🚀 Export 20+ Autodesk Inventor Drawings to PDF in 10 Seconds — Free Macro Inside!

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Tired of wasting hours manually exporting PDFs?
If you’ve ever had to send a large set of drawings before a deadline, you know the pain:

  • Click → Save As → Browse → Repeat… for every single file 😩
  • Tedious, error-prone, and eats into your actual engineering work
  • Sometimes you even miss a file — and that’s when the panic hits

What if you could export ALL open drawings to PDF in one click?
Your coffee would still be hot by the time it’s done. ☕


🎯 What This Macro Does

This free VBA macro for Autodesk Inventor will:

  • Export every open .idw or .dwg to PDF automatically
  • Save them all to your chosen folder
  • Log every exported file in a handy text report
  • Finish the job in seconds — whether it’s 5 files or 50

📊 Before vs After

Without Macro (Manual) With Macro (Automated)
3–5 minutes per drawing All PDFs ready in ~10 seconds
Missed files possible 100% accuracy, no missed files
Repetitive & boring One click, done
Coffee goes cold ☹ Coffee stays hot ☕

🖥 How It Works (Simple Steps)

  1. Download the macro (link below)
  2. Open Autodesk Inventor
  3. Open Drawings you want to create PDF.
  4. Load the macro from the VBA editor
  5. Run it — choose a folder for your PDFs
  6. Done! Every open drawing gets exported instantly

🔍 Proof in Action

save-all-open-drawings-as-pdf


📥 Download the Free Macro

⬇ Download Now — It’s 100% Free

Your time is valuable. Stop wasting it on manual exports.


💡 Pro Tip — Save Even More Time

This is just one of the 5+ powerful automation macros in my
Engineer’s Productivity Macro Pack — designed to save hours every week:

  • Batch rename drawings
  • Export models to multiple formats
  • Auto-update title blocks
  • And more…

👉 Get the full Macro Pack here — and automate the boring stuff.


⌛ Start saving hours — download now and watch your PDFs appear before your coffee cools down.

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