Quick Publisher

Publishing ACT3D files from native CAD files is a typical workflow for many organizations. Quick Publisher was developed to make creating a pipeline for this operation easier.

1. Click the Quick Publisher button.
2. Fill in each field.
3. Click Create Only or Create, Deploy, & Start.
   

   

    
   
   Quick Publisher Fields

   Name

   

   
   Enter a name for the pipeline to be created by the Quick Publisher. A unique and descriptive name is recommended.

   This is a required field.

   Triggers

   

   
   Select Directory Watcher for finding files on the local drive of the server or select Polling Directory Watcher for watching network drives.

   This is a required field.

   Source Directory

   

   Enter the source directory where Centro will find CAD files.

   The directory is from the perspective of the server: c:\temp, for example, is the \temp directory on the server system where Centro is being run, which is not necessarily the system you are logged onto.

   This is a required field.

   Destination Directory

   

   Enter the destination directory where Centro will create files.

   The directory is from the perspective of the server: c:\temp, for example, is the \temp directory on the server system where Centro is being run, which is not necessarily the system you are logged onto.

   This is a required field.

   Use Extension

   

   Enable Use Source Extension in Output Filenames to use the file extension in the output filename.

   Filter

   

   
   Specify which types of files to include; leave it blank to include all. Separate multiple entries with a semi-colon.

   Included CAD File Extensions

   

   
   Select CAD extensions to supplement the Filter field. Click each extension to include.

   Watch sub-directories/Add existing files

   

   Select the Watch sub-directories checkbox to include files from source folder subdirectories.

   Select the Add existing files checkbox to include files files already present in the source directory (and subdirectory).

   Note: These are both selected by default.

   Open archive files

   

   Select the Open archive files checkbox to extract files from zip, .gz, etc. and process them..

   Note: This is not selected by default.

   Importer Options

   

   Select the Importer Options set to use to convert CAD files to ACT3D files..

   Publish File Formats

   

   Publish to SpinFire

   Create .ACT3D files from native CAD files.

   Import Options

   Select a set of importer options to apply to the pipeline.

   Public to ACIS - binary (.SAB)

   Convert native CAD files to .SAB files.

   Public to ACIS - Text based (.SAT)

   Convert native CAD files to .SAT files.

   Publish to HSF

   Convert native CAD files to .HSF files.

   Publish to IGES

   Convert native CAD files to .IGES files.

   Publish to JT

   Convert native CAD files to .JT files.

   Publish to Parasolid

   Convert native CAD files to .X_T files.

   Publish to PDF

   Convert native CAD files to 3D PDF files.

   Publish to PRC

   Convert native CAD files to PRC files.

   Publish to STEP

   Convert native CAD files to STEP files.

   Publish to STL

   Convert native CAD files to STL files.

   Publish to U3D

   Convert native CAD files to U3D files.

   
   

   Note: All are selected by default.

   Catalog actions

   

   Add to Catalog

   Add the resource to the catalog.

   Upload native CAD

   Upload the native CAD file to the Catalog.

   Upload published files

   Upload an published file format (ACT3D, PDF, STEP, JT, STL) as a Catalog resource.

   Add to Category

   Automatically add files and their derivative files to a category.

   Generate and upload thumbnail

   Create a .PNG thumbnail of the native CAD file as visual representation of the CAD file in the Catalog.

   Publish to SpinFire Web

   Convert the native CAD file to hwf format to be viewed in SpinFire Web.

   Publish CAD physical properties

   Calculate the volume, surface area, bounding box, and center of mass. The results are added to the object in the Catalog.

   Publish CAD attributes

   Extracted meta data attributes are added to the object in the Catalog.

   Note: All are selected by default.

   Projects

   

   Enter a project name or create a new project. Only users associated with the project can view items in the Catalog.

   Multiple projects can be added.

   This is a required field.

   Related Topics

   Pipeline Editor