emissive color.

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2.37 go_material_setglossinesslevel

Sets the glossiness parameter for a material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

glossiness float Material glossiness level [0-100].

2.38 go_material_setopacitylevel

Sets the opacity level for a material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

opacity float Material opacity level [0-100].

2.39 go_material_setoutlinethickness

Sets the render outlines parameter for a material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

rendoutlines boolean Material render outline flag.

linesvalue float Material outline thickness [0-100].

2.40 go_material_setparams

Sets the parameters for a material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

ambient integer Ambient light color.

diffuse integer Diffuse light color.

specular integer Specular light (reflection) color.

emissive integer Emissive light (glow) color.

opacity float Opacity of the material [0-100].

glossiness float Determines the model's highlighting [0-100].

speclevel float Intensity of the specular light [0-100].

reflection float Material's ability to reflect [0-100].

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

refraction float Determines how much light is bent when travelling through material [0-100].

doublesided boolean The double-sided attribute for the material.

rendoutlines boolean Render the thickness of outlines relative to the value of the 'linesvalue' parameter.

linesvalue float Thickness of outlines if 'rendoutlines' parameter is set to True [0-100].

2.41 go_material_setreflectionlevel

Sets the reflection parameter of the material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

reflection float Material reflection level [0-100].

2.42 go_material_setrefractionlevel

Sets the refraction level parameter of the material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

refraction float Material refraction level [0-100].

2.43 go_material_setspecularlevel

Sets the specular level parameter of the material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

speclevel float Material specular level [0-100].

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2.44 go_material_setspecularcolor

Sets the specular color parameter of the material.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

specular integer Material specular color.

2.45 go_material_settexture

Sets a texture for a specific material .

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

materialid integer Material object id.

mapid integer Texture object id. Possible Values

Diffuse 0

Bump 1

Opacity 2

Reflection 3

Refraction 4

Specular 5

Ambient 6

Self Illumination 7

Specular Level 8

Glossiness 9

Ambient Occlusion 10

MAP #11 11

MAP #12 12

MAP #13 13

MAP #14 14

MAP #15 15

MAP #16 16

MAP #17 17

MAP #18 18

MAP #19 19

MAP #20 20

MAP #21 21

MAP #22 22

MAP #23 23

MAP #24 24

MAP #25 25

texture materialtextureparameter Material texture object.

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2.46 go_material_setwireframelinewidth

Sets wireframe line width for all materials in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

wireframelinewidth float Wireframe line width to be applied to materials (>0).

2.47 go_scene_mergeduplicatematerials

Merges any duplicate materials in the scene.

2.48 go_scene_mergefile

Merges the specified 3D or 2D vector file into the current scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Specifies the location of the file to merge with the current scene.

createfilenode boolean Specifies whether a containing node with the filename should be created.

objectpath collectionparameter Output parameter. List of paths for loaded objects.

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2.49 go_scene_mergetransformedfile

Merges the specified 3D or 2D vector file into the current scene, applying a transformation matrix to the imported geometry.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Specifies the location of the file to merge with the current scene.

transformationstring string Specifies the transformation matrix to apply to the imported geometry.

createfilenode boolean Specifies whether a containing node with the filename should be created.

objectpath collectionparameter Output parameter. List of paths for loaded objects.

partid integer PartId that will be written in the node's metadata and used for instancing. Should be numeric.

instanceid integer InstanceId that will be written in the node's metadata and used for instancing. Should be numeric.

instancename string Specifies the name that will be set on the new node(s). If empty will keep original node names.

assettypeid integer Type of asset (Part|Sub-assembly).

createastopnode boolean If true all existing nodes will be children of merged file.

2.50 go_scene_getmetadata

Extracts metadata information from the current scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

metadataobject metadataparameter The extracted scene metadata.

externalfiles collectionparameter External files.

2.51 go_scene_open

Opens a 3D or 2D vector file, creating a new scene (any existing scene is discarded).

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The location of the file to open.

createfilenode boolean Specifies whether a containing node with the filename should be created.

warnings collectionparameter A collection of warning messages returned from the plugin.

warningsareerrors boolean Specifies whether operation should fail when warning messages are returned from the plugin.

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2.52 go_scene_openwithplugin

Opens a 3D or 2D vector file with a specified plugin, creating a new scene (any existing scene is discarded).

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The location of the file to open.

plugin string The GUID of the plugin to use when opening.

createfilenode boolean Specifies whether a containing node with the filename should be created.

warnings collectionparameter A collection of warning messages returned from the plugin.

warningsareerrors boolean Specifies whether operation should fail when warning messages are returned from the plugin.

loadmetadataonly boolean Specifies whether operation should load only metadata in scene hierarchy, without any geometry.

2.53 go_scene_openempty

Creates an empty 3D scene. Use in conjunction with go_mergefile to create new scenes.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer If the AssetID is specified, the asset Id value will be set for the the empty scene.

2.54 go_render_raytrace

Saves a 2D view of a scene to a file using a raytrace rendering method.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

width integer The width in pixels of the 2d file.

height integer The height in pixels of the 2d file.

dpi integer Bitmap resolution (in DPI).

filename filename The name of the file.

fileformat string The 2d file format of the saved file.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

bitmapformat integer Bitmap format (bits/pixel). Possible Values

RGB [8 bit per channel] 24

RGBA [8 bt per channel] 32

RGB [16 bit per channel] 48

RGBA [16 bit per channel] 64

RGBA [floating point HDR image] 128

antialiasing integer Anti-Aliasing. Possible Values

None 0

Adaptive 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

6 x 6 6

7 x 7 7

8 x 8 8

filtertexturemaps boolean Filter Texture Maps.

forcetwosidedpolygons boolean Force 2-sided Polygons.

shadows boolean Shadows.

softshadows boolean Soft Shadows.

raytracereflections boolean Raytrace Reflections.

raytracerefraction boolean Raytrace Refraction.

multithreading boolean Raytrace Multi-threading.

2.55 go_scene_removeexternalfile

Removes an external file from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The name of the media file.

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2.56 go_object_removebytype

Removes all instances of a specific type of object from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

objecttype integer The type of object to remove. Possible Values

Object 1

Mesh 1

Material 2

Light 3

Camera 4

Bone 6

Markup 7

Procedural 8

2.57 go_object_removeselected

Removes the selected nodes from the scene.

2.58 go_scene_removeunusedmaterials

Removes any unused materials.

2.59 go_scene_resettransform

Resets transformation matrixes in all top level object to identity.

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2.60 go_scene_save

Saves the current scene to a file in the specified format.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Specifies where to save the file.

fileformat string The format to save the file in. eg. rh, 3ds.

options integer Objects to save: all, visible only or selected only. Possible Values

Save all 0

Save visible only 1

Save selected only 2

2.61 go_scene_getanimations

Retrieves all animation sequences in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

animationranges collectionparameter Holds the collection of animation sequences.

2.62 go_scene_zoom

Sets the scene's zoom factor.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Zoom integer The new zoom setting. Possible Values

Default View 0

View To Visible Objects 1

View To All Objects 2

View To Selected Objects 3

2.63 go_object_selectall

Selects or deselects all objects in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

select boolean True to select, false to deselect.

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2.64 go_object_selectbymetadata

Selects the first object (if any) in the scene that has the specified metadata value.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

name string Metadata name.

value string Metadata value.

category string Metadata category.

includehidden boolean Include hidden.

2.65 go_plugin_selectforfile

Selects the plugin to use to open a particular file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The file name to open.

stream stream Unused.

guid string GUID of selected plugin.

name string Name of selected plugin.

assemblyheirarchyxmltype string Unused.

enginefiletype string The graphics engine classification for this file. possible values ft3D, ft2D, ftTypeUnknown.

2.66 go_camera_settodefaultview

Sets the active camera view to the default camera position.

2.67 go_markup_setvisibilityforall

Shows or hides all markup elements.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Show Markups boolean True to show markups, false to hide markups.

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2.68 go_object_setmetadatawithtype

Sets a single user or system metadata property value on an object in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

ObjectPath string The path to the object for which this metadata will be applied. If unspecified, the metadata is applied to all top level objects in the scene.

SystemMetadata boolean True to set system metadata, False to set user metadata.

MetadataGroup string The metadata group/category.

MetadataProperty string The property key of the metadata being set.

MetadataType string The data type of the metadata being set.

MetadataValue string The property value of the metadata being set.

ObjectType integer When set to Node (0), metadata is attached to the object specified by the object path. When set to Reference (1) metadata is attached to all instances of the object specified by the object path. Possible Values

Node 0

Reference 1

2.69 go_object_setmetadata

Assigns the metadata key specified to a single object within a scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

objectpath string Path that uniquely identifies this object.

category string Metadata category.

keyname string Metadata key name.

keyvalue string Metadata key value.

objecttype integer Node: metadata is attached to the node determined by the object path. Reference: metadata is attached to all instances of the object. Possible Values

Node 0

Reference 1

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2.70 go_object_setname

Assigns a display name to a single object within a scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

objectpath string Path that uniquely identifies this object.

objectname string Name to be set.

2.71 go_viewport_setsize

Sets the size (in pixels) of the active viewport.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

width integer Required output width.

height integer Required output height.

2.72 go_scene_setviewaxis

Sets the view axis for the current scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

ViewUp string Defines the xyz-axis to be used for the up orientation of the scene.

ViewRight string Defines the xyz-axis to be used for the right orientation of the scene.

2.73 go_setting_setfloat

Sets the value of a plugin floating point setting.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

plugin string The name of the plugin.

key string The name of the setting.

value float The value to use.

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2.74 go_setting_setinteger

Sets the value of a plugin integer setting.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

plugin string The name of the plugin.

key string The name of the setting.

value integer The value to use.

2.75 go_setting_setstring

Sets the value of a plugin string setting.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

plugin string The name of the plugin.

key string The name of the setting.

value string The value to use.

2.76 go_viewport_setmetadata

Set a metadata field on a viewport.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

viewportobjectid integer The viewport object id.

category string The metadata category.

fieldname string The metadata field name.

fieldvalue string The metadata field value.

path string The metadata path.

subid string The SubId.

datatype string The data type.

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2.77 go_step_export

Exports a step or procedure from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

objectid integer Step or procedure ID.

filename filename Full path to the output file. Can be *.AVI or any other supported bitmap file format. In case of bitmap file this operation will create one file per frame of animation.

width integer Output width.

height integer Output height.

subtitles boolean Set to True to include subtitles.

result boolean Result of operation.

2.78 go_step_getall

Lists all the steps and procedures in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

procedures collectionparameter The steps and procedures found in the scene.

2.79 go_scene_transform

Applies the transformation information into an open scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

transformationstring string Specifies the transformation matrix.

replacematrix boolean TRUE to replace scene matrix, FALSE to multiply them.

2.80 go_viewport_getall

Extracts all views from scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

objectcollection collectionparameter Holds a collection of object names.

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2.81 go_viewport_setactive

Sets a viewport as the active viewport.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

name string Name of the viewport. Used to find the vieport if 'objectid' is not specified.

objectid integer ID of the viewport object.

2.82 go_object_setvisibility

Sets the visibility status for the selected objects.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

visible boolean The visibility status. True for visible, False for hidden.

recursechildren boolean Apply visible status recursively to child nodes.

2.83 go_scene_getxreferences

Extracts cross-reference information for all texture files associated with a scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

collection collectionparameter Holds a collection of cross-reference parameters.

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2.84 go_render_zbuffer

Saves a 2D view of a scene to a file using a Z-buffer rendering method.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

width integer The width in pixels of the 2d file.

height integer The height in pixels of the 2d file.

dpi integer Resolution of output image (in DPI).

filename filename The name of the file.

fileformat string The 2d file format of the saved file.

bitmapformat integer Bitmap format (in bits/pixel). Possible Values

RGB [8 bit per channel] 24

RGBA [8 bt per channel] 32

RGB [16 bit per channel] 48

RGBA [16 bit per channel] 64

RGBA [floating point HDR image]

128

rendermode integer The rendering mode. Possible Values

Bounding Box 1

Transparent bounding box 2

Transparent bounding box outline

3

Vertices 4

Shaded Vertices 5

Wireframe 6

Shaded Wireframe 7

Solid 8

Transparent 9

Solid Wireframe 10

Transparent Wireframe 11

Line Illustration 12

Solid Outline 13

Shaded Illustration 14

Hidden Wireframe 15

antialiasing integer Anti-Aliasing. Possible Values

None 0

2 x 2 1

3 x 3 2

4 x 4 3

renderadditnlitems boolean Render Additional Items.

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2.85 goc_bounding_box

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Bounding_box_of_all_objects integer No Description Provided.

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2.86 goc_hidden_wireframe

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Show_Back-Facing_Geometry boolean No Description Provided.

Outline_width float No Description Provided.

Lines_in_Line_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

Faces_in_Line_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

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2.87 goc_line_illustration

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Show_Back-Facing_Geometry boolean No Description Provided.

Outline_width float No Description Provided.

Outline_angle float No Description Provided.

Lines_in_Line_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

Faces_in_Line_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

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2.88 goc_sceneproperties

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Material_Override_Ambient integer No Description Provided.

none integer No Description Provided.

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values:

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Ambient_percentage float No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Specular boolean No Description Provided.

Environment_Gamma float No Description Provided.

Material_Override_Diffuse integer No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Use_Default_Material boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Back-Facing_Geometry boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing_angle_ float No Description Provided.

Outline_width float No Description Provided.

Show_Textures boolean No Description Provided.

Use_existing_lights boolean No Description Provided.

Global_ambient_color integer No Description Provided.

Bone_affect_area___Maximum__ integer No Description Provided.

Specular_percentage float No Description Provided.

Wire_grid integer No Description Provided.

Solid_grid_dark_cell integer No Description Provided.

Environment_Exposure float No Description Provided.

Material_Override_Emission integer No Description Provided.

N2D_Files_Background integer No Description Provided.

Output_Size_border__margin integer No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Vertex-cross_color integer No Description Provided.

Transparent_grid_dark_cell integer No Description Provided.

Viewport_labels integer No Description Provided.

Subdivision_control_mesh integer No Description Provided.

Y_axis integer No Description Provided.

Vertices_in_Vertices_mode integer No Description Provided.

Lines_in_Shaded_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

Default_material_emissive_color integer No Description Provided.

Default_material_diffuse_color integer No Description Provided.

Bounding_box_of_scene integer No Description Provided.

Position integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Auto 0

Offset 1

Absolute Position 2

Custom_Position float No Description Provided.

Border_of_selected_face integer No Description Provided.

Current_Auto_Position float No Description Provided.

Selection_highlight integer No Description Provided.

Bones integer No Description Provided.

Default_material_specular_color integer No Description Provided.

Bounding_box_of_all_objects integer No Description Provided.

Illustration_background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Cutting_plane integer No Description Provided.

Blur_Radius integer No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Image_Size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

64 64

128 128

256 256

512 512

1024 1024

2048 2048

Illustration_Viewport_labels integer No Description Provided.

Lines_in_Line_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

Render_Method integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Bounding box 1

Transparent bounding box 2

Transparent bounding box outline 3

Vertices 4

Shaded Vertices 5

Wireframe 6

Shaded Wireframe 7

Solid 8

Transparent 9

Solid Wireframe 10

Transparent Wireframe 11

Line Illustration 12

Solid Outline 13

Shaded Illustration 14

Hidden Wireframe 15

Global_illumination_color integer No Description Provided.

Material_Override_Specular integer No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Transparency boolean No Description Provided.

Double-sided boolean No Description Provided.

Opacity float No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Outline_angle float No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Light_type integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Lights 35

White Lights 35

Day Light 35

Hard Lights 35

Colored Lights Red/Green 35

Colored Lights Blue/Green 35

Blue Lights 35

Marsiano Lights 35

Cube Lights 35

CAD Optimized Lights 35

Single Light From Eye 35

Emission_percentage float No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Transparent_grid_light_cell integer No Description Provided.

Selected_faces integer No Description Provided.

Transparent_bounding_box integer No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Diffuse_percentage float No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Output_size_outer_area integer No Description Provided.

Non_Output_Size_area integer No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Use_Existing_Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow integer No Description Provided.

Bone_influence_area integer No Description Provided.

X_axis integer No Description Provided.

Bounding_box_of_selected_objects integer No Description Provided.

Illustration_detailed_view_border integer No Description Provided.

Faces_in_Line_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

Fog integer No Description Provided.

Lines_in_Solid_or_Transparent_mode integer No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Detailed_view_border integer No Description Provided.

Render_Exposure float No Description Provided.

Environment_Rotation float No Description Provided.

Render_Gamma float No Description Provided.

Bone_affect_area___Minimum__ integer No Description Provided.

Cross_section_outline integer No Description Provided.

Z_axis integer No Description Provided.

Solid_grid_light_cell integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Surface_normals integer No Description Provided.

Default_material_ambient_color integer No Description Provided.

Lines_in_Wireframe_mode integer No Description Provided.

Illustration_background_top integer No Description Provided.

2.89 goc_shaded_illustration

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Use_existing_lights boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing_angle_ float No Description Provided.

Use_Existing_Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Use_Default_Material boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Transparency boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Textures boolean No Description Provided.

Light_type integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Lights 35

White Lights 35

Day Light 35

Hard Lights 35

Colored Lights Red/Green 35

Colored Lights Blue/Green 35

Blue Lights 35

Marsiano Lights 35

Cube Lights 35

CAD Optimized Lights 35

Single Light From Eye 35

Specular boolean No Description Provided.

Global_ambient_color integer No Description Provided.

Global_illumination_color integer No Description Provided.

Show_Back-Facing_Geometry boolean No Description Provided.

Material_Override_Ambient integer No Description Provided.

Material_Override_Diffuse integer No Description Provided.

Material_Override_Specular integer No Description Provided.

Material_Override_Emission integer No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Outline_width float No Description Provided.

Outline_angle float No Description Provided.

Ambient_percentage float No Description Provided.

Diffuse_percentage float No Description Provided.

Specular_percentage float No Description Provided.

Emission_percentage float No Description Provided.

Lines_in_Line_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

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2.90 goc_shaded_vertices

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

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2.91 goc_shaded_wireframe

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

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2.92 goc_solid

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Use_existing_lights boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing_angle_ float No Description Provided.

Use_Existing_Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Use_Default_Material boolean No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Show_Transparency boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Textures boolean No Description Provided.

Light_type integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Lights 35

White Lights 35

Day Light 35

Hard Lights 35

Colored Lights Red/Green 35

Colored Lights Blue/Green 35

Blue Lights 35

Marsiano Lights 35

Cube Lights 35

CAD Optimized Lights 35

Single Light From Eye 35

Specular boolean No Description Provided.

Global_ambient_color integer No Description Provided.

Global_illumination_color integer No Description Provided.

Show_Back-Facing_Geometry boolean No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Use_existing_lights boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing_angle_ float No Description Provided.

Use_Existing_Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Use_Default_Material boolean No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Show_Transparency boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Textures boolean No Description Provided.

Light_type integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Lights 35

White Lights 35

Day Light 35

Hard Lights 35

Colored Lights Red/Green 35

Colored Lights Blue/Green 35

Blue Lights 35

Marsiano Lights 35

Cube Lights 35

CAD Optimized Lights 35

Single Light From Eye 35

Specular boolean No Description Provided.

Global_ambient_color integer No Description Provided.

Global_illumination_color integer No Description Provided.

Show_Back-Facing_Geometry boolean No Description Provided.

Outline_width float No Description Provided.

Outline_angle float No Description Provided.

Lines_in_Line_Illustration_mode integer No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

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2.95 goc_transparent

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Use_existing_lights boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing_angle_ float No Description Provided.

Use_Existing_Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Smoothing boolean No Description Provided.

Use_Default_Material boolean No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Show_Textures boolean No Description Provided.

Light_type integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Lights 35

White Lights 35

Day Light 35

Hard Lights 35

Colored Lights Red/Green 35

Colored Lights Blue/Green 35

Blue Lights 35

Marsiano Lights 35

Cube Lights 35

CAD Optimized Lights 35

Single Light From Eye 35

Specular boolean No Description Provided.

Global_ambient_color integer No Description Provided.

Global_illumination_color integer No Description Provided.

Show_Back-Facing_Geometry boolean No Description Provided.

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2.96 goc_transparent_bounding_box

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Transparent_bounding_box integer No Description Provided.

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2.97 goc_transparent_bounding_box_outline

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

Bounding_box_of_all_objects integer No Description Provided.

Transparent_bounding_box integer No Description Provided.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

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2.99 goc_vertices

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

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2.100 goc_wireframe

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Scene_Up_Axis integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Z 0

Y 4

No Change 6

Set_Grid_Mode integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

No Grid 0

Wire Grid 1

Solid Grid 2

Transparent Grid 3

Grid_size integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

1 x 1 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

7 x 7 7

10 x 10 10

15 x 15 15

Show_Scene_Bounding_Box boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Scene_Axes boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cameras_and_Lights boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Vertices boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Cross_Section boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Intersections boolean No Description Provided.

Shadow boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Markups boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Bones boolean No Description Provided.

Show_Depth_Cue boolean No Description Provided.

Background_top integer No Description Provided.

Background_bottom integer No Description Provided.

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3 File/Directory/Path

3.1 do_directory_attributes

Retrieves file system attributes for the specified directory.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

directoryname string The name of the directory.

readonly boolean True if the readonly flag is set for the directory, otherwise false.

archive boolean True if the archive flag is set for the directory, otherwise false.

system boolean True if the system flag is set for the directory, otherwise false.

hidden boolean True if the hidden flag is set for the directory, otherwise false.

compressed boolean True if the compressed flag is set for the directory, otherwise false.

creationtime string Returns the creation time as reported by the operating system.

lastwritetime string Returns the last write time as reported by the operating system.

3.2 po_path_combine

Creates a new path to a directory or file by combining two paths.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

basedirectory string The directory on which the new path is based. This must start with a drive letter or be a UNC path.

combinewith string The path to a file or directory. This must NOT start with a drive letter or be a UNC path.

resultpath string The combination of the base directory with the path to a file or directory.

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3.3 do_directory_copy

Copies a directory to a different destination. If 'overwrite' is set to true, existing files will be overwritten.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

from string The location of the directory to be copied.

to string The destination directory where the directory is to be copied to.

overwrite boolean Set to true to overwrite the files that already exist.

recurse boolean Set to true to copy sub-directories.

3.4 do_directory_create

Creates a file system directory.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

directoryname string Full path to the directory to create.

3.5 do_directory_delete

Deletes a file system directory.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

directoryname string The name of the directory to delete.

recurse boolean Set to true to recurse sub-directories.

3.6 do_directory_deletefiles

Deletes selected files from within a directory.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

directory string The directory where the files are going to be deleted.

pattern string The search pattern to match files that are to be deleted.

recurse boolean If True, recurse sub directories.

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3.7 do_directory_exists

Tests to see whether or not a directory exists.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

directoryname string The name of the directory that is to be tested for existance.

exists boolean True if the directory exists, otherwise false.

3.8 do_directory_getdirectories

Returns the names of all directories matching a search pattern in the specified directory.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

directory string The directory to search in.

match string The search pattern to use for finding directories.

recurse boolean Set to true to search sub-directories.

directories collectionparameter The matching directories found.

3.9 do_directory_getfiles

Returns the names of all files matching a search pattern in the specified directory.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

directory string The directory to search in.

match string The search pattern to use for finding files.

recurse boolean Set to true to search sub-directories.

files collectionparameter The matching files found.

3.10 do_directory_move

Moves a directory to a new location.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

from string The location of the directory to move.

to string The location to move the directory to.

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3.11 fo_file_findtext

Searches for text in a file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The file to look in.

texttofind string The text to find.

exists boolean True if the text was found.

3.12 fo_file_append

Appends data to a specified file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

data string String to be appended to the end of the file.

filename filename The file to write the data to.

3.13 fo_file_getattributes

Retrieves file system attributes for a specified file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The name of the file.

readonly boolean True if the readonly flag is set for the file, otherwise false.

archive boolean True if the archive flag is set for the file, otherwise false.

system boolean True if the system flag is set for the file, otherwise false.

hidden boolean True if the hidden flag is set for the file, otherwise false.

compressed boolean True if the compressed flag is set for the file, otherwise false.

length integer Returns the length of the file in bytes.

creationtime string Returns the file creation time as reported by the operating system.

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3.14 po_path_buildfilename

Builds a path from a combination of parts (directory, filename, filename without extension, extension, root)

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

FileNameParts filename The parts of the file name.

FileName string The built file name.

3.15 fo_file_copy

Copies a file. If 'overwrite' is set to true, any existing file will be overwritten.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

from filename The location of the file to be copied.

to filename The location the file is to be copied to.

overwrite boolean If true, the target file will be overwritten if it already exists.

3.16 fo_fileordirectory_create

Creates a new file system file or directory.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

isfile boolean Set to true if this is a file or false if a directory.

filename filename Full path to the file or directory to create.

3.17 do_directory_createworkspacetempdir

Creates a new temporary folder under a workspace folder and returns the full path.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tempfolder string Returns full path of the temporary folder under workspace folder.

uselocalworkspace boolean If true, the temporary folder will be created in the local workspace (on the local server), otherwise it will be created in the global workspace (in the Visual Enterprise Generator share).

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3.18 fo_file_delete

Deletes an file system file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The file to delete.

3.19 fo_file_delete_with_retry

Delete a file from disk, with exponential backoff on failure

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

FileName filename The file to delete.

MaxRetries integer Maximum number of retries.

3.20 fo_file_exists

Tests to see whether or not a file exists.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The name of the file that is to be tested for existence.

exists boolean True if the file exists otherwise false.

3.21 fo_file_move

Moves a file to a new location.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

from filename The location of the file to move.

to filename The location to move the file to.

3.22 po_path_resolveunc

Checks whether a UNC Path resides on a local drive, and returns the local path.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

uncpath string The UNC path to be resolved.

localpath string The local path if it could be resolved.

resolved boolean True if the UNC path could be resolved to a local path.

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3.23 fo_file_savefromstring

Saves a string to a file. If the file already exists it will be overwritten.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Output file name.

data string Data to save.

3.24 fo_file_gettempname

Generates a unique temporary file name. This operation replaces the 'namewithoutextension' part of the 'fromfilename' with a system generated GUID.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fromfilename filename The parameter that identifies a file name to base the temporary file name on.

tempfilename filename The generated temporary file name.

3.25 fo_file_unzip

Extracts ZIP archive to specified location.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The zip file to open.

location string The destination folder path.

3.26 fo_file_zip

Creates ZIP archive in the specified location.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

foldername string Folder with files that will be zipped.

searchpattern string File search pattern. Multiple patterns must be separated by semicolon (*.bmp; *.jpg). *.* will include all files.

includesubfolders boolean If true will add files from subfolders.

filename filename ZIP archive name.

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4 Flow Control

4.1 er_stopprocessing

Stops further processing.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

errmessage string Error message.

4.2 for-each

Performs specified operations for each object returned defined by an XPath expression. Note: One for-each operation cannot be the immediate child of another for-each operation.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

currentvalue object The current value of the foreach operation.

4.3 if

Processes one of two possible sets of child operations. The children of the 'then' branch are executed if the XPath condition evaluates to true, otherwise the children of the 'else' branch are executed..

4.4 pause

Pauses process execution for a specified number of seconds.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

seconds integer The number of seconds to pause.

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4.5 set

Sets the value of a variable in the process.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

name string The variable name.

value string The value to set the variable to.

4.6 standarderror

Captures errors that occur while processing an operation and then determines the course of action to take.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

stacktrace string Output parameter. Will be populated with a stack trace for diagnostic purposes.

raisedby string Output parameter. Will be populated with the name of the operation that raised (threw) the error.

message string Output parameter. Will be populated with the associated error message.

action string Input parameter, set to either 'raise', 'continue' or 'exit'. If raise then the error is thrown to the next level where it may be handled. If 'continue' Visual Enterprise Generator will continue processing the next operation. If 'exit' Visual Enterprise Generator will exit the process. Possible Values

raise raise

continue continue

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4.7 standardterminatehandler

Standard terminate handler

4.8 variable

Creates a process level global variable and sets its initial value.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

value string The value of the variable.

4.9 while

Processes its child operations repeatedly until the XPath condition evaluates to false.

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5 General Operations

5.1 guid_createnew

Creates a new GUID.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

createdguid string The created GUID.

5.2 datetime_tostring

Formats an input datetime string using the specified format string.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

inputstring datetime The input datetime to format. Set to 'now()' for current datetime or any valid datetime string format.

formatmask string The format mask, d = short date format, D = long date format, t = short time format, T = long time format, g = short date/short time. Search Microsoft help for 'Standard DateTime Format Strings' for more.

outputstring string The formatted output.

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5.3 email_send

Sends an email via an SMTP server.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

smtp string The address of the SMTP server that will send the email. eg. smtp.mydomain.com.

subject string The subject line of the email.

body string The body text of the email.

bodyformat integer The body format of the email. Possible Values

TEXT 0

HTML 1

from string The sender of the email. Some SMTP servers require that this is a valid email account on the SMTP server.

to string The email address(s) of the intended recipient of the email.

attachments string A semi colon delimited list of files to attach to the email message.

5.4 rhz_extractvzxml

Extracts the model.vzxml from the specified .RHZ file to specified file name.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

RhzFilePath filename RHZ File containing model.vzxml to extract.

OutputFilePath filename Fully qualified path to save the model.vzxml file to.

5.5 http_download

Download file from URL over HTTP protocol

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Url string Source URL.

FilePath filename Target file name.

StatusCode integer HTTP status code from download request.

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5.6 http_upload

Upload file to specified URL using HTTP protocol

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Url string Target URL.

FilePath filename Source file name.

ContentType string The MIME type of the file to be stored.

StatusCode integer HTTP status code from upload request.

5.7 log_add

Saves a message of a specified type to the log file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

autoflush boolean True if the log should be automatically flushed and closed when all child operations are complete. If False then Save and Close should be explicitly called.

filename filename The log file path.

level integer The level of message to record. 0=Error, 1=warning, 2=info. If 0 only logs error message, 1 will log warnings and error messages, 2 logs error, warning and info messages. Possible Values

Error 0

Warning 1

Info 2

5.8 log_message

Logs a message to the log file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

eventtype integer The type of error message, 'error' = 0, 'warning' = 1, 'info' = 2. Possible Values

Error 0

Warning 1

Info 3

message string The text to add to the log.

filename filename The external text file to add to the log if 'message' is not specified.

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5.9 log_save

Saves the log file to the specified location.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The log file path.

5.10 xml_setvalue

Sets a text value in an XML file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename XML file name.

propertyname string XPath expression to use to find node(s) to modify.

propertyvalue string Value to set as the node's inner text.

5.11 serverproperties_getall

Retrieves installation configuration information.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

smtp_server string Configured SMTP server.

GlobalWorkspace string Path to global farm workspace.

LocalWorkspace string Path to local server workspace.

InstallPath string Path where Visual Enterprise Generator is installed on the local server.

ServerId string Name of the processing engine running this process.

ServerVersion string Software version of the processing engine running this process.

5.12 xml_extract

Inserts the contents of an external XML document into the task results document.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The name of the XML file to read.

data collectionparameter The XML elements that were read from the file, in the same structure as in the file.

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5.13 task_resultsdocument_tomsmq

Enqueues the task results document to an MSMQ queue.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

queuename string The MSMQ queue name.

label string The MSMQ message label.

5.14 task_resultsdocument_tofile

Writes the XML task results document to an external file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

outputfile filename The name of the XML file to write the task results document to.

transformation string The name of the XSLT transformation file that will be used to format the XML (Optional).

5.15 pdf_headerfooter

Copies content of existing PDF and add header or footer.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

inputfile filename The location of the PDF template.

outputfile filename The resulting PDF file name path. Will be overwritten if already exists.

alignment string 'Left', 'Right', 'Center', 'Justify'. Where to align text in the header/footer.

pagenumbers boolean True if you want page numbers in header or footer.

headerorfooter string Placement on the document, 'HEADER' or 'FOOTER'.

textbefore string Text to be displayed before page number.

textafter string Text to be displayed after the page number. Valid only if pagenumbers = True.

lmargin integer Set left margin.

tmargin integer Set top margin.

rmargin integer Set right margin.

bmargin integer Set bottom margin.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

font string Font name and optional style to use as comma separated. The font name should be first, and the style(s) following. E.g. 'Arial,bold'. Valid style entries include 'normal', 'bold', 'italic', 'oblique', 'underline', 'line-through'.

fontsize integer Font point size.

5.16 pdf_mergefiles

Merges PDF files using iTextSharp library, with options to create a table of contents and set a header for each page.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filelist string List of files to be merged. Files must be separated by semicolon characters.

outfile filename The resulting PDF file name.

addtoc boolean Set to TRUE to add table of contents.

toctitle string Title of table of contents. This setting only applies if not using a table of contents template PDF document.

tocstartpercent integer The table of contents start. The percentage down the page (between 0 and 100) where the first table of contents row will begin. This setting only applies if a TOC template PDF is specified.

tocwidthpercent integer The table of contents width. A percentage of the width of the page (between 0 and 100). This setting only applies if a TOC template PDF is specified.

toctemplatefilename string Optional. A single page PDF document containing the table of contents to add to the output document.

totalpages integer The total number of pages in the resulting PDF file.

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5.17 pdf_templatemerge

Uses iTextSharp library to load the specified PDF template form and fill values for named fields.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

templatefile filename The location of the pdf template.

outputfile filename The output PDF file path. Will be overwritten if already exists.

fieldlist string A delimited list of field names and values.

namevaluedelimiter string The character between a field name and its corresponding value in the FieldList.

fielddelimiter string The character to separate name value pairs in the FieldList.

5.18 job_start

Starts a new job managed job.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

workflow string The name of the workflow to start a job for.

parentjobid integer The job ID of the parent job, if applicable.

name string The job name.

owner string The username of the job owner.

notification_email string The email address to notify when the job completes.

priority string The job priority (Normal, Low, High).

jobid integer The ID of the new job.

5.19 task_start

Sends single notification to initiate a process.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

queuename string The MSMQ queue name to send the notification to (Optional).

process string The name of the process to start.

processparams string The process trigger parameters, if any. Use the format <param1>value1</param1><param2>value2</param2>.

transactionalqueue boolean Whether or not the destination queue is a transactional queue.

priority string The priority of the process between 1 and 10, where 1 is the highest priority (Optional).

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5.20 keyvaluepair_response_setvalue

Sets a key/value pair to be used in a SimpleResponse file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Name string The name of the value.

Value string The value to set.

5.21 os_shellexecute

Executes a shell command.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

command string The path to the file to execute.

arguments string The arguments to the command to execute. Tokens of the form %NAME% in this string will be replaced with the values of the parameter NAME.

timeout integer The number of milliseconds to wait for the process to finish, after which the process will be terminated (0 = no timeout).

returncode integer The exit code returned by the executed command.

5.22 keyvaluepair_response_writetofile

Writes a set of simple (key/value pair) results to a specified file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

ResultsFile filename The destination file for the response.

5.23 keyvaluepair_trigger_loadfromfile

Reads a set of key/value pairs out of a file and stores the values in process variables.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

TriggerFile filename The path to a file containing trigger parameters to read.

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5.24 string_tokenize

Splits a string into tokens.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

inputstring string The input string.

delimiter string The token delimiter.

tokens collectionparameter A collection of tokens.

5.25 os_waitforosprocessexit

Waits for an operating system process to exit.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

processname string The name of the operating system process to wait for.

machinename string The host name or IP address of the machine that the operating system process is running on.

5.26 xml_attributeadd

Adds an attribute to an existing element in an existing XML file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

xmlfilepath filename The path to the XML file to modify.

attributename string The name of the attribute to add.

attributenamespace string The namespace of the attribute to add.

attributevalue string The value of the attribute to add.

elementxpath string The XPath expression identifying the element to add the attribute to.

namespacemappings string A pipe '|' separated list of prefix=namespace pairs.

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5.27 xml_elementadd

Adds an element to an existing XML file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

xmlfilepath filename The path to the XML file to modify.

elementname string The name of the element to add.

elementnamespace string The namespace of the element to add.

parentelementxpath string The XPath expression identifying the parent element of the element to be added.

elementposition integer An identifying the position of added element beneath its parent.

namespacemappings string A pipe '|' separated list of prefix=namespace pairs.

5.28 xml_elementcount

Returns the number of XML elements matched by an XPath expression.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

xmlfilepath filename The path of the XML file to read.

elementxpath string The XPath expression identifying the elements to find.

matchingelementcount integer The number of XML elements matching the XPath expression.

namespacemappings string A pipe '|' separated list of prefix=namespace pairs.

5.29 xml_elementexists

Returns whether an XPath expression can be resolved to a single XML element.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

xmlfilepath filename The path of the XML file to read.

elementxpath string The XPath expression identifying the element to find.

xmlelementexists boolean Returns whether the XPath expression matched a single XML element.

namespacemappings string A pipe '|' separated list of prefix=namespace pairs.

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5.30 xml_escapestring

Escapes invalid XML characters from the input string.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

input_string filename The input string.

output_string filename The escaped output string.

5.31 xml_getattributevalue

Adds an attribute to an existing element in an existing XML file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

xmlfilepath filename The path of the XML file to read.

elementxpath string The XPath expression identifying the element to find.

attributename string The name of the attribute to find.

attributenamespace string The namespace of the attribute to find.

attributevalue string The value of the attribute.

namespacemappings string A pipe '|' separated list of prefix=namespace pairs.

5.32 xml_xslttransform

Applies and XSLT transformation to an XML file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

xslt_filepath filename The path to the XSLT file to read.

input_filepath filename The path to the input XML file.

output_filepath filename The path to the output XML file.

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6 Import/Export Settings

6.1 Right_Hemisphere_Binary_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

compress boolean Compression.

animation boolean Export animation.

q_points integer Vertices quality. Possible Values

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

q_uv integer UV vertices quality. Possible Values

OFF 0

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

q_normals integer Normals quality. Possible Values

OFF 0

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

protect integer File protection. Possible Values

No 0

Conversion Protected

1

Read Only 2

measurements boolean Disable measurements.

viewports boolean Export viewports.

thm string Thumbnail. Possible Values

No thumbnail No thumbnail

32 X 32 32 X 32

48 X 48 48 X 48

64 X 64 64 X 64

72 X 72 72 X 72

80 X 80 80 X 80

90 X 90 90 X 90

100 X 100 100 X 100

120 X 120 120 X 120

128 X 128 128 X 128

150 X 150 150 X 150

180 X 180 180 X 180

200 X 200 200 X 200

encrypt boolean Password Encrypted.

watermark_action integer Watermark. Possible Values

Preserve 0

Add/Overwrite 1

Remove 2

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

watermark string Watermark file.

N7zip_Mode integer Compression mode. Possible Values

Very Fast -1

Fast 0

Normal 1

Best 2

N7zip_DicSize integer Dictionary size. Possible Values

32 KB 15

64 KB 16

128 KB 17

256 KB 18

512 KB 19

1 MB 20

2 MB 21

4 MB 22

8 MB 23

16 MB 24

32 MB 25

64 MB 26

128 MB 27

export_safe_form integer Saving solid objects. Possible Values

Only solid 0

Solid and mesh 1

Only mesh 2

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6.2 Autodesk_3D_Studio_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

e_UV boolean Texture coordinates.

e_ignoreUV boolean Remove UV scale and offset from materials.

e_saveh boolean Export hierarchy information.

e_savesmooth boolean Export smooth groups data.

e_matrix boolean Export local matrix.

e_lights boolean Export lights.

e_cameras boolean Export cameras.

e_defcameras boolean Export default camera.

6.3 Visual_XML_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

export_validate_xml boolean Validate XML.

export_using_memory_stream boolean Use memory streams.

export_rh_file_compression_level integer RH file compression. Possible Values

Very Fast -1

Fast 0

Normal 1

Best 2

export_generate_dsids boolean Generate Visaul Enterprise Generator Ids.

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6.4 XAML_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

e_root_element_type integer Root element type. Possible Values

Model3D 1

Viewport3D 2

e_animation_behaviour integer Animation behaviour. Possible Values

Play once 1

Repeat 2

e_copy_viewer boolean Include standalone viewer with model.

e_launch_viewer boolean Launch viewer after export.

e_back_materials boolean Export back materials.

e_default_lights boolean Export default lights.

e_use_quaternions boolean Use quaternions for rotation.

e_force_srt boolean Use scale/rotation/translation order for transformations.

e_viewport_max_width integer Max width.

e_viewport_max_height integer Max height.

e_tex_save boolean Save textures.

e_tex_existing integer Overwrite existing. Possible Values

Replace 0

Skip 1

Rename 2

e_tex_format integer Convert textures to. Possible Values

PNG - Portable Network Graphics

1

JPG - JPEG Image 2

TIF - Tagged Image File Format

3

BMP - Windows Bitmap Graphics

4

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6.5 DirectX_Model_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

ASCII boolean ASCII mode.

Materials boolean Export materials.

Templates boolean Export templates.

TopFrame boolean Add top level frame.

LeftHand boolean Flip coordinate system.

SaveSkin boolean Export skins.

SaveEmptyBones boolean Export empty bones.

NoBonesMesh boolean Export bones without meshes.

all_nodes boolean Export empty nodes.

MaxNodeName integer Maximum object name.

Normals boolean Export normals.

FlipNormal boolean Invert normals.

Textures boolean Texture coordinates.

e_maxpoly integer Maximum vertices in polygon.

6.6 AutoCAD_Design_Web_Format_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

DWFExportFormat integer Mode. Possible Values

Auto-select 0

3D model 2

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6.7 DICOM_Image_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

compression integer Compression. Possible Values

Raw data 0

RLE compression 1

color integer Photometric interpretation. Possible Values

Monochrome 1 0

Monochrome 2 1

RGB 2

6.8 Open_Inventor_File_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

Indent boolean Add indents.

Lights boolean Export lights.

Cameras boolean Export cameras.

DefCamera boolean Export default camera.

Normals boolean Export normals.

TxtCrd boolean Export texture coordinates.

Lines boolean Export polylines.

Materials boolean Export materials.

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6.9 SOFTIMAGE_XSI_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

SaveAsVersion integer Version. Possible Values

XSI 3.5 Realtime materials 0

XSI 3.5 Softimage materials 1

XSI 3.0 2

Materials boolean Export materials.

Textures boolean Export textures.

Normals boolean Export normals.

TopFrame boolean Add top level frame.

FlipNormal boolean Invert normals.

Indents boolean Add indents.

ExportPerVertexColor boolean Export per vertex color.

Change_Axes boolean Swap Y and Z axes.

UseNulls boolean Create dummy objects.

MakeCompatible boolean XSI 2.0 compatibility.

anim__rescale boolean Rescale animation.

anim__rescaletype integer Rescale type. Possible Values

Length (cs) 0

By percent 1

anim__setLengthTo float Centiseconds.

anim__rescalepercent float Percent.

anim__reverse boolean Reverse animation sequence.

anim__mergekeys boolean Remove redundant keys.

anim__sampleanimation boolean Sample animation.

anim__samplerate integer Sample frames.

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6.10 3ds_Max_File_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

e2m_triangulate boolean Triangulate.

e2m_normals boolean Export normals.

e2m_subd_mode integer SubD mode. Possible Values

Export control mesh 1

Export final mesh 2

e2m_use_skins boolean Export skins.

e2m_use_lights boolean Export lights.

e2m_use_cameras boolean Export cameras.

e2m_use_default_camera boolean Export default camera.

e2m_hide_dummies boolean Hide dummy nodes.

e2m_group_mode integer Group mode. Possible Values

Do not create 0

Create as opened 1

Create as closed 2

e2m_conv_inst_2_uniq boolean Convert instances to unique.

e2m_pass_metadata boolean Export metadata.

mpo_use_remote_server boolean Use remote 3ds Max DCom server.

mpo_remote_server_name string Remote 3ds Max DCom server name.

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6.11 VRML_Worlds_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

Type integer Version. Possible Values

VRML 1.0 1

VRML 2.0 2

Indent boolean Add indents.

e_flip boolean Flip coordinate system.

Lights boolean Export lights.

Cameras boolean Export cameras.

DefCamera boolean Export default camera.

Normals boolean Export normals.

TxtCrd boolean Export texture coordinates.

Lines boolean Export polylines.

Materials boolean Export materials.

e_maxpoly integer Max vertices in polygon.

6.12 Visual_Design_Stream_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

FileExpiration boolean File expiration.

ExpirationDays integer Days to expire.

MatrixType integer Accuracy. Possible Values

float 0

double 1

autodetect 2

MatrixTolerance string Tolerance.

TextureType integer Texture type. Possible Values

None 0

PNG 1

JPG 2

ColorsAsBytes boolean Colors accuracy.

WriteGlossinessAndSpecularLevel boolean Glossiness and Specular level.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

DetectMaterialInstances integer Detect material instances. Possible Values

NO 0

YES 1

YES + ignore material names 2

LODType integer Number of LODs. Possible Values

None 0

Points, low (every 16th) 1

Points, medium low (every 8th)

2

Points, medium (every 4th) 3

Points, medium high (every 2nd)

4

Points, high (every square root of 2)

5

Triangles, low (10%, 50%) 6

Triangles, medium (5%, 10%, 25%, 50%)

7

Triangles, high (5%, 10%, 25%, 38%, 50%, 75%)

8

LODMinVertices integer Minimum vertices in LOD.

SubmeshMaxTriangles integer Submesh triangle count.

SubmeshSplitTries integer Submesh split attempts.

PositionQuants integer Vertices quality. Possible Values

10% 256

20% 1024

30% 4096

40% 8192

50% 16384

60% 32768

70% 65536

80% 262144

90% 524288

100% 0

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

NormalQuants integer Normals quality. Possible Values

10% 359

20% 719

30% 1439

40% 2879

50% 5759

60% 11519

70% 23039

80% 32768

90% 65536

100% 0

TexCoordQuants integer UV vertices quality. Possible Values

10% 256

20% 1024

30% 4096

40% 8192

50% 16384

60% 32768

70% 65536

80% 262144

90% 524288

100% 0

Metadata integer Processing. Possible Values

Don't export 0

No instancing 1

Partial instancing (sets only) 2

Full instancing (sets and values)

3

MinRecordsForTable integer Min records for table.

MinDuplicatesForTable integer Min duplicates for table.

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6.13 LightWave_Scene_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

SaveVersion integer Version. Possible Values

LightWave 5.6 1

LightWave 6.0 2

layered_object boolean Export single layered object.

ExportSkin boolean Export skins.

oneinstance boolean Export one object instance.

e_viewport boolean Export viewport.

e_lights boolean Export lights.

folder string Copy objects to folder.

prefix string Use prefix.

6.14 JPEG_2000_JPC_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

lossy boolean Lossy compression.

targetpercentage integer Percentage file size.

6.15 Rhinoceros_3D_Model_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

RhinoExportSkipHiddenObjects boolean Skip hidden objects.

RhinoExportPutCurvesInSingleLayer boolean Put all curves in single layer.

RhinoExportLights boolean Export lights.

RhinoExportCameras boolean Export cameras.

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6.16 Office_Powerpoint_Document_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

template string Template. Possible Values

basic.htm basic.htm

basic_2007.htm basic_2007.htm

steps_n_views.htm steps_n_views.htm

steps_n_views_2007.htm steps_n_views_2007.htm

use_external_template boolean Use external template.

external_template filename External template.

preview boolean Open in browser/program.

rh_compress boolean Compression.

rh_animation boolean Export animation.

rh_q_points integer Vertices quality. Possible Values

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

rh_q_uv integer UV vertices quality. Possible Values

OFF 0

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

rh_q_normals integer Normals quality. Possible Values

OFF 0

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

rh_protect integer File protection. Possible Values

No 0

Conversion Protected 1

Read Only 2

rh_measurements boolean Disable measurements.

rh_viewports boolean Export viewports.

rh_thm string Thumbnail. Possible Values

No thumbnail No thumbnail

32 X 32 32 X 32

48 X 48 48 X 48

64 X 64 64 X 64

72 X 72 72 X 72

80 X 80 80 X 80

90 X 90 90 X 90

100 X 100 100 X 100

120 X 120 120 X 120

128 X 128 128 X 128

150 X 150 150 X 150

180 X 180 180 X 180

200 X 200 200 X 200

rh_encrypt boolean Password Encrypted.

rh_watermark_action integer Watermark. Possible Values

Preserve 0

Add/Overwrite 1

Remove 2

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

rh_watermark string Watermark file.

rh_7zip_Mode integer Compression mode. Possible Values

Very Fast -1

Fast 0

Normal 1

Best 2

rh_7zip_DicSize integer Dictionary size. Possible Values

32 KB 15

64 KB 16

128 KB 17

256 KB 18

512 KB 19

1 MB 20

2 MB 21

4 MB 22

8 MB 23

16 MB 24

32 MB 25

64 MB 26

128 MB 27

rh_export_safe_form integer Saving solid objects. Possible Values

Only solid 0

Solid and mesh 1

Only mesh 2

AUTHOR string Author.

TITLE string Title.

DESCRIPTION string Description.

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6.17 HTML_Document_with_3D_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

template string Template. Possible Values

animation_n_layers.html animation_n_layers.html

ansi_style.html ansi_style.html

ansi_style_ex.html ansi_style_ex.html

basic.html basic.html

catia_pmi_selection.html catia_pmi_selection.html

java_scripting.html java_scripting.html

jt_pmi_selection.html jt_pmi_selection.html

marsiano_style.html marsiano_style.html

object_only.html object_only.html

simple_animation.html simple_animation.html

standard_views.html standard_views.html

steps_n_model_views.html steps_n_model_views.html

steps_n_parts.html steps_n_parts.html

steps_n_procs.html steps_n_procs.html

test_sample.html test_sample.html

use_external_template

boolean Use external template.

external_template filename External template.

preview boolean Open in browser/program.

rh_compress boolean Compression.

rh_animation boolean Export animation.

rh_q_points integer Vertices quality. Possible Values

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

rh_q_uv integer UV vertices quality. Possible Values

OFF 0

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

rh_q_normals integer Normals quality. Possible Values

OFF 0

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

rh_protect integer File protection. Possible Values

No 0

Conversion Protected 1

Read Only 2

rh_measurements boolean Disable measurements.

rh_viewports boolean Export viewports.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

rh_thm string Thumbnail. Possible Values

No thumbnail No thumbnail

32 X 32 32 X 32

48 X 48 48 X 48

64 X 64 64 X 64

72 X 72 72 X 72

80 X 80 80 X 80

90 X 90 90 X 90

100 X 100 100 X 100

120 X 120 120 X 120

128 X 128 128 X 128

150 X 150 150 X 150

180 X 180 180 X 180

200 X 200 200 X 200

rh_encrypt boolean Password Encrypted.

rh_watermark_action

integer Watermark. Possible Values

Preserve 0

Add/Overwrite 1

Remove 2

rh_watermark string Watermark file.

rh_7zip_Mode integer Compression mode. Possible Values

Very Fast -1

Fast 0

Normal 1

Best 2

rh_7zip_DicSize integer Dictionary size. Possible Values

32 KB 15

64 KB 16

128 KB 17

256 KB 18

512 KB 19

1 MB 20

2 MB 21

4 MB 22

8 MB 23

16 MB 24

32 MB 25

64 MB 26

128 MB 27

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

rh_export_safe_form

integer Saving solid objects. Possible Values

Only solid 0

Solid and mesh 1

Only mesh 2

AUTHOR string Author.

TITLE string Title.

DESCRIPTION string Description.

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6.18 LightWave_3D_and_Binary_Object_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

SaveVersion integer Version. Possible Values

LightWave 5.6 0

LightWave 6.0 1

SubDExportMode integer Export SubDs. Possible Values

Final mesh 0

Control mesh 1

Control mesh using PTCH chunk

2

SaveUVfiles boolean Create .uv files.

SaveUVIM boolean Export UVs using chunks.

SaveUV boolean Export UVs.

SaveVMAD boolean Use discontinuous UVs.

SaveExtraMaps boolean Export extra maps.

6.19 OpenFlight_Scene_Description_Database_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

e_local boolean Export vertices in local object space.

e_uv boolean Export UVs.

e_normals boolean Per vertex normals.

e_colors boolean Per vertex colors.

e_ref boolean Use instances and references.

e_colorpal boolean Export color palette.

e_empty_nodes boolean Export empty nodes.

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6.20 Maya_ASCII_Scene_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

XAxes integer Up axis in Maya. Possible Values

Y 1

Z 0

exp_opt_maximum_vertices_in_polygon integer Maximum vertices in polygon.

XDoubleSided boolean Mark surfaces as double sided.

XBlinn integer Material type. Possible Values

Phong 0

Blinn 1

XSkins boolean Export skins.

exp_opt_tessellate_nurbs boolean Tessellate NURBS.

opt_maya_version integer Maya version. Possible Values

None -1

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6.21 Adobe_Portable_Document_2D__with_template__ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided

No Description Provided.

p1_internal_template_filename string Template. Possible Values

2D 4 Tab Views 4_Tab_2D_Views_v1.0.xml

2D ANSI Size A Landscape 11 X 8.5

ANSI_Size_A_Landscape_11_X_8.5_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size A Portrait 8.5 X 11

ANSI_Size_A_Portrait_8.5_X_11_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size A Portrait 8.5 X 11 with Title Block

ANSI_Size_A_Portrait_TB_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size B Landscape 17 X 11

ANSI_Size_B_Landscape_17_X_11_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size B Landscape 17 X 11 with Title Block

ANSI_Size_B_Landscape_TB_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size B Portrait 11 X 17

ANSI_Size_B_Portrait_11_X_17_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size C Landscape 22 X 17

ANSI_Size_C_Landscape_22_X_17_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size C Portrait 17 X 22

ANSI_Size_C_Portrait_17_X_22_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size D Landscape 34 X 22

ANSI_Size_D_Landscape_34_X_22_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size D Portrait 22 X 34

ANSI_Size_D_Portrait_22_X_34_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size E Landscape 44 X 34

ANSI_Size_E_Landscape_44_X_34_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size E Portrait 34 X 44

ANSI_Size_E_Portrait_34_X_44_Template.xml

2D Arch Size A Landscape 12 X 9

Arch_Size_A_Landscape_12_X_9_Template.xml

2D Arch Size A Portrait 9 X 12

Arch_Size_A_Portrait_9_X_12_Template.xml

2D Arch Size B Landscape 18 X 12

Arch_Size_B_Landscape_18_X_12_Template.xml

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

2D Arch Size B Portrait 12 X 18

Arch_Size_B_Portrait_12_X_18_Template.xml

2D Arch Size C Landscape 24 X 18

Arch_Size_C_Landscape_24_X_18_Template.xml

2D Arch Size C Portrait 18 X 24

Arch_Size_C_Portrait_18_X_24_Template.xml

2D Arch Size D Landscape 36 X 24

Arch_Size_D_Landscape_36_X_24_Template.xml

2D Arch Size D Portrait 24 X 36

Arch_Size_D_Portrait_24_X_36_Template.xml

2D Arch Size E Landscape 48 X 36

Arch_Size_E_Landscape_48_X_36_Template.xml

2D Arch Size E Portrait 36 X 48

Arch_Size_E_Portrait_36_X_48_Template.xml

2D Basic Landscape Letter Template

Basic_Horiz_Letter_2D_Template.xml

2D Basic Portrait Letter Template

Basic_Vert_Letter_2D_Template.xml

2D ISOSize A0 Landscape 1189 X 841

ISO_Size_A0_Landscape_1189_X_841_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A0 Portrait 841 X 1189

ISO_Size_A0_Portrait_841_X_1189_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A1 Landscape 841 X 594

ISO_Size_A1_Landscape_841_X_594_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A1 Portrait 594 X 841

ISO_Size_A1_Portrait_594_X_841_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A2 Landscape 594 X 420

ISO_Size_A2_Landscape_594_X_420_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A2 Portrait 420 X 594

ISO_Size_A2_Portrait_420_X_594_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A3 Landscape 420 X 297

ISO_Size_A3_Landscape_420_X_297_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A3 Portrait 297 X 420

ISO_Size_A3_Portrait_297_X_420_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A4 Landscape 297 X 210

ISO_Size_A4_Landscape_297_X_210_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A4 Portrait 210 X 297

ISO_Size_A4_Portrait_210_X_297_Template..xml

p1_use_external_template boolean Use External Template.

p1_external_template_filename filename External Template.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

p1_annot_place_title string 3D Model or 2D Image Target. Possible Values

2D_Annotation1 2D_Annotation1

2D_Annotation2 2D_Annotation2

2D_Annotation3 2D_Annotation3

2D_Annotation4 2D_Annotation4

p1_run_acrobat boolean Start Adobe Acrobat After Publishing.

p2_2d_image_align integer Align. Possible Values

Stretch 0

Fit to Left/Top 1

Fit to Center/Top 2

Fit to Right/Top 3

Fit to Left/Center 4

Fit to Center/Center 5

Fit to Right/Center 6

Fit to Left/Bottom 7

Fit to Center/Bottom 8

Fit to Right/Bottom 9

p3_xfdf_filename filename XFDF File Name.

p3_attach_filename filename Attachments.

p3_js_doc_filename filename Doc Level JS.

p3_js_page_filename filename Page Level JS.

p3_js_cntx_filename filename 3D Level JS.

p3_use_watermark boolean Add Watermark with following text.

p3_watermark_text string Watermark Text.

p3_use_md_password boolean Password protect editing of PDF.

p3_md_password password Password.

p3_use_op_password boolean Password protect opening of PDF.

p3_op_password password Password.

p3_enable_annots_rename boolean Enable PDF for Merging.

md_title string Title.

md_author string Author.

md_subject string Subject.

md_keywords string Keywords.

md_auto_title boolean Auto-generate Title.

md_auto_subject boolean Auto-generate Subject.

md_auto_keywords boolean Add Parts List to Keywords.

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6.22 Tagged_Image_File_Format_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

grayscale boolean Always in greyscale.

multipage boolean Save multipage.

compression integer Compression. Possible Values

LZW 0

Deflate 1

CCITTFAX3 2

CCITTFAX4 3

savecolormgntinfo boolean Save ICC color managemet info.

6.23 AutoCAD_Drawing_Object_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

FileVersion integer Output Version. Possible Values

AutoCAD 2007 0

AutoCAD 2004 1

AutoCAD 2000 2

AutoCAD R14 3

AutoCAD R13 4

AutoCAD R11/R12 5

6.24 Portable_Network_Graphics_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

INTERLACE boolean Interlaced.

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6.25 Universal_3D_export_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

AcrobatVersionCompatibility integer File format. Possible Values

U3D ECMA 1st Edition 1792

U3D ECMA 3rd Edition 2048

MeshCompression boolean Mesh compression.

TextureJPG integer Texture compression type. Possible Values

PNG 0

JPEG 1

Normals boolean Normals.

DefaultCamera boolean Default camera.

NonUnique boolean Append data to non-unique names.

SkinBones boolean Skin and bones.

FixBoneHierarchy boolean Fix bone hierarchy.

MetadataAsXML boolean Metadata.

CompressionPreset integer Compression preset. Possible Values

Custom 0

Game 1

CAD 2

MeshVertexQuality integer Vertices.

MeshNormalQuality integer Normals.

MeshDiffuseQuality integer Vertex colors.

MeshTexcoordQuality integer Texture coordinates.

TextureCompressionQuality integer JPEG quality.

6.26 JPEG_2000_JP2_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

lossy boolean Lossy compression.

targetpercentage integer Percentage file size.

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6.27 Maya_Binary_Scene_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

XAxes integer Up axis in Maya. Possible Values

Y 1

Z 0

exp_opt_maximum_vertices_in_polygon integer Maximum vertices in polygon.

XDoubleSided boolean Mark surfaces as double sided.

XBlinn integer Material type. Possible Values

Phong 0

Blinn 1

XSkins boolean Export skins.

exp_opt_tessellate_nurbs boolean Tessellate NURBS.

opt_maya_version integer Maya version. Possible Values

None -1

6.28 Maya_Interchange_File_Format_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

opt_maya_version integer Maya version. Possible Values

None -1

6.29 Stereolithography_File_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

ascii boolean ASCII mode.

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6.30 Adobe_Portable_Document_3D_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided

No Description Provided.

p1_internal_template_filename string Template. Possible Values

3D Architecture Walkthrough and Views

Architecture_Walkthrough_Views_Template.xml

3D Basic Landscape Letter Template

Basic_Horiz_Letter_3D_Template.xml

3D Basic Portrait Letter Template

Basic_Vert_Letter_3D_Template.xml

3D Basic Views Landscape Letter Template

Basic_Views_Horiz_Letter_3D_Template.xml

3D Basic Views Portrait Letter Template

Basic_Views_Vert_Letter_3D_Template.xml

3D BOM Basic Views Landscape Letter

BOM_Basic_Views_Landscape_Template_v1.0.xml

3D BOM Basic Views Portrait Letter

BOM_Basic_Views_Portrait_Template_v1.0.xml

3D BOM Simple Letter Landscape Template

BOM_Simple_Landscape_Template_v1.0.xml

3D BOM Simple Letter Portrait Template

BOM_Simple_Portrait_Template_v1.0.xml

3D Catia v5 PMI Template

Catia_PMI_Template_v1.0.xml

3D JT PMI Template JT_PMI_Template_v2.0.xml

3D Procedures Steps BOM Template

Procedures_Steps_BOM_Template_v1.0.xml

3D Simple Animation Template

Simple_Animation_Template.xml

3D Steps BOM List Template

Steps_BOM_Template_v1.0.xml

3D Steps Parts List Template

Steps_Parts_Template_v1.0.xml

3D Steps Portrait Template

Steps_Simple_Portrait_Template_1.0.xml

3D Steps Simple Template

Steps_Simple_Template.xml

2D 4 Tab Views 4_Tab_2D_Views_v1.0.xml

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

2D ANSI Size A Landscape 11 X 8.5

ANSI_Size_A_Landscape_11_X_8.5_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size A Portrait 8.5 X 11

ANSI_Size_A_Portrait_8.5_X_11_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size A Portrait 8.5 X 11 with Title Block

ANSI_Size_A_Portrait_TB_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size B Landscape 17 X 11

ANSI_Size_B_Landscape_17_X_11_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size B Landscape 17 X 11 with Title Block

ANSI_Size_B_Landscape_TB_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size B Portrait 11 X 17

ANSI_Size_B_Portrait_11_X_17_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size C Landscape 22 X 17

ANSI_Size_C_Landscape_22_X_17_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size C Portrait 17 X 22

ANSI_Size_C_Portrait_17_X_22_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size D Landscape 34 X 22

ANSI_Size_D_Landscape_34_X_22_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size D Portrait 22 X 34

ANSI_Size_D_Portrait_22_X_34_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size E Landscape 44 X 34

ANSI_Size_E_Landscape_44_X_34_Template.xml

2D ANSI Size E Portrait 34 X 44

ANSI_Size_E_Portrait_34_X_44_Template.xml

2D Arch Size A Landscape 12 X 9

Arch_Size_A_Landscape_12_X_9_Template.xml

2D Arch Size A Portrait 9 X 12

Arch_Size_A_Portrait_9_X_12_Template.xml

2D Arch Size B Landscape 18 X 12

Arch_Size_B_Landscape_18_X_12_Template.xml

2D Arch Size B Portrait 12 X 18

Arch_Size_B_Portrait_12_X_18_Template.xml

2D Arch Size C Landscape 24 X 18

Arch_Size_C_Landscape_24_X_18_Template.xml

2D Arch Size C Portrait 18 X 24

Arch_Size_C_Portrait_18_X_24_Template.xml

2D Arch Size D Landscape 36 X 24

Arch_Size_D_Landscape_36_X_24_Template.xml

2D Arch Size D Portrait 24 X 36

Arch_Size_D_Portrait_24_X_36_Template.xml

2D Arch Size E Landscape 48 X 36

Arch_Size_E_Landscape_48_X_36_Template.xml

2D Arch Size E Portrait 36 X 48

Arch_Size_E_Portrait_36_X_48_Template.xml

2D Basic Landscape Letter Template

Basic_Horiz_Letter_2D_Template.xml

2D Basic Portrait Letter Template

Basic_Vert_Letter_2D_Template.xml

2D ISOSize A0 Landscape 1189 X 841

ISO_Size_A0_Landscape_1189_X_841_Template..xml

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

2D ISOSize A0 Portrait 841 X 1189

ISO_Size_A0_Portrait_841_X_1189_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A1 Landscape 841 X 594

ISO_Size_A1_Landscape_841_X_594_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A1 Portrait 594 X 841

ISO_Size_A1_Portrait_594_X_841_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A2 Landscape 594 X 420

ISO_Size_A2_Landscape_594_X_420_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A2 Portrait 420 X 594

ISO_Size_A2_Portrait_420_X_594_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A3 Landscape 420 X 297

ISO_Size_A3_Landscape_420_X_297_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A3 Portrait 297 X 420

ISO_Size_A3_Portrait_297_X_420_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A4 Landscape 297 X 210

ISO_Size_A4_Landscape_297_X_210_Template..xml

2D ISOSize A4 Portrait 210 X 297

ISO_Size_A4_Portrait_210_X_297_Template..xml

p1_use_external_template boolean Use External Template.

p1_external_template_filename

filename External Template.

p1_annot_place_title string 3D Model or 2D Image Target. Possible Values

3D_Annotation1 3D_Annotation1

3D_Annotation2 3D_Annotation2

3D_Annotation3 3D_Annotation3

3D_Annotation4 3D_Annotation4

2D_Annotation1 2D_Annotation1

2D_Annotation2 2D_Annotation2

2D_Annotation3 2D_Annotation3

2D_Annotation4 2D_Annotation4

p1_run_acrobat boolean Start Adobe Acrobat After Publishing.

p2_poster_render_idx integer Preview Image. Possible Values

Raster Image via Software Z-Buffer Render 0

External Raster Image 2

External Vector File (in .PDF) 3

Vector Image via Illustration Module 4

Raster Image via DirectX-9 Render 5

p2_external_image_filename

filename External File.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

p2_texture_quality float Texture Quality. Possible Values

10% 10.0

20% 20.0

30% 30.0

40% 40.0

50% 50.0

60% 60.0

70% 70.0

80% 80.0

90% 90.0

100% 100.0

p2_store_normals boolean Save Normals.

p2_store_metadata boolean Store metadata.

p2_vectorize_callouts integer Vectorize Callouts. Possible Values

Standard 0

Vector 1

Raster 2

p2_use_bkgnd boolean Publish Current 3D Scene Background Image.

p2_use_bkgnd_ext boolean Publish External 3D Scene Background Image.

p2_bkgnd_filename filename External File.

p2_annot3d_auto_activate boolean Activate 3D Model.

p2_annot3d_show_3d_toolbar

boolean Show Toolbar of 3D Model.

p2_annot3d_store_cameras

boolean Save Cameras to Adobe Acrobat.

p2_annot3d_store_modelviews

boolean Save Model Views to Adobe Acrobat.

p2_callouts_2_pmi boolean Mark All Callouts as PMI objects.

p2_mini_java boolean Minimize Java Code Generation.

p2_2d_image_creator_index

integer Image Format. Possible Values

Raster Image via Software Z-Buffer Render 0

Vector Image via 2D PDF Module 2

Vector Image via Illustration Module 3

Raster Image via DirectX-9 Render 5

p3_xfdf_filename filename XFDF File Name.

p3_attach_filename filename Attachments.

p3_js_doc_filename filename Doc Level JS.

p3_js_page_filename filename Page Level JS.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

p3_js_cntx_filename filename 3D Level JS.

p3_use_watermark boolean Add Watermark with following text.

p3_watermark_text string Watermark Text.

p3_use_md_password boolean Password protect editing of PDF.

p3_md_password password Password.

p3_use_op_password boolean Password protect opening of PDF.

p3_op_password password Password.

p3_enable_annots_rename boolean Enable PDF for Merging.

md_title string Title.

md_author string Author.

md_subject string Subject.

md_keywords string Keywords.

md_auto_title boolean Auto-generate Title.

md_auto_subject boolean Auto-generate Subject.

md_auto_keywords boolean Add Parts List to Keywords.

zb_aa integer Antialiasing. Possible Values

None 0

Adaptive 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

6 x 6 6

7 x 7 7

8 x 8 8

zb_add_items boolean Render additional items.

rt_aa integer Antialiasing. Possible Values

None 0

Adaptive 1

2 x 2 2

3 x 3 3

4 x 4 4

5 x 5 5

6 x 6 6

7 x 7 7

8 x 8 8

rt_dsides_poly boolean Double-sided polygons.

rt_filter_tmaps boolean Filter texture maps.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

rt_rayt_refl boolean Raytrace reflections.

rt_refr boolean Refractions.

rt_shadows boolean Shadows.

rt_soft_shadows boolean Soft shadows.

rt_mt boolean Use multithreaded rendering.

vo_line_thickness float Line Thickness.

vo_bndr_thickness float Boundary Thickness.

vo_tolerance_angle float Tolerance Angle.

vo_calc_intersections boolean Calculate Intersections.

vo_remove_hidden_lines boolean Remove Hidden Lines.

vo_show_as_wireframe boolean Show as Wireframe.

vo_use_objects_colors boolean Use Objects Color.

vo_special_color integer Line Color.

vo_place_bom integer BOM. Possible Values

None 0

Right 3

Bottom 2

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6.31 Flex_Web_Application_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided

No Description Provided.

template string Template. Possible Values

BOM_ImageFlow_Model_Views_And_Portfolios.xml

BOM_ImageFlow_Model_Views_And_Portfolios.xml

BOM_ImageFlow_Steps_And_Procedures.xml

BOM_ImageFlow_Steps_And_Procedures.xml

BOM_Metadata_Model_Views_And_Portfolios.xml

BOM_Metadata_Model_Views_And_Portfolios.xml

BOM_Metadata_Steps_And_Procedures.xml

BOM_Metadata_Steps_And_Procedures.xml

BOM_Model_Views_And_Portfolios.xml

BOM_Model_Views_And_Portfolios.xml

BOM_Steps_And_Procedures.xml BOM_Steps_And_Procedures.xml

BOM_Steps_And_Procedures_w_Logo.xml

BOM_Steps_And_Procedures_w_Logo.xml

Model_Views_And_Portfolios_Basic.xml

Model_Views_And_Portfolios_Basic.xml

Steps_And_Procedures_Advanced.xml

Steps_And_Procedures_Advanced.xml

Steps_And_Procedures_Basic.xml Steps_And_Procedures_Basic.xml

use_external_template

boolean Use external template.

external_template filename External template.

preview boolean Open in browser/program.

rh_compress boolean Compression.

rh_animation boolean Export animation.

rh_q_points integer Vertices quality. Possible Values

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

rh_q_uv integer UV vertices quality. Possible Values

OFF 0

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

rh_q_normals integer Normals quality. Possible Values

OFF 0

10% 10

20% 20

30% 30

40% 40

50% 50

60% 60

70% 70

80% 80

90% 90

100% (lossless) 100

rh_protect integer File protection. Possible Values

No 0

Conversion Protected 1

Read Only 2

rh_measurements boolean Disable measurements.

rh_viewports boolean Export viewports.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

rh_thm string Thumbnail. Possible Values

No thumbnail No thumbnail

32 X 32 32 X 32

48 X 48 48 X 48

64 X 64 64 X 64

72 X 72 72 X 72

80 X 80 80 X 80

90 X 90 90 X 90

100 X 100 100 X 100

120 X 120 120 X 120

128 X 128 128 X 128

150 X 150 150 X 150

180 X 180 180 X 180

200 X 200 200 X 200

rh_encrypt boolean Password Encrypted.

rh_watermark_action

integer Watermark. Possible Values

Preserve 0

Add/Overwrite 1

Remove 2

rh_watermark string Watermark file.

rh_7zip_Mode integer Compression mode. Possible Values

Very Fast -1

Fast 0

Normal 1

Best 2

rh_7zip_DicSize integer Dictionary size. Possible Values

32 KB 15

64 KB 16

128 KB 17

256 KB 18

512 KB 19

1 MB 20

2 MB 21

4 MB 22

8 MB 23

16 MB 24

32 MB 25

64 MB 26

128 MB 27

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Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

rh_export_safe_form

integer Saving solid objects. Possible Values

Only solid 0

Solid and mesh 1

Only mesh 2

AUTHOR string Author.

TITLE string Title.

DESCRIPTION string Description.

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6.32 JTPMI_Files_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

FileExportType integer Type. Possible Values

Monolithic 0

Per part 1

Fully Shattered 2

CompressionSettings integer Compression type. Possible Values

No compression 0

Version 7.0 1

Version 8.0 2

Automatic 3

Version 8.1 4

Version 8.2 5

Version 9.0 6

Version 9.1 7

Version 9.2 8

Version 9.3 9

Version 9.4 10

Version 9.5 11

ExportLODs boolean Generate lower LODs.

ExportPMI boolean Export PMI.

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6.33 Google_SketchUp_Document_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

polyline boolean Export polylines.

BackMaterial boolean Create back material too.

NoSmothEdgeVisible boolean Corner edges are visible.

MergeCoplanarFaces boolean Merge all the coplanar faces.

OptimizePoints boolean Optimize points.

ExportVersion integer File Version. Possible Values

3 3

4 4

5 5

6 6

7 7

8 8

6.34 Adobe_Portable_Document_2D_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

ExportCompress boolean Compress PDF.

ExportLaunchPDF boolean Open PDF after saving.

ExportFonts integer Text and Fonts. Possible Values

Geometry only 0

Geometry with hidden text 1

Embedded fonts 2

ExportFlatten boolean Flatten Layers.

ExportImagePPI integer Bitmap resolution (DPI).

ExportActiveViewOnly boolean Export Active View only.

ExportIncludeHidden boolean Export Hidden Objects.

Monochrome boolean Black and White.

ExportBitmapsOnly boolean Export whole pages as bitmaps.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

ColorCompensate integer Color compensate for paper. Possible Values

B&W Swap 0

Darken 1

Invert Color 2

Invert Brightness 3

IncludeViews integer Viewports to include. Possible Values

Page layouts only 0

All 1

6.35 Right_Hemisphere_Material_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

compress boolean Compression.

protect boolean File protection.

defmat boolean Export default material.

thm string Thumbnail. Possible Values

No thumbnail No thumbnail

32 X 32 32 X 32

48 X 48 48 X 48

64 X 64 64 X 64

72 X 72 72 X 72

80 X 80 80 X 80

90 X 90 90 X 90

100 X 100 100 X 100

120 X 120 120 X 120

128 X 128 128 X 128

150 X 150 150 X 150

180 X 180 180 X 180

200 X 200 200 X 200

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6.36 Computer_Graphics_Metafile_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

Version integer Version. Possible Values

1 (most compatible) 0

3 (best curves) 1

4 (Hotspots) 2

Precision integer Numeric precision. Possible Values

16 bit integer 0

32 bit floating point 1

32 bit fixed point 2

Auto select 3

UseRLE boolean Encode raster images with RLE.

XMLCompanion boolean XML Companion file.

6.37 AutoCAD_Drawing_Interchange_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

FileFormat integer Output Format. Possible Values

AutoCAD DXF file 1

AutoCAD DXF binary file 2

FileVersion integer Output Version. Possible Values

AutoCAD 2007 0

AutoCAD 2004 1

AutoCAD 2000 2

AutoCAD R14 3

AutoCAD R13 4

AutoCAD R11/R12 5

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6.38 OpenEXR_Bitmap_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

Compression integer Compression type. Possible Values

None 0

Run-length encoding 1

zlib single scan lines 2

zlib 16 block scan lines 3

Piz-based wavelet 4

Lossy 24-bit float compression

5

LineOrder integer Line order. Possible Values

Use lowest Y coordinate scan line

0

Use highest Y coordinate scan line

1

6.39 JPEG_Image_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

e_quality integer Image quality.

savecolormgntinfo boolean Save ICC color managemet info.

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6.40 Wavefront_Object_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

e_compact boolean Compact data.

e_mtl boolean Create material file.

e_normals boolean Export vertex normals.

e_txt boolean Export texture coordinates.

e_flatonly boolean Triangulate non-flat polygons.

e_flip boolean Flip coordinate system.

e_SubD boolean Create SubD control mesh.

e_maxpoly integer Max vertices in polygon.

e_FixMaterials boolean Replace material colors.

e_string_len integer Max string length before wrap.

e_digits_v integer Vertices (v).

e_digits_vn integer Normals (vn).

e_digits_vt integer UVs (vt).

6.41 Caligari_trueSpace_Object_ExportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

ascii boolean ASCII mode.

MoveAxis boolean Move object axis to object centre.

Rescale boolean Rescale.

ScaleValue float Percent of workplace.

6.42 Right_Hemisphere_Binary_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

i_IgnoreVP boolean Use Current Viewport Settings.

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6.43 Autodesk_3D_Studio_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

KeyFrame boolean Import keyframe data.

Animation boolean Import animation.

FixBadParity boolean Repair mirror transformed objects.

6.44 CATIA5_Assembly_Files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

loadconstruction integer Import construction geometry. Possible Values

NO 0

All except partbodies 1

ALL 2

displayconstruction boolean Display construction geometry.

importconfigurationlevel integer Import representations. Possible Values

Default 1

All 0

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

collectmetadata boolean Collect metadata to geometry.

importonlytoplevelmetadata boolean Top level metadata only.

partnaming integer Part naming. Possible Values

Part name 0

Instance name 1

Part then instance 2

Instance then part 3

importselectionset boolean Import selection sets.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

import2DSketch integer Import 2D sketch geometry. Possible Values

No 2D sketch geometry 0

Both 2D sketch wireframes and points

1

Only 2D sketch wireframes 2

Only 2D sketch points 3

compacttree boolean Compact scene tree.

rulexmlfile filename XML file for collapse rules.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

angulartoleranceceiling float Angular tolerance cap.

chordheighttoleranceceiling float Chord height tolerance cap.

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importhiddenpmi boolean Import hidden PMI.

importmodelview boolean Import modelviews.

importcapture boolean Import captures.

realtimesectiongeometry boolean Create extra section geometry.

initialviewwithpmi boolean Create Initial view with PMI.

initialviewwithoutpmi boolean Create Initial view without PMI.

importcoordinateaxis boolean Import axis systems.

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

wireframeontop boolean Draw wireframes on top.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.45 Visual_XML_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

import_validate_xml boolean Validate XML.

import_load_child_model_views boolean Load child model views.

6.46 DirectX_Model_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

Animation boolean Import animation data.

Camera boolean Use DirectX camera position.

JoinMaterials boolean Join equal materials.

JoinV boolean Optimize vertices.

JoinT boolean Optimize texture points.

RightHand boolean Flip coordinate system.

UseBones boolean Import skins.

OptimizeH boolean Optimize hierarchy.

FixAlpha boolean Treat fully transparent materials as opaque.

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6.47 Caligari_trueSpace_Scene_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

JoinMaterials boolean Join equal materials.

ReadAnim boolean Import animation.

6.48 Pro_ENGINEER_Drawing_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

drawingbkcolor integer Drawing paper colour.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

surfacediscretization float Curve discretization.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.49 AutoCAD_Design_Web_Format_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

DWFPagesToImport integer Import pages. Possible Values

All 0

First 1

ShowPaperObject integer Show paper in 2D views. Possible Values

Always 1

Never 0

By file 2

ImportTTFText integer Import TrueType fonts as. Possible Values

Polygons 1

Outlines 2

Character primitives 3

ImportEdges boolean Import edges.

6.50 Open_Inventor_File_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

i_Flip boolean Flip coordinate system.

i_Collapse boolean Collapsing hierarchy.

i_Optimize boolean Optimize hierarchy.

i_MeshOptimize boolean Optimize geometry.

i_GenUV boolean Create UVs.

i_tQuality float Text quality.

i_tExtrude float Text extrude.

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6.51 Solid_Edge_Assembly_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

assemblyoveridecolor boolean Apply assembly-level color.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.52 N3ds_Max_File_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

m2e_use_pivot boolean Apply pivot data to nodes.

m2e_convert_nurbs boolean Convert NURBSes to meshes.

m2e_convert_patch boolean Convert patches to meshes.

m2e_use_skin boolean Use skin modifiers.

m2e_use_morph boolean Use morph modifiers.

m2e_wire_color_2_mtl boolean Create materials for wire colors.

m2e_conv_inst_2_uniq boolean Convert instances to unique.

m2e_pass_metadata boolean Import metadata.

m2e_use_animation boolean Import animation.

m2e_use_sampling boolean Perform sampling.

m2e_sample_frames integer Sample any animation every frame.

m2e_sample_vertex boolean Use vertex animation.

mpo_use_remote_server boolean Use remote 3ds Max DCom server.

mpo_remote_server_name string Remote 3ds Max DCom server name.

6.53 MicroStation_CAD_Graphic_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

group integer Grouping. Possible Values

Level 0

Individual Element 1

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

loadconstruction boolean Construction Geometry.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importmodelview boolean Import modelviews.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.54 VRML_Worlds_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

i_Flip boolean Flip coordinate system.

i_Collapse boolean Collapsing hierarchy.

i_Optimize boolean Optimize hierarchy.

i_MeshOptimize boolean Optimize geometry.

i_GenUV boolean Create UVs.

i_tQuality float Text quality.

i_tExtrude float Text extrude.

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6.55 Visual_Design_Stream_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

DeepVision boolean Deep Vision.

SuppressBelowTopLevel boolean Suppress top level nodes.

LoadThreads integer Stream geometry. Possible Values

Separate thread 0

Main thread for first frame 1

Disabled 2

StreamMetadata boolean Stream metadata.

PreloadIndexTables boolean Preload index tables.

PreloadDataTables integer Preload data tables. Possible Values

NO 0

Metadata only 1

Everything but nodes and geometry

2

Everything but geometry 3

Everything 4

VramStrategy integer Video RAM strategy. Possible Values

Non-GPU 0

GPU 1

Overclocked GPU (not recommended)

2

VramSizeMB integer Video RAM size (MB).

RamSizeMB integer RAM size (MB).

TwoSidedLighting boolean 2-sided lighting for back-facing triangles.

UseLODs boolean Use LODs.

replicateEnable boolean Enable.

replicateX integer X count.

replicateY integer Y count.

replicateZ integer Z count.

replicateSX float X scale.

replicateSY float Y scale.

replicateSZ float Z scale.

EmulateTextureMapping boolean Emulate texture mapping [very slow].

debugMinPixels integer Minimum number of pixels for visible mesh.

debugLeafVisibleFrames integer Frames to treat leaf visible.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

kdTries integer KD tries.

kdMaxDepth integer KD max depth.

kdMaxTriangles integer KD max triangles in leaf.

6.56 LightWave_Scene_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

joinmat boolean Optimize materials.

Folders string Content folders.

PromptForMissingFiles boolean Prompt for missing files.

6.57 Rhinoceros_3D_Model_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided

No Description Provided.

RhinoImportSkipObjectsFromHiddenLayers boolean Skip objects in hidden layers.

RhinoImportSkipHiddenObjects boolean Skip hidden objects.

RhinoImportPutCurvesInSingleGroup boolean Put all curves in single group.

RhinoImportGroupObjectsInRhinoLayers boolean Group objects in RHINO layers.

RhinoImportSurfaceAlwaysDoubleSided boolean Surfaces always double sided.

RhinoImportSplitBrepFaces boolean Split B-Rep faces into separate objects.

RhinoImportLights boolean Import lights.

RhinoImportCameras boolean Import cameras.

RhinoImportMode integer Import mode. Possible Values

Polygonal Mesh 0

Nurbs 1

RhinoImportCurves boolean Import curves.

RhinoImportPoints boolean Import points.

RhinoImportPointSets boolean Import pointsets.

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6.58 Autodesk_3D_Studio_Project_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

KeyFrame boolean Import keyframe data.

Animation boolean Import animation.

FixBadParity boolean Repair mirror transformed objects.

6.59 Autodesk_3D_Studio_Material_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

KeyFrame boolean Import keyframe data.

Animation boolean Import animation.

FixBadParity boolean Repair mirror transformed objects.

6.60 LightWave_3D_and_Binary_Object_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

breakobject boolean Create sub-objects by material names.

textures boolean Create texture coordinates.

chkwrap boolean Check wrapping.

readUView boolean Import .uv files.

readSUBD boolean Import SubDs.

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6.61 Pro_ENGINEER_Assembly_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.62 OpenFlight_Scene_Description_Database_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

i_lod boolean Convert distance LOD to scene level LOD.

i_normals boolean Read per vertex normals.

6.63 Maya_ASCII_Scene_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

ChangeAxes integer Up axis in Maya. Possible Values

Y 1

Z 0

imp_opt_cameras boolean Import cameras.

SaveDefPerspCamera boolean Import perspective camera.

SaveLights boolean Import lights.

SaveAnimation boolean Import animation.

FrameSkip integer Number of frames between samples.

ReadNURBS boolean Tessellate NURBS.

opt_maya_version integer Maya version. Possible Values

None -1

6.64 Gerber_File_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

fliphorizontally boolean Flip horizontally.

flipvertically boolean Flip vertically.

rotate90DegCW boolean Rotate 90 degree CW.

rotate90DegACW boolean Rotate 90 degree ACW.

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6.65 Tagged_Image_File_Format_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

applycolormgnt boolean Apply ICC color management.

colorprofile integer ICC Color Profile. Possible Values

Default Monitor Profile 0

sRGB IEC61966-2.1 1

Adobe RGB (1998) 2

Apple RGB 3

ColorMatch RGB 4

rendintent integer Rendering Intent. Possible Values

Perceptual 0

Relative Colorimetric 1

Saturation 2

Absolute Colorimetric 3

profilefolder string Color Profile Repository.

6.66 AutoCAD_Drawing_Object_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

AllLayout integer Import. Possible Values

Active layout 0

Model and layouts 1

Model only 2

ForceToWireframe integer Viewport shading. Possible Values

From file 0

2D wireframe 1

ImportHiddenLayers boolean Import hidden layers.

ImportLineTypes integer Import line types. Possible Values

Continuous lines 0

Complex as geometry 1

All as geometry 2

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

ReplaceText boolean Replace text.

ImportText integer Import text. Possible Values

As polylines 0

As polygons 1

UseMaterialsForColors boolean Use materials for colors.

ModelShadeOverride integer Model shading. Possible Values

From file 0

2D wireframe 1

Gouraud shaded 2

EnableNamedView integer Use named view. Possible Values

Never 0

Only if no Paper-Space Layout exist

1

Always 2

EnableModelZoomExtent boolean Zoom to extents.

EnableModelDarkBackground boolean Dark background palette.

ModelBackgroundColor integer Background color.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.67 Parasolid_Part_and_Assembly_Files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.68 AutoCAD_Sheet_Set_File_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

ForceToWireframe integer Viewport shading. Possible Values

From file 0

2D wireframe 1

ImportHiddenLayers boolean Import hidden layers.

ImportLineTypes integer Import line types. Possible Values

Continuous lines 0

Complex as geometry 1

All as geometry 2

ReplaceText boolean Replace text.

ImportText integer Import text. Possible Values

As polylines 0

As polygons 1

UseMaterialsForColors boolean Use materials for colors.

6.69 Points_File_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

import_as integer Import as. Possible Values

Pointset 0

Mesh 1

import_as_mesh_if_colors boolean Import as mesh if colors are present.

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6.70 Maya_Binary_Scene_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

ChangeAxes integer Up axis in Maya. Possible Values

Y 1

Z 0

imp_opt_cameras boolean Import cameras.

SaveDefPerspCamera boolean Import perspective camera.

SaveLights boolean Import lights.

SaveAnimation boolean Import animation.

FrameSkip integer Number of frames between samples.

ReadNURBS boolean Tessellate NURBS.

opt_maya_version integer Maya version. Possible Values

None -1

6.71 Maya_Interchange_File_Format_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

opt_maya_version integer Maya version. Possible Values

None -1

6.72 Universal_3D_import_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

LOD boolean Import LOD.

ParseMetaData boolean Parse metadata.

ParseNonUnique boolean Remove append data from names.

LODLevels integer Levels.

LODMinVertices integer Create LOD if mesh has minimum vertices.

LODMinVerticesCase2 integer Create LOD if minimum vertices in file.

LODMinFileVerticesForCase2 integer Minimum vertices per mesh.

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6.73 CATIA4_Part_Files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

load2d3d integer 2D/3D Loading. Possible Values

Load both 2D and 3D 0

Load 3D only 1

Load 2D only 2

drawingbkcolor integer Drawing.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

collapselevel boolean Collapse geometry.

doublesidedsurfaces boolean Double sided surfaces.

importconfigurationlevel integer Workspaces. Possible Values

All 0

Master Only 1

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importcoordinateaxis boolean Import axis systems.

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

wireframeontop boolean Draw wireframes on top.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.74 Collada_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

joinequalpoint boolean Join equal points.

optimizematerial boolean Remove duplicate material.

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6.75 Step_Part_and_Assembly_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.76 Pro_ENGINEER_Neutral_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.77 SolidWorks_Drawing_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.78 Pro_ENGINEER_Part_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.79 Protein_Data_Bank_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

SphereSegements integer Sphere segments.

StickSegements integer Sticks segments.

ViewType integer View. Possible Values

Wire 0

Balls and sticks 1

Spacefill 2

Backbone 3

ObjectsColor integer Color. Possible Values

Monochrome 0

By Atom 1

By Residue 2

By Chain 3

Rainbow 4

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6.80 JTPMI_Files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

ImportMetadata boolean Import metadata.

LoadSolid integer Import splines, surfaces and solids. Possible Values

NO 0

YES 1

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

LoadLod integer Level of detail. Possible Values

All 0

Highest 2

Medium 1 3

Medium 2 4

Medium 3 5

Lowest 1

CollapseSubnodes boolean Collapse subnodes.

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importhiddenpmi boolean Import hidden PMI.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

LoadModelViews integer Load modelviews. Possible Values

All 0

Top-level 1

Assembly 2

Parts 3

None 4

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.81 Inventor_Part_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

approach integer Approach. Possible Values

Quick View (Inventor Tesselation)

0

Load Inventor Solids 1

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.82 Portable_Graymap_Heightfield_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

kX float Scale X factor.

kY float Scale Z factor.

kZ float Scale Y factor.

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6.83 NX_Parts_and_Assemblies_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

load2d3d integer 2D/3D Loading. Possible Values

Load both 2D and 3D 0

Load 3D only 1

Load 2D only 2

drawingbkcolor integer Drawing paper colour.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importconfigurationlevel integer Import configuration. Possible Values

All 0

As Saved 1

User defined 2

configurationname string User Specified Name.

referencesetselect integer Reference Set. Possible Values

As Saved 0

Entire 1

User Specified 2

referencesetname string User Specified Name.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importmodelview boolean Import modelviews.

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

sheetbody boolean Import sheet bodies.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.84 CATIA4_Assembly_Files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

load2d3d integer 2D/3D Loading. Possible Values

Load both 2D and 3D 0

Load 3D only 1

Load 2D only 2

drawingbkcolor integer Drawing.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

collapselevel boolean Collapse geometry.

doublesidedsurfaces boolean Double sided surfaces.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importcoordinateaxis boolean Import axis systems.

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

wireframeontop boolean Draw wireframes on top.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.85 Google_SketchUp_Document_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

createEdgesFace boolean Outline faces.

LinesSeparateHierarchy boolean Import lines into separate hierarchy.

LinesRenderOrder integer Lines render order.

useSketchUpTesselate boolean SketchUp tessellation.

createDefaultMaterial boolean Create default SketchUp material.

createUVW boolean Create UVW texture coordinates.

createBackFaces integer Create back faces. Possible Values

NO 0

as separate node 1

in same node 2

6.86 SolidWorks_Part_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

approach integer Approach. Possible Values

Quick View (Solidworks Tesselation)

0

Load Solidworks Solids 1

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importconfigurationlevel integer Import configuration. Possible Values

All 0

As Saved 1

User defined 2

configurationname string User Specified Name.

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.87 Bundled_RH___RHB_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

fillhole boolean Not translated.

ActivateModelview boolean Activate Model View.

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6.88 Bundled_RH___RHB_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

fillhole boolean Not translated.

ActivateModelview boolean Activate Model View.

6.89 AutoCAD_Drawing_Interchange_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

AllLayout integer Import. Possible Values

Active layout 0

Model and layouts 1

Model only 2

ForceToWireframe integer Viewport shading. Possible Values

From file 0

2D wireframe 1

ImportHiddenLayers boolean Import hidden layers.

ImportLineTypes integer Import line types. Possible Values

Continuous lines 0

Complex as geometry 1

All as geometry 2

ReplaceText boolean Replace text.

ImportText integer Import text. Possible Values

As polylines 0

As polygons 1

UseMaterialsForColors boolean Use materials for colors.

ModelShadeOverride integer Model shading. Possible Values

From file 0

2D wireframe 1

Gouraud shaded 2

EnableModelZoomExtent boolean Zoom to extents.

EnableModelDarkBackground boolean Dark background palette.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

6.90 CATIA5_Drawing_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

drawingbkcolor integer Drawing paper colour.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

surfacediscretization float Curve discretization.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.91 Inventor_Assembly_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

approach integer Approach. Possible Values

Quick View (Inventor Tesselation)

0

Load Inventor Solids 1

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.92 Adobe_Portable_Document_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

smooth_text boolean Smooth Text.

smooth_lines boolean Smooth Lines.

smooth_images boolean Smooth Images.

output_dpi integer Output DPI. Possible Values

60 60

96 96

150 150

300 300

6.93 CATIA5_Part_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

loadconstruction integer Import construction geometry. Possible Values

NO 0

All except partbodies 1

ALL 2

displayconstruction boolean Display construction geometry.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

collectmetadata boolean Collect metadata to geometry.

importselectionset boolean Import selection sets.

import2DSketch integer Import 2D sketch geometry. Possible Values

No 2D sketch geometry 0

Both 2D sketch wireframes and points

1

Only 2D sketch wireframes 2

Only 2D sketch points 3

compacttree boolean Compact scene tree.

rulexmlfile filename XML file for collapse rules.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

angulartoleranceceiling float Angular tolerance cap.

chordheighttoleranceceiling float Chord height tolerance cap.

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importhiddenpmi boolean Import hidden PMI.

importmodelview boolean Import modelviews.

importcapture boolean Import captures.

realtimesectiongeometry boolean Create extra section geometry.

initialviewwithpmi boolean Create Initial view with PMI.

initialviewwithoutpmi boolean Create Initial view without PMI.

importcoordinateaxis boolean Import axis systems.

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

wireframeontop boolean Draw wireframes on top.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.94 Solid_Edge_Part_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.95 Iges_Part_and_Assembly_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.96 CATIA_Graphical_Representation_Files_CGR__ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

collectmetadata boolean Collect metadata to geometry.

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

wireframeontop boolean Draw wireframes on top.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.97 JPEG_Image_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

applycolormgnt boolean Apply ICC color management.

colorprofile integer ICC Color Profile. Possible Values

Default Monitor Profile 0

sRGB IEC61966-2.1 1

Adobe RGB (1998) 2

Apple RGB 3

ColorMatch RGB 4

rendintent integer Rendering Intent. Possible Values

Perceptual 0

Relative Colorimetric 1

Saturation 2

Absolute Colorimetric 3

profilefolder string Color Profile Repository.

6.98 Wavefront_Object_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

l_mtl boolean Import material file.

l_flip boolean Flip coordinate system.

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6.99 ACIS_Part_and_Assembly_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

importsurfaces boolean Import surfaces.

importpoints boolean Import points.

importplanes boolean Import planes.

importwireframe boolean Import wireframes.

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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6.100 Caligari_trueSpace_Object_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

JoinMaterials boolean Join equal materials.

ReadAnim boolean Import animation.

6.101 SolidWorks_Assembly_files_ImportOptions

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileformat None Provided No Description Provided.

approach integer Approach. Possible Values

Quick View (Solidworks Tesselation)

0

Load Solidworks Solids 1

loadhidden boolean Import hidden objects.

makehiddenvisible boolean Display hidden objects.

importmetadata boolean Import metadata.

importconfigurationlevel integer Import configuration. Possible Values

All 0

As Saved 1

User defined 2

configurationname string User Specified Name.

importpmi boolean Import PMI.

importsolid boolean Import splines, surfaces and solids.

tesslevel integer Tessellation Level. Possible Values

Very low 0

Low 1

Medium Low 2

Medium 3

Medium High 4

High 5

Very high 6

User defined 7

angulartolerance float Angular tolerance.

chordheighttolerance float Chord height tolerance.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

scaletessellationparameters integer Chord height behavior. Possible Values

Absolute 0

Scaled 1

tm__RX float X.

tm__RY float Y.

tm__RZ float Z.

tm__SX float X.

tm__SY float Y.

tm__SZ float Z.

tm__PX float X.

tm__PY float Y.

tm__PZ float Z.

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7 Metadata

7.1 filemetadata_extract

Extracts Microsoft Office or XMP metadata from the specified file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Full path to the file with metadata.

outfilename filename Full path to the output XML file.

7.2 filemetadata_extractmsoffice

Extracts Microsoft Office metadata from file specified.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Full path to the MS office file.

outfilename filename Full path to the output XML file.

7.3 filemetadata_extractxmp

Extracts XMP metadata from the file specified.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename Full path to the file containing XMP metadata.

outfilename filename Full path to the output XML file.

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8 Modules

8.1 ApplyModifier

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Modifier integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

e3_mod_axisdir 101

e3_mod_bend 102

e3_mod_mirror 109

e3_mod_noise 114

e3_mod_wave 115

e3_mod_skew 117

e3_mod_inflate 120

e3_mod_stretch 124

e3_mod_taper 122

e3_mod_twist 124

e3_mod_ripple 136

e3_mod_spline 163

8.2 bomfactory

Creates an xml file for given CAD file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

input_file_name filename Input File Name.

output_xml_file filename Output File Name.

export_directory string Output Directory.

file_type_guid string File Type GUID.

absolute_path boolean Absolute path.

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8.3 Clean_Scene

Cleans the scene and removes unused objects.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

Remove_Unused_Animations boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_Empty_Nodes boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_Unused_Materials boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_Model_Views boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_Unused_Layers boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_Metadata boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_Notes_And_Etc boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_Mesh_Dupes boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_EnvMaps_And_Backplates boolean No Description Provided.

Merge_Equal_Materials boolean No Description Provided.

Remove_Unused_Hidden_Cameras boolean No Description Provided.

8.4 cm_createbommodelview

Creates a modelview for each BOM in the scene.

8.5 cm_removeunwantednodes

Removes unwanted nodes according to defined xml file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

xmlpath filename The input file xml file.

removewithchild boolean Remove the node even if it has children.

removeemptynodes boolean Remove the node if it is empty.

8.6 cm_renametoplevelnode

Renames the top level node in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

new_name string New name for the top level node.

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8.7 cm_setaxissystemcolors

Sets the axis system colors.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

XR integer X axis Red value.

XG integer X axis Green value.

XB integer X axis Blue value.

YR integer Y axis Red value.

YG integer Y axis Green value.

YB integer Y axis Blue value.

ZR integer Z axis Red value.

ZG integer Z axis Green value.

ZB integer Z axis Blue value.

8.8 cm_setmetadataunit

Resets the metadata value to scene unit.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

xmlpath filename The input file xml file for unit conversion.

8.9 cm_setpmialwaysontop

Sets PMI always on top.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

alwaysontop boolean Set always on top status.

8.10 cm_setpmibillboarding

Sets PMI billboarding.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

billboarding integer Set billboarding status. Possible Values

None 0

Full 1

Flip Label 2

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8.11 cm_setpmilinecolor

Sets PMI line color.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

leaderlineR integer Red value for leader lines.

leaderlineG integer Green value for leader lines.

leaderlineB integer Blue value for leader lines.

8.12 cm_setpmitextcolor

Sets PMI text color.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

TextR integer Red value for texts.

TextG integer Green value for texts.

TextB integer Blue value for texts.

8.13 cm_setpointcolor_style

Sets points color and style.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

pointColorR integer Red value for points.

pointColorG integer Green value for points.

pointColorB integer Blue value for points.

pointStyle integer Point style. Possible Values

Dot 0

Square 1

Star 2

Plus 3

Cross 4

Circle 5

Rhomb 6

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8.14 cm_wireframe

Puts wireframe on top.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

putwireframesontop boolean Put wireframes on top.

8.15 cm_wireframe_color

Sets wireframe color.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

wireframeColorR integer Red value for wireframes.

wireframeColorG integer Green value for wireframes.

wireframeColorB integer Blue value for wireframes.

8.16 convertaitopsd

Converts an .ai file into .pdf.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

input_ai_file filename Input .ai file name.

output_psd_file filename Output .psd file name.

dpi float Target DPI.

8.17 CreateDVIS

Creates DVIS data.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

dvis_filename filename Path to .dvis file.

8.18 ct_clippingplane_crosssection

Cross sectioning with clipping plane.

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8.19 ct_color_objects

Applies different colors to adjacent objects.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

ColorSchemeXmlFile filename Color schema xml filename.

colors_count integer Colors count.

color_0 integer No Description Provided.

color_1 integer No Description Provided.

color_2 integer No Description Provided.

color_3 integer No Description Provided.

color_4 integer No Description Provided.

color_5 integer No Description Provided.

color_6 integer No Description Provided.

color_7 integer No Description Provided.

color_8 integer No Description Provided.

color_9 integer No Description Provided.

ObjectColorMode integer Simple cylic or XML schema. Possible Values

Simple Cyclic 0

XML Schema 1

8.20 ct_converttodoublesided

Doubles the number of faces of all objects in the model.

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8.21 ct_explodeobjects

Breaks out all the objects from the model.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

movement_precision float Movement precision: best: 0, fastest: 10.

duration float Duration of the animation.

parallel boolean Explode parallel to the axes.

num_stages integer Number of stages for explode animation.

mode integer Explode mode. Possible Values

All axes 0

XY axes 1

XZ axes 2

YZ axes 3

sequences boolean Create separate animation for each stage.

smart_axis boolean Try to find best axis.

group_type integer Object group mode. Possible Values

Distance 0

Size 1

inverse boolean Object grouping direct or inverse.

create_layers boolean Create new layer for each stage.

8.22 ct_healmodel_advanced

Repairs faces, cracks, geometry, and duplicated edges using advanced settings.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

skip_hidden_meshes boolean True: to skip hidden meshes.

create_new_meshes boolean True: to create new meshes instead reusing existing.

output_one_mesh boolean Combine meshes.

join_vertices float Join vertices threshold.

join_edges_enable boolean True: to join vertices with edges.

join_edges float Join vertices with edges threshold.

8.23 ct_invertfaces

Inverts all faces.

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8.24 ct_invertfacesandnormals

Inverts all faces and surface normals.

8.25 ct_invertnormals

Inverts all surface normals.

8.26 ct_joinequalpoints

Joins all the points that have equal (coincident) x,y,z coordinates.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tolerance float Tolerance between points to join.

8.27 ct_randomizeobjects

Randomizes all object points.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

tolerance float Amount of distortion.

units_or_percentage integer Distortion mode. Possible Values

percentage 0

units 1

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8.28 ct_realight

Creates realight effect to a model.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

store_vertex_colors integer Store ambient occlusion as vertex colors.

store_texture_maps integer Store ambient occlusion texture maps.

rays_per_sample integer The number of per vertex or per sub-pixel surface samples.

brightness float Level of brightness of the ambient occlusion.

map_generation integer Source from which maps are generated. Possible Values

Existing materials 0

Existing diffuse materials 1

outcome integer Manner in which maps are generated. Possible Values

Replace diffuse map 0

Merge into diffuse map 1

Add new light map 2

samples integer The number of per sub-pixel surface samples.

prefilter integer Applies color bleed around the polygon groups.

noise float Applies white noise to the texture map.

blur integer Applies Gaussian blur to the texture map.

map_size integer When set to 0 all maps will have a same size. Othrwise, created maps will have size based on the maximum dimension of the largest object.

width integer The width of the maps in pixels.

height integer The height of the maps in pixels.

max_dimension integer The maximum dimension of the largest map.

round_size_power2 integer Rounds up the maximum width and height values to the closest power of two.

save_internal_image integer Saves the texture maps in the internal application memory.

prefix string The prefix to append to the new map names.

path string The location in which to save the maps.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

format integer The format in which to save the maps. Possible Values

JPEG image (.jpg) 0

Layered Image Format (.LiF)

1

PNG Image (.png) 2

PPM Image (.ppm) 3

TARGA Image (.tga) 4

TIFF Image (.tif) 5

Windows Bitmap (.bmp) 6

virtual_ground_plane integer When set to 1, use a virtual ground plane to calculate the illumination.

distance float The distance between the model and the ground plane.

size float The percentage size of the ground plane compared to the size of the model.

calc_by_part integer When set to 1, ambient occlusion will be calculated saparately for eacj part.

channel_number integer Number of the UV channel to use.

map_mode integer Ambient occlusion map mode.Possible Values

Modulate 0

Replace 1

Additive 2

ray_length float Limit the test ray length. When set to 0, infinite ray will be used.

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8.29 ct_reducemodel_advanced

Reduces the number of polygons in a model using advanced settings.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

keep_percent float Percentage of polys to keep.

skip_hidden_meshes boolean True: to skip hidden meshes.

create_new_meshes boolean True: to create new meshes instead reusing existing.

normalize_meshes integer Set to 1 or 2 on very small scenes (bbox less than 1E-3) or for big and thin parts. Possible Values

Off 0

On 1

Auto 2

enable_postfix boolean True: enable postfix on reduced models names.

postfix string Postfix for reduced models names.

enable_join_vertices boolean True: enable join vertices.

join_vertices float Percent of longest bbox diagonal.

enable_join_normals boolean True: enable join normals.

join_normals float Tolerance for join normals.

enable_join_uv boolean True: enable join uv.

join_uv float Tolerance for join uv.

enable_join_colors boolean True: enable join colors.

join_colors float Tolerance for join colors.

influence_normals float Normals influence.

enable_influence_uv boolean True: enable influence uv.

influence_uv float Uvs influence.

enable_influence_materials boolean True: enable influence materials.

influence_materials float Materials influence.

enable_influence_colors boolean True: enable influence colors.

influence_colors float Colors influence.

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8.30 ct_remove_degenerate_triangles

Removes Degenerate Triangles.

8.31 ct_remove_duplicate_faces

Removes Duplicate Faces.

8.32 ct_remove_duplicate_materials

Removes Duplicate Materials.

8.33 ct_remove_duplicate_meshes

Removes Duplicate Meshes.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

keep_metadata boolean No Description Provided.

8.34 ct_remove_invisible_polygons

Removes internal polygons from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

quality integer Can not be negative. Higher values means higher quality.

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8.35 ct_removeinternalparts

Hides or deletes internal objects in the model.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

process_hide boolean True: process hidden objects.

method integer No Description Provided. Possible Values

Hide 0

Select 1

Hide and select 2

Delete 3

quality integer 1=max speed, 3=max quality.

process_transparent boolean True: take transparency of an object into account.

8.36 ct_removesmallparts

Removes small objects from the model.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

percentage float Percentage from scenes bbox of an object min size (0 - 100).

units float Object min size in scene's units.

used_type integer Type of value - percentage of scene bbox or absolute units. Possible Values

Percentage 0

Units 1

8.37 ct_separatemesh

Separates meshes.

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8.38 ct_unifynormals

Aligns all surface normals in the same direction.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

highlight_color integer Used if process method set to highlight.

process_hide boolean True: to process hidden object.

method integer Action for suspicious nodes. Possible Values

Do nothing 0

Select 1

Highlight 2

Make double-sided 3

quality integer 1=max speed, 5=max quality.

polygons boolean True: to apply algorithm to polygons.

8.39 ct_uvmapping

Creates uvs and assigns to all the objects in the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

mapper integer The type of UV mapping to apply to the selected objects. Possible Values

VAMP 0

Cube 1

Rigid 2

packer integer The method of packing the UVs. Possible Values

Clump 0

Rectangular 1

Simple 2

vamp_tolerance float The angle between the projection plane and the mapped polygon. For example, 0 degrees creates many small UV edges (co-planar polygons are grouped together) to create finer UV mapping. Whereas, 90 degrees creates fewer but larger UV edges (large partitions with distorted polygons) to create more chunky UV mapping.

spacing float The spacing between the packed UVs.

preserve_orientation integer If set to 'true', preserves the UV orientation of the UVs.

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fill_space integer If set to 'true', spaces the UVs according to the spacing percentage. That is, it resizes the partitions to maximize the use of the texture space of the UVs.

pack_per_material integer If set to 'true', packs UVs that use the same material, separately. For example, if polygons 1 and 2 use material type A, and polygon 3 uses material B, polygons 1 and 2 are packed separately from polygon 3. Otherwise polygons 1, 2, and 3 are packed together, sharing the same texture but retaining their own material.

map_per_element integer If set to '1', keeps mesh elements together when mapping; '2', keeps mesh Part IDs together when mapping.

relaxer integer The method of relaxing the UVs.Possible Values

None 0

Knead Even 1

Knead Aligned 2

Knead Hybrid 3

Relax 4

relax_iterations integer Number of relax iterations to perform for the 'Relax' relaxer.

uvchannel integer UV Channel to generate mapping to.

texturescale boolean Disable texture scaling.

use_texture_size boolean Enable scaling of the UV coordinates according to the textire size.

texture_size_u float Texture size in U direction.

texture_size_v float Texture size in V direction.

texture_units float Texture units. Possible Values

Generic 0

Millimeters 0.001

Centimeters 0.01

Meters 1.0

Kilometers 1000

Inches 0.0254

Feet 0.3048

Miles 1609.344

Points 0.000352

Picas 0.00423

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8.40 dgnhierarchyxml

Creates an xml file for given Microstation file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

input_file_name filename The name of the Microstation assembly file that is used to generate the .xml file.

output_xml_file filename The name of the .xml file.

export_directory string The directory in which to save additional output files for this operation.

file_type_guid string File Type GUID.

absolute_path boolean Absolute path.

8.41 ill_advancedsettings

Sets advanced parameters.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

hide_back-facing_geometry boolean If set to 'true', any back-facing geometry is hidden. This option ensures that any faces/polygons that you cannot see are not rendered, therefore increasing processing speed.

multithreading boolean If set to 'true', rendering is performed in multiple threads. You need to have a multithreaded processor to use this feature.

multiple_layers boolean If set to 'true', polylines are groupped into multiple layers (one layer per original mesh). Otherwise, all polylines belong to a single layer. This parameter is only applied if file_type parameter is set to '.ai'.

cgm_companion_file boolean If set to 'true', XML companion file is created. This parameter is only applied if file_type parameter is set to '.cgm'.

cgm_version integer Used to select the version of CGM files. Version 1 is the most compatible. Version 4 has WebCGM hotspots functionality. This parameter is only applied if file_type parameter is set to '.cgm'. Possible Values

Version 3 0

Version 4/WebCGM 1

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

thicknthin_method integer Used to select the thick'n'thinning method. Possible Values

Complete 0

Pop line 1

Silhouette 2

raster_vector_file integer Used to select options relating to the creation of a 'hybrid' image file when rendering to the .svg format. This parameter is only applied if file_type parameter is set to '.svg', '.ai' or '.cgm'. 'Flat color fill' option is also supported for '.swf'. Possible Values

None 0

Render Software Z-buffer

1

Render Raytracer 2

Flat color fill 3

raster_image_size_scale float The amount used to scale the hybrid file image. For example, if you enter 1, the new image is the same size as the original viewport image. If you enter 2, the new image is double the size of the original viewport image.

join_different_types boolean If set to 'true', different edge types may be joined into a single polyline.

min_join_angle float If the angle between two adjacent edges if more than 'min_join_angle', then they may be joined into a single polyline.

filter_approximate_boundary boolean If set to 'true', shared boundary edges are approximated. This is effective for source scenes where geometry has cracks.

line_filtering_tolerance float Determines the tolerance to apply when filtering lines. That is, it removes any duplicated and/or unnecessary additional lines that may be displayed in the rendered file. Negative values turn this parameter off.

filter_break_intersections boolean Used to select if lines should be broken at intersections. This is effective for later manual filtering.

contour_detection_accuracy integer Number of pixels used for contour processing. Possible Values

Low 0

Medium 1

High 2

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

contour_detection_match_original boolean Try to match to contours from original geometry.

rational_approximation_tolerance double Determines the tolerance of converting rational curves to non-rational. Only for scenes with Solids. Only for .svg and .ai formats.

curve_tesselation_tolerance double Determines the tolerance of converting rational curves into polylines. Only for scenes with Solids. All formats except .svg and .ai.

voxel_visibility_detection boolean Used to select if voxel visibility detection should be used instead of polygon detection. Only for scenes with Solids.

fit_splines_on_regions boolean Used to select if fills and hotspot regions should be approximated with splines.

use_part_id boolean If set to 'true', rendering will take into account Part ID information.

lock_font_size boolean If set to 'true', callout's font size will be same as in the callout settings, not taking into account viewport scaling.

order_lines_by_z boolean If set to 'true', lines will be ordered by their Z value. Otherwise lines are grouped by objects.

reduce_lines boolean If set to 'true', Illustrate will try to remove overlapping lines to produce smaller file.

reduce_splines boolean If set to 'true', Illustrate will try to convert lines to splines.

reduce_splines_tolerance float Determines the tolerance for converting lines to splines.

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8.42 ill_render

Creates an illustration of the current scene and saves to file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

file filename The name and location to save the output file.

file_type integer Used to select the format in which you want to save the scene. Possible Values

.ai 0

.dxf 1

.rh 2

.cgm binary 3

.swf 4

.svg 5

.tif 6

.eps 7

tolerance_angle float The tolerance angle for all rendered outlines.

line_thickness float The width for the lines of the rendered image in pixels for .tiff format and in 'paper_units' for all other formats.

boundary_thickness float The width for the boundary lines of the rendered image in pixels for .tiff format and in 'paper_units' for all other formats.

calculate_intersections boolean If set to 'true', draws lines along all face-face intersections of the rendered scene.

remove_hidden_lines boolean If set to 'true', removes lines that are hidden by the geometry in the rendered image.

show_as_wireframe boolean If set to 'true', shows the rendered image as a wire frame, all edges are treated as outline edges.

paper_units integer Used to select the units of measuring 'paper_size_width', 'paper_size_height', 'line_thickness' and 'boundary_thickness'. If file type is .tiff, this option is ignored (pixels are used as units in .tiff). Possible Values

inches 0

cm 1

mm 2

points 3

picas 4

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Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

paper_size_width float Width for the printed image in pixels for .tiff and in 'paper_units' for all other formats.

paper_size_height float Height for the printed image in pixels for .tiff and in 'paper_units' for all other formats.

virtual_window_width integer The range of width coordinates for vector images, or the width dimension in pixels for raster images. You must enter a value greater than 0 for an output file to be created. We recommend entering 1000 for best results, and using the same value for the virtual_window_height parameter. Also sets image size for .tiff format.

virtual_window_height integer The range of width coordinates for vector images, or the width dimension in pixels for raster images. You must enter a value greater than 0 for an output file to be created. We recommend entering 1000 for best results, and using the same value for virtual_window_width. Also sets image size for .tiff format.

object_colour boolean If set to 'true', uses the model's color for object lines. If set to 'false', uses the color set in the line_color parameter.

line_colour integer Used to select the color for rendered image lines. This parameter is only applied if the object_color parameter is set to 'false'.

background_colour integer Used to select a color for the background if you are saving to the .swf, .cgm or .svg format.

include_bom integer Determines if, and where the BOM is placed on the rendered image. You must include the partlist_drawcallouts operation within the process for this parameter to be applied. Possible Values

None 0

Text file 1

XML file 4

Bottom 2

Right 3

dpi float The resolution of the illustration in dpi.

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8.43 jtassociatepmi

Processes PMI associations on reconstructed assembly.

8.44 jthierarchyxml

Creates an xml file for given OpenJT file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

input_file_name filename The name of the JT assembly file that is used to generate the .xml file.

output_xml_file filename The name of the .xml file.

export_directory string The directory in which to save additional output files for this operation.

8.45 NeutralXmlGenerator

Creates an xml file for given neutral assembly file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

input_file_name filename Input File Name.

output_xml_file filename Output File Name.

export_directory string Output Directory.

file_type_guid string File Type GUID.

absolute_path boolean Absolute path.

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8.46 pdf_2d_picturing

Inserts a simple 2d image into .pdf a document.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

src_filename filename The source template filename.

dst_filename filename The OUT document filename.

target_place_title string Title of annotation, whe must be placed 2D.

image_filename string The image to inserting filename.

xfdf_filename string This file can have some data (in XFDF form), that will be imported into pdf.

enable_for_merging boolean If set to 'true', annots, fields and etc will be renamed (ready for documents merge).

N2d_image_align integer Align of 2D image. Possible Values

Stretch 0

Fit to Left/Top 1

Fit to Center/Top 2

Fit to Right/Top 3

Fit to Left/Center 4

Fit to Center/Center 5

Fit to Right/Center 6

Fit to Left/Bottom 7

Fit to Center/Bottom 8

Fit to Right/Bottom 9

8.47 pdf_2d_picturing_serial

Inserts a list of 2d images into .a pdf document.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

src_filename filename The source template filename.

dst_filename filename The OUT document filename.

images_filenames_list string The list of filenames of images to inserting.

xfdf_filename string This file can have some data (in XFDF form), that will be imported into pdf.

enable_for_merging boolean If set to 'true', annots, fields and etc will be renamed (ready for documents merge).

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8.48 pdf_merge

Performs merging of .pdf documents into one.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

source_filenames string A lot of source filenames, delimited by ; or , .

result_filename filename Result filename.

8.49 pdf_print_all_metadata

Prints all Metadata into .a pdf document.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

output_filename filename The name with which to save the exported .pdf file.

template_filename filename The filename of the PDF template.

node_annot string Name of annot, used for node name.

child_annot string Name of annot, used for node name.

name_annot string Name of annot, used for metadata name.

data_annot string Name of annot, used for metadata value.

area_annot string Name of annot, used for area in template.

parent_name string Regular expression, used as parent-name pattern, if empty - all parents will included.

node_name string Regular expression, used as node-name pattern, if empty - all child will included, but parent_name can't be empty.

child_name string Regular expression, used as child-name pattern, if empty - all child will included.

include_child boolean Recursive collecting from founded node for it's child.

exclude_geometry boolean Use only child, that don't have any geometry.

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8.50 pdf_print_metadata

Prints Metadata into a .pdf document (like XFDF method, use entries from template).

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

output_filename filename The name with which to save the exported .pdf file.

template_filename filename The filename of the PDF template.

node_name string Used as node-name pattern.

blocks_per_page integer Count of blocks per page.

8.51 pdf_protect

Performs a protection process on a .pdf document.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

src_filename filename The IN document filename.

dst_filename filename The OUT document filename.

use_md_password boolean Password protect editing of PDF.

md_password_text string Password for modification.

use_op_password boolean Enable for commenting in Adobe Reader.

op_password_text string Password for opening.

use_watermark boolean Add Watermark with following text.

watermark_text string Watermark.

doc_right_print boolean Allow PRINT of document rights.

doc_right_edit boolean Allow EDIT of document rights.

doc_right_copy boolean Allow COPY of document rights.

doc_right_edit_notes boolean Allow EDIT_NOTES of document rights.

doc_right_fill_n_sign boolean Allow FILL_AND_SIGN of document rights.

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8.52 pdf_xfdf_integrate

Applies .xfdf to a .pdf document.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

src_filename filename The IN document filename.

dst_filename filename The OUT document filename.

xfdf_filename string This file can have some data (in XFDF form), that will be imported into pdf.

enable_for_merging boolean If set to 'true', annots, fields and etc will be renamed (ready for documents merge).

8.53 pmi_settings

Sets global settings for a scene with PMI.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

always_on_top boolean If set to 'true', draws the markup and markup leaders on top of all the objects in the scene.

leader_color integer Used to select the color of the markup leaders.

text_color integer Used to select the vector text color.

8.54 pmi_visibility

Controls visibility of various PMI types.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

show_text_markups boolean Display Text Markups.

show_rich_text_markups boolean Display Rich Text Markups.

show_gdt_markups boolean Display GDT Markups.

show_dimension_markups boolean Display Dimension Markups.

show_roughness_markups boolean Display Roughness Markups.

show_welding_markups boolean Display Welding Markups.

affect_only_markups_in_active_viewport boolean Apply changes only to markups in active viewport.

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8.55 regenerate_scene_thumbnails

Generates thumbnails for scene step, model and detail views.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

regenerate_model_view_thumbnails boolean Regenerate model view thumbnails.

regenerate_step_view_thumbnails boolean Regenerate step view thumbnails.

regenerate_detail_view_thumbnails boolean Regenerate detail view thumbnails.

8.56 remove_vzxml_hierarchy_cache

Removes VzXml specific hierarchy cache from the scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type

Parameter Description

keep_all_metadata_as_selector_metadata boolean Copy metadata from VzXml hierarchy to scene nodes.

keep_selector_ds_ids boolean Keep VzXml hierarchy selector ds ids on scene nodes.

keep_selector_external_ids boolean Keep VzXml hierarchy selector external ids on scene nodes.

keep_all_metadata_as_entity_metadata boolean Copy metadata from VzXml hierarchy to entity descriptors associated with scene nodes.

8.57 RunFileQuery

Runs a query from a file on the specified scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

queryfile filename Query file path.

8.58 RunQuery

Runs a query on the specified scene.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

query string Query text.

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8.59 setsceneunits

Sets scene units.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

multiplier double Unit Multiplier.

units integer Default scene units. Possible Values

Generic units 0

MilliMeters 1

Centimeters 2

Meters 3

KiloMeters 4

Inches 5

Feet 6

Miles 7

Points 8

Picas 9

rescale boolean Scale for conversion.

ExcludePoints boolean Exclude points from unit conversion.

8.60 validate_and_fix_scene_hierarchy

Validates scene hierarchy and fixes errors.

8.61 validate_and_fix_scene_layers

Validates scene layers and fixes errors.

8.62 validate_scene_hierarchy

Validates scene hierarchy.

8.63 validate_scene_layers

Validates scene layers.

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9 Repository

9.1 ro_audit_addrecord

Adds an audit record for an asset.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer Asset ID to add audit record for.

auditmessage string Audit Message.

9.2 ro_asset_removeexternalsystemid

Removes any associated external system id from a specific asset version.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer Asset Id.

assetversion string Asset version number. Optional, if specified operation will clear partner system Id and version from this version only, else it will clear it from all versions of asset specified.

9.3 ro_asset_removespecifiedexternalsystemid

Removes external system ids that match the external system id information supplied from the asset versions they are associated with.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

partnertype string Partner system name.

partnerid string Partner Id.

partnerversion string Partner system version (optional).

partnerrevision string Partner system revision (optional).

projectname string Project name.

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9.4 ro_asset_getdetailsbyexternalsystemid

Gets the details of an asset specified by external system id.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

partnersystem string The External System Name to look up.

partnerid string The External System ID to look up.

partnerversion string The External System Version to look up.

partnerrevision string The External System Revision to look up.

projectid integer The ID of the Project to perform the lookup in.

projectname string The name of the project to perform the lookup in.

assetid integer The Asset ID if found.

assetversion integer The Asset version if found.

processstatus string Processing status (Unused).

assettype string The Asset type.

assetfile string The Asset file name.

deepserverfolder string The SAP Visual Enterprise Generator folder the asset was uploaded to.

9.5 ro_asset_getancestorinstances

Gets the asset instance IDs of ancestors of the specified asset.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The child asset id.

ancestorinstancecount integer The number of ancestor asset instances found.

ancestorinstanceids collectionparameter The list of all the ancestor asset instance IDs.

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9.6 ro_asset_getancestorassetids

Gets the asset IDs of all ancestors of the specified asset.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The child asset ID to look up ancestors for.

ancestorassetcount integer The number of ancestor assets found.

ancestorassetids collectionparameter The list of all the ancestor asset IDs.

9.7 ro_asset_getexternalsystemid

Gets the external system id for an asset version.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The asset ID.

assetversion string The asset version.

partnerid string The External System Name of the asset, if any.

externalsystemid string The External System ID of the asset, if any.

externalsystemversion string The External System Version of the asset, if any.

externalsystemrevision string The External System Revision of the asset, if any.

9.8 ro_asset_getparentassetids

Gets the parent asset IDs of a given asset ID.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The asset ID.

parentassetcount integer The number of parent assets found.

parentassetids collectionparameter The list of all parent asset IDs.

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9.9 ro_asset_getderivativesforversion

Gets the list of all existing derivatives for a specified asset.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The asset ID to list derivatives for.

assetversion string If specified, the asset version to list derivatives for, otherwise, the current version.

extension string If specified, only derivatives with the specified file extension will be listed.

derivatives collectionparameter The details of the matching derivatives.

9.10 ro_asset_setexternalsystemid

Sets the external system ID for a specific asset version.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The asset ID.

assetversion string The asset version.

partnersystem string The external system name.

partnerid string The external system ID.

partnerversion string The external system version.

partnerrevision string The external system revision.

9.11 ro_manifest_convertversion

Converts between different versions of file upload manifests.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

source filename The source manifest file to convert.

sourceversion string The version of the source manifest file ('V1', or 'V2').

destination filename The destination file to place the converted manifest into.

destinationversion string The version of the destination manifest file ('V1', or 'V2').

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9.12 ro_entitydatabag_deletevalue

Deletes an item from the entity data bag.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

entityid integer ID of the entity.

entitytype string Type of the entity.

name string Name of the data property to delete.

9.13 ro_absoluteinstance_downloadmasterderivative

Downloads the RHZ master derivative of an absolute instance from the repository.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

absoluteinstanceid integer The ID of the absolute instance to download.

outputfilepath filename The file to save the downloaded absolute instance to.

addtocache boolean Whether or not to add the output to the download cache.

absoluteinstancename string The name of the downloaded absolute instance.

9.14 ro_asset_downloadmasterderivative

Downloads the RHZ master derivative of an asset from the repository.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The asset ID of the asset to download.

assetversion integer The version of the asset to download (Optional).

outputfilepath filename The file to save the downloaded asset to.

addtocache boolean Whether or not to add the output to the download cache.

assetname string The name of the downloaded asset.

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9.15 ro_asset_downloadoriginalfile

Gets the current version of an asset, and stores it in a specified file system location.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

location string The path of a filesystem folder to save the file to.

assetid integer The asset ID to retrieve.

filename filename The fully qualified path of the file to save.

9.16 ro_asset_getassetidfromexternalsystemid

Gets the asset ID of the asset that an external system ID is applied to.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

project_id integer The project ID of the project to look in.

externalsystem_name string The external system name.

externalsystem_uid string The external system uid.

asset_id integer The asset ID of the asset identified by the specified external system details, if any.

9.17 ro_asset_getdetails

Gets information about a particular asset version.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer Asset ID.

assetversion integer Asset Version.

masterderivativeid integer Master Derivative ID.

masterderivativename string Master Derivative Name.

derivativefilename string Master Derivative File Name.

origfileid integer Original File ID.

origfilename string Original File Name.

origfullpath string Original File full path uploaded from.

assettype string Asset Type.

toplevel boolean Whether asset was uploaded as top level.

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9.18 ro_file_scanforassetbuildinfo

Gets the file processing information to process the specified file as an asset.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

filename filename The file to analyze.

derivativeprocesshint string The name of the process that the caller wishes to use to create master derivatives for this asset. Is treated as a hint only. (Optional).

requireplugin boolean Whether a plugin file type is required or not (Default: false).

filetypename string The human readable name of the file type that was selected to process this file.

filetypeid integer The file type ID, or 0 if no matching file type in the database.

pluginguid string The GUID of the plugin that should be used to process this file.

mimetype string The MIME type that should be used when this file is downloaded.

assettypes string The asset types that can be used when storing this file as an asset (comma-delimited list).

derivativeprocess string The name of the process that should be used to create the master derivative for this asset.

storeoriginals boolean Whether originals should be stored for this asset.

thumbnailgenerator string The thumbnail generator that should be used to generate thumbnails for this asset ('DeepServer', 'OperatingSystem', or 'None').

9.19 ro_job_getcreatedassetversions

Gets the asset versions created by a particular job.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

jobid string The job ID.

versions collectionparameter Collection of the asset versions created by the job, if any.

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9.20 ro_derivative_download

Gets a derivative or a thumbnail for a derivative, saving it to the specified file system location.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

location string The location to save file to. The filename is determined from derivative name.

derivativeid integer The ID of the derivative to retrieve.

filename filename The fully qualified path of the saved file.

9.21 ro_derivative_getdetails

Gets information about a specified derivative.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

derivativeid integer The Derivative ID to look up details for.

assetid integer Asset ID.

assetversion integer Asset Version.

derivativetypeid integer Derivative Type ID.

derivativefilename string Derivative filename.

9.22 ro_derivative_getstream

Gets a derivative or a thumbnail for a derivative into a stream in the process.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

derivativeid integer The derivative ID to get the stream for.

thumbnail boolean Whether to return a stream for the derivative, or its thumbnail.

writemode boolean Whether the stream should be writable or not.

stream stream The derivative or thumbnail stream.

filename filename The file name stored in the database for the derivative.

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9.23 ro_entitydatabag_getvalue

Gets an item from the entity data bag.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

entityid integer ID of the entity.

entitytype string Type of the entity.

name string Name of the data property to get.

value string The property value.

9.24 ro_absoluteinstance_getabsoluteinstancescreatedbyjob

Gets the top-level absolute instances created by a particular job.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

jobid string The job ID.

instances collectionparameter Collection of the top-level absolute instances created by the job, if any.

9.25 ro_asset_getassetidandversionfromexternalsystemid

Gets the asset ID and asset version for an external system ID.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

externalsystem string External partner name.

externalsystemid string External partner ID.

externalsystemversion string External partner version.

externalsystemrevison string External partner revision.

projectid integer Project ID.

assetid integer Asset ID.

assetversion integer Asset version.

9.26 ro_asset_getmasterderivativeid

Gets the master derivative ID for a given asset ID.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The Asset ID.

masterderivativeid integer The Master Derivative ID, if any.

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9.27 ro_file_download

Downloads the file with the specified ID and saves it to a file system file.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

fileid integer The ID of the file to retrieve.

filename filename The fully qualified path to save the file to.

9.28 ro_filetype_getforfile

Gets the file type ID with the specified plugin GUID and asset type.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

pluginguid string The plugin GUID.

filename filename The file name of the file to perform the lookup for.

assettypeid integer The asset type ID to use as a hint for the file type lookup. (Optional).

filetypeid integer The ID of the original file type, or 0 if no match found.

mimetype string The MIME type of the original file, or an empty string if no match found.

9.29 ro_view_getname

Returns view name for a given view ID.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

viewid integer View ID.

viewname string View name.

9.30 ro_job_getproperty

Gets the value of the job property with the specified name.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

jobid integer The job ID.

propertyname string The name of the job property to get the value for.

propertyvalue string The job property value.

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9.31 ro_job_setproperty

Sets the value of a job property.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

propertyname string The name of the job property to set value for.

jobid integer The job ID.

propertyvalue string The property value to set.

9.32 ro_asset_setmetadatavalue

Adds or updates metadata on a specified asset.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assetid integer The asset ID to apply the metadata changes to.

category integer The Category ID (Either category ID or name must be provided).

categoryname string The Category name (Either category ID or name must be provided).

name string The field name of the metadata value to set.

value string The metadata field value to set.

subnodeid string The Node ID to set metadata for (Optional).

subnodepath string The Node path on which metadata is being set (Optional).

9.33 ro_entitydatabag_setvalue

Sets the value of an item in the entity databag.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

entityid integer The ID of the entity.

entitytype string The type of the entity.

name string The name of the property to set.

value string The value to set.

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10 Scriptable Operations

10.1 script_execute

Executes a script block.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

script scriptblock The script block to execute.

sandbox boolean Whether or not to run the script in a sandbox.

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11 SOAP Web

11.1 webservice_methodinvoke

Calls a method on an external application web service.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

assemblyname string The generated Web Method Proxy assembly.

typename string The type of the Web Service proxy.

methodname string The name of the web method or operation.

endpoint string The Web Service Endpoint.

11.2 webservice_operationgenerator

Creates operations to communicate with external application web services.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

wsdllocation string The location of the wsdl, typically a URL.

username string Username for accessing the wsdl.

password string Password for accessing the wsdl.

toolboxgroup string The toolbox group to add the operation to.

prefix string A prefix that is added to the Operation name to ensure uniqueness. Used when multiple web services have methods of the same name.

strongnamekeyfile string This is the location of the strong name key file that is used when generating Web Service proxy DLL files.

operations collectionparameter The names of all operations that have been generated.

messages collectionparameter A log of operations, parameters and errors generated.

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12 SQL Database

12.1 database_executecommand

Runs a SQL server stored procedure and returns the results.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

connectionstring string Input parameter, the connection string. eg. 'Data Source={servername}; Integrated Security=SSPI; Initial Catalog={databasename;}'.

commandtimeout integer Input parameter, the maximum number of seconds to wait for a command to execute. (0=infinite).

command string Input parameter, The name of the stored procedure to execute. e.g. 'spGetAssetId'.

dataset db_dataset Output parameter, The results of the executed stored procedure.

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13 Triggers

13.1 filetrigger

A trigger that includes a file parameter.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

context contextparameter The task context.

filename filename Location of the file to process.

13.2 generictrigger

A generic trigger that only includes the task context.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

context contextparameter The task context.

13.3 simpletrigger

Trigger that supports name/value pair parameters.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

context contextparameter The task context.

request xmi_simpletrigger The input parameter.

response xmo_simpletrigger The output parameter.

13.4 conversiontrigger

A trigger used by conversion server processes.

Parameter Name Parameter Type Parameter Description

context contextparameter The task context.

filename filename The input file name.

outputfolder string The output folder path.


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