Script Release: Project Links V5

[NateLiquidGravity]

Project_Links_V5 Released:
https://www.alibre.com/forum/index.php?threads/script-release-project-links-v4.20933/post-172643

Original Post for Reference:
As promised Project Links:



This lets you embed links to additional files right into your Alibre Parts and Assemblies.

Please let me know what you think.

Project_Links.py had 26 downloads. Please use the newest version linked at the top of this post.

 

[DavidJ]

Seems to work OK. I did find filling in the information for link a bit tedious - couldn't see any simple cut/paste method to fill in the file path/name in one step (had to copy folder name from file properties, or file explorer address bar, then copy name from properties and manually add '/').

Creating as shortcut, then copying from properties of that worked, but required some editing. Again a a multi-step process.

I must be missing some simple method.

 

[idslk]

Hello Nate,

Please let me know what you think.

NICE work ;-)

Hello David,

I must be missing some simple method.

i missed (or maybe did not found?) that too...
maybe the appended script could be added







Not the best, but you don't need your keyboard...

Regards
Stefan

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

Copy directly in grid works, paste directly in grid was giving me trouble so I removed it last minute. I'm planning to fix it and add it back in. Until then - paste only works when editing.

Holding shift and Right clicking on a file in Windows Explorer will let you Copy as Path. it wraps the full file path in quotation marks. The quotes currently need to be removed. That will save you some time though.

I couldn't figure a simple way to pick links. I want to support links to directories, links to files, and URLs. I'll figure something better out. Either way - right now it's no more difficult than adding links to a spreadsheet.

 

[idslk]

Hello Nate,

I want to support links to directories, links to files,

for this the Get_File_Link.py works, give it a try...

Edit:
I've added a simple Sring input for the URL. With this you can do a copy and paste and you'll get a string to use in the list...




as long as there's nothing better...

Regards
Stefan

 

[DavidJ]

Nate thanks for the 'copy as path' hint - often stuff hidden in Windows that you'd never find. That certainly reduces the effort. I guess making something very flexible, and quick to use is a challenge...

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

Once I get clipboard paste to work I will try making drag-n-drop work with the files/folders/URL as well.

 

[cadtec]

Hello Nate! a small and fine, good tool. Many Thanks!

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

Update! Project_Links_V2 with Copy/Paste of text and Drag&Drop support for linking URLs, Files, and Folders!

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

Update Project_Links_V3. This version has icons commented out, so it should work on newer versions of Alibre Design.

Removed download.

 

[Cator]

Update Project_Links_V3. This version has icons commented out, so it should work on newer versions of Alibre Design.

Nate,
unfortunately the problem still occurs.
The version works with the old icons as I told you while with version 3 I get this message.
I hope you can solve it!
Regards,
Francesco

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

I'm away from keyboard and am doing this by editing the script on my phone and I didn't comment out enough. Give v4 a try.

 

[Cator]

I'm away from keyboard and am doing this by editing the script on my phone and I didn't comment out enough. Give v4 a try.

Thanks Nate,
of course now the icons are missing but it works correctly.
Also, what's the point of 'Already Loaded' if it's always inactive?

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

I think it's leftover code from v1 when the button click loaded the data. I basically made the click event happen on load, disabled the button, and left the "Already Loaded" message there.

 

[Cator]

Hi Nate,
I have to report a new problem to you. When a file is dragged and dropped with a comma in it, this causes incorrect copying. Are there any solutions or should I just avoid commas in the names?

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

I know for certain that it stores the links with commas separating them. It used builtin functions and seemed like a safe choice for Links and URLs. If commas in them are necessary then I would need to dig deeper into the issue.

 

[Cator]

Hi @NateLiquidGravity ,
have you looked at the comma issue again? Also, with the latest Alibre update, drag and drop no longer works for me. Is this a problem anyone else has had?For the drag and drop I solved it, I found a fix through a user of another CAD. Following an update, a value in the system registry had changed However, everything is ok now. Different story for the quotes....
Thank you for your work.

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

Here is Project_Links_V5 with support for commas.
Also added a dialog box to ask if you want to save or cancel when the window is closing.
And added a dialog box to ask if you intend to clear all saved data rows when saving with no data rows.

Just keep in mind that this will port over the data saved by a previous Project_Links version but is a one way trip. It will save it with a new delimiter character so afterwards it will be unreadable by previous Project_Links versions. It shouldn't matter as long as anyone accessing the data only uses the new version.

@Cator Sorry I didn't realize that you needed the change.

[edit] I had to zip it because the script failed to upload to the forum because it has ASCII control characters in it as the new delimiter. [/edit]

 

[Cator]

Hi Nate,
Thank you for the new version, this app is really useful in everyday use.
A thousand thanks
Francesco