Hi All, hope all is well!   

I'm an OEM, and need to know if Draftsight is the right tool for the job.

My customer is considering 100 seats of a sophisticated measurement device.  http://www.starrett.com/metrology/product-detail/5101-Video-Measurement-Systems/51-Vision-Systems/5-Metrology-Equipment/HDV300     

The measurement device loads a .DXF file, and is able measure the part against the nominals and tolerances in the .DXF file.

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The challenge is that the customer uses NX, and stores their files with the text embedded.  The measurement device doesn't handle embedded text.  A "Selectall" and "Explodetext" in Draftsight fixes the problem, but it's way too clunky for an operator to use.

Short-term, I need a way in Windows Explorer to do an "Open With Convert DXF File" option that opens Draftsight in the background, opens the file, selectall, explodetext, and save.  I can then have the measurement device open the converted file and it will display properly.

Longer term, I'd have Draftsight just embedded into the measurement software via APIs.   

Question:

1)  Is Draftsight the right tool for the job or is there something more effective?  I know it seems overkill just to do an explodetext function, but I need something supported long-term. 

2)  Can Draftsight do what I need?

3)  If so, is this something that I can do with a script, passing filename parameters to/from Draftsight?  Or do I need a separate program making API calls?

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Sorry if these are basic questions.  I left my IT days years ago when I moved into management.