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Hello,

I need to convert about 4800 files from dwg to svg. All the files are in random folders and subfolders.

I am willing to buy a license to disable the time limitation, but only if I can get some help with this?

How can I feed the dwg2svg a list of DWG files, and have them output in the same directory they were created?

Example
1 dwg file is located here Another could be This is throughout MANY directories and subdirectories.

I would then want the output to be in the same folder.
Continuing the example above: Like that. I have a list of files that need this conversion. It's in a format like: In a text file.

Help? Can I do this? I'm overwhelmed.

This is really a Windows command line question, unrelated to QCAD.

The question is:
How can I list all files of a given type in a directory and all its subdirectories and run a command on them?

The answer is the Windows command forfiles.

Here's an example to run QCAD on all your files and convert them to SVG.
- We assume that the data folder with your files and directories is at "C:\Users\User\data".
- We assume that QCAD is installed in "C:\Program Files\QCAD".
- Note the ^ in "Program Files" to mask the space
- We call qcad.exe directly using the same parameters as used in dwg2svg.bat. Calling dwg2svg.bat would be preferable, but does not work, at least here. @file automatically resolves into the file name of the file to convert.

I understand this may be outside the scope for Qcad, but it directly involves your software, and is my need as your potential customer

I appreciate you taking the time to help me with this. This is all recursive from the first directory (C:\Users\User\data) which you listed?
Then it will make the SVG 'next to' the original files, wherever they are?

brenkuka wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:27 am

I understand this may be outside the scope for Qcad, but it directly involves your software, and is my need as your potential customer

Yes.. we get a lot of "please fix my printer / e-mail / Internet connection" type of requests because we tend to answer...

brenkuka wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:27 am

I appreciate you taking the time to help me with this. This is all recursive from the first directory (C:\Users\User\data) which you listed?
Then it will make the SVG 'next to' the original files, wherever they are?

Yes and yes.

Please try first with a smaller example directory to see how it works.

Thank you for your responses. I don't think it's quuuite so far out of scope as printers and emails

I will test it in our environment this week. If it works, license is.. 33eur?

Yes, please refer to our web site for prices and ordering:
https://www.qcad.org/en/online-shop

Yup, thanks again mate.

Hey Andrew,

So when I try the script you wrote, it comes up with an error, attached.

The exact code I use:

QCad is installed at the default location, "C:\Program Files\QCAD\qcad.exe".

Weird, it won't work when it's in a batch file, but it works when I run it from the commandline by copy/paste that same string.

Thanks

Yes.. Windows batch is not straight forward in many cases. You'd have to Google for a solution of these problems (I'd have to do the same).