SDB

Purpose:

To save the current drawing in SDB format. The main purpose of the function it to export drawings stored in PADD to ‘non-persisted’ drawings stored outside the PADD database. The exported drawing object will be cleared from references to the PADD database.

Instructions:

1. In the File menu, click Export, then SDB.

2. In the dialog that appears you can select the name and the directory where to place the exported file.

• By default the name suggested is the name of the current drawing

• The default directory is the one assigned to the environment variable SB_PDB.

• The selected name must by valid for a non-persisted drawing:

  • Must be less than 26 characters

  • May contain capital letters A-Z, numbers 0-9, '-' and '_'. If using lower case they will automatically be converted to capital letters.

Options:

None.

Result:

The current drawing will be saved in SDB file format in the selected directory.