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Auto Export

Publish selected 3D files and CadActive reports from the current Creo model in one shot.

Auto Export publishes 3D derivatives and selected CadActive reports from the current Creo model. You check the Exports and Reports lists, then Save the choices on the model and/or Run Exports to generate them now.

The Creo command is Auto Export. Help text: Export Outputs from the Current Model. There is no web catalog and no organization setting for Auto Export. You need an Automate license, a CadActive server session, and a model open in session.

Who does what

Role

Where

What they do

Engineer

Creo — Auto Export

Select 3D formats and reports, then Save and/or Run Exports.

CAD manager

Organization → Settings

There are no Auto Export rows. Report file location and format follow Settings for Reporting.

Batch / Windchill owner

Creo command line or Creo View Adapter

Run saved Auto Export choices on named models. Command line: Automate Command Line. Worker: Configure AutoExport on a Windchill Worker.

3D formats

The Exports list uses these labels. Files are written next to the model when that folder is valid; otherwise they go to the Creo working directory.

List label

Extension

STEP File

.stp

IGES File

.igs

PDF Document

.pdf (3D PDF)

ACIS/SAT File

.sat

STL File

.stl

glTF 2.0 Binary (.glb)

.glb

If the current model is a drawing, 3D export uses the first solid on that drawing. If the drawing has no solid, Auto Export has nothing to export for 3D.

Reports

The Reports list is the CadActive reports registered in this session. Auto Export runs the checked reports without prompts or progress dialogs. Which reports appear depends on what is loaded (built-in Reporting plus any module or customer reports). Report output follows Settings for Reporting. Overview: Reporting.

Save vs Run Exports

  • Save writes the checked formats and reports onto the model (including the CADACTIVE_EXPORT_FORMATS parameter). Save stays disabled until you change a selection.

  • Run Exports generates the checked 3D files and reports now.

Batch -ACTION=AUTO_EXPORT uses the formats and reports already saved on the model. It does not read -FORMAT=. Save from the dialog first, or set CADACTIVE_EXPORT_FORMATS (comma-separated formats such as STP,PDF). If that parameter is missing, Auto Export also looks for per-format yes/no parameters named CADACTIVE_EXPORT_<format> (for example CADACTIVE_EXPORT_STP).

Command line and workers

Shared Creo startup flags: Creo Parametric Command Line. Automate actions: Automate Command Line.

-ACTION=EXPORT_3D is a different action: it writes a solid 3D file from -FORMAT= and does not run reports. -ACTION=AUTO_EXPORT is this tool — saved formats and reports only.

For a Creo View Adapter / Windchill worker, see Configure AutoExport on a Windchill Worker.

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