I'm using autocad to slice a very large model into smaller pieces (.stl) for 3d printing. Imagine a 2d road map with all the roads extruded out an inch to created 3d pieces. Since there are many individual .stl files to export (and store) I need to name them. So far this has to be done manually with the pieces named 1-100 for example.
I've refined the process in autocad (using built in functions MULTIPLE and EXPORT) to:
- MULTIPLE
- EXPORT
- save as window appears
- enter part number: (1:n)
- enter
- select part
- MULTIPLE command returns process to 3.
Ideally I would like to use powershell or something similar to automate the numbering from a for loop and the keystrokes so all I have to do is select each piece iteratively.
Any thoughts?
Note: I am largely self taught and learning autocad/coding on the job. Simple is good!