Claude and I built a Python script recently that functions as a single or batch Layout export tool, currently with PDF or JPG options. The tool also tracks revisions in a way that's unique to the iterative nature of our work with figures for environmental engineering reports.
Anyone interested in this? It effectively becomes a 'click once and update all changed Layouts, to multiple places, with both simple and detailed tracking of changes' tool.
If there's enough interest I can post the code, parameters and validation scripts
Details:
- Creates and maintains batch export lists that can be customized
- Tracks changes visually, so only Layouts with changes get exported between runs
- Allows for multiple outputs: one folder gets base Layout filename with overwrite (so there's always a 'current' version'; another folder gets iterative copies with '_revA', '_revB' appended for granular auditing; an optional third folder gets another copy of the 'current' versions
- Ignores the bottom 1/2" of all layouts in the change comparison (this is where we keep our time/date stamp)
