BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server 2018 Administrator's Guide

Configuring the Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks rendering module options

The Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks rendering module options specify which drawings to render and to which format in the destination system.

Note    The Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks rendering module requires additional configuration of Meridian Enterprise Server as described in Configuring Enterprise Server to not run as a service.

To configure the Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks rendering options:

  1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Data Exchange group, click Rendering Profiles. The All Rendering Profiles page appears and lists the existing profiles grouped by the name of the computer (cluster node) to which they are assigned.

  2. Double-click the rendering profile that you want to configure. The SolidWorks rendering options page appears.
  3. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.
  4. In the app bar, click SAVE.
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks rendering module options
Option Description

General group

Name

The name of the rendering profile as seen in Administration Console.

Computer

The name of the Meridian Enterprise Server computer (cluster node) on which to run this job.

Input extensions

The quantity of source file extensions to be rendered by this module.

To select extensions:

  1. Click Configure. The INPUT EXTENSIONS dialog box appears and lists the supported file extensions.
  2. Select the file extensions that you want to be rendered.
  3. Click OK. The quantity is refreshed to reflect your selections.

Output group

Action

Select an output format: Save as PDF, Print, or Publish as eDrawings.

Update title blocks before rendering

If enabled and SolidWorks is installed on the rendering node, the title blocks in the document will be updated from the document properties before the document is rendered. If disabled or the application is not installed on the rendering node, the update is skipped.

Use job advanced rendering settings

Select this option if the page range is stored as a property value of the source documents and the Page layout option is selected as described in Configuring rendering options. If that option is not selected, select a range from Drawing page range.

Drawing page range

Select which drawing sheets to render. To render only a range of sheets, select Page(s) and then type the sheet numbers in From and To.

Export as 3D

Saves the model as a 3D file.