SpinFire Insight Command Line

Start SpinFire Insight from the command line simply by typing SpinFire.exe.
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However there are additional There are command line options as such:

Open a file in a new instance

Specify a filename to automatically load in SpinFire Ultimate.

Option

Description

Open a new instance of SpinFire and load the specified file

Usage:

SpinFire.exe <filename>

Import File:

c:\> SpinFire.exe testFile.stp

Import file to active document

Use the -i option to import the specified file to the active workspace. SpinFire must already be opened.

Option

Description

-i

Import file to active document, if SpinFire is already open.

Usage:

SpinFire.exe -i <filename>


Import File:

c:\> SpinFire.exe -i testFile.stp

Add file to active document

Use the -a option to add the specified file to the active workspace. SpinFire must already be opened.

Option

Description

-a

Add file to active Workspace, if SpinFire is already open.

Usage:

SpinFire.exe -a <filename>

Import File

c:\> SpinFire.exe -a testFile.stp

Open file in existing SpinFire instance

Use the -o option to open the specified file in the current open instance of SpinFire.

Option

Description

-o

Open file in existing SpinFire instance.

Usage:

SpinFire.exe -o <filename>

Import File

c:\> SpinFire.exe -o testFile.stp

Open SpinFire in Reader mode

Use the -r option to open SpinFire without using your license.

Option

Description

-r

Open SpinFire in reader mode without using your license.

Usage:

SpinFire.exe -r <filename|optional>

Import File

c:\> SpinFire.exe -r

Import File

c:\> SpinFire.exe -r testFile.ACT3D

Display the version

Use the -v option to display the version number of SpinFire.

Option

Description

-v

Display SpinFire version.

Usage:

SpinFire.exe -v

Import File

c:\> SpinFire.exe -v

Display command line help

Use the -h option to display the SpinFire command line options.

Option

Description

-h

Display this help screen

–help

Usage:

SpinFire.exe -h

Import File

c:\> SpinFire.exe -h