Command line interaction with Vectorscript

[Hobadee]

Hello everyone,

Is there a command line interface for Vectorworks/Vectorscript at all?  We have about 75,000 VWX-2016 files we need to upgrade to 2017, and we would like to do this via a shell script.  (The builtin batch convert function has been iffy in the past, and the quantity of files we have tends to choke it.)  Is there a way of doing this?

[Pat Stanford]

Are you on Mac or Windows? If Mac, then you could probably work up an Applescript function that would do what you need. I can probably help you get started on the script.

 

Otherwise, just Batch Convert a folder at a time.  Neither are good options.

[Hobadee]

We have both Mac and Windows machines.

 

Batch Converting a folder at a time isn't really an option; those 75,000 files are spread out over probably 25,000 folders.  We really just need to pass the root directory to a script and have it convert files as it finds them.

[Pat Stanford]

Since you have Macs, we can probably build an AppleScript/Vectorscript workflow that will do what you want. If you are interested in discussing this further, please send me a private message so we can discuss the details of what you want this to do and how much time it is likely to take to do it.