Random Stuff: Item Number on Drawing Views (Reg Hasell update)

Do you remember the “Item Number on Drawing Views” blog? It was a while back and if you need a refresh you can read it in full here, but essentially it will add the Item Number on drawing views. If you are detailing components and assemblies on same drawing then this will rename the component view description and will add the Item Number as indicated in Parts List and Balloon.

Our ilogic code looks the same now!

I have an updated code for which all the credits go to Reg Hasell. As it usually happens “one size doesn’t fit all” and he needed a personalized code which removes orphaned views and also changes formatting of the view labels. Sometimes we need to remove views of items no longer on the Parts List and that can be done with ilogic as well.

If you find this useful, go to autodesk forum, find him and give him kudos For questions you can start a new thread on the Inventor Customization Forum and then call me or him by adding our usernames in the post like this: @salariua @rhasell. I am sure Reg wouldn’t mind answering questions about his changes, if he has the time for it.

I have asked Reg to give us a short description about himself, the work he does and why the need to change the code. Here he goes:

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Hi all,

Very briefly about me.

I am originally from South Africa and moved to the Gold Coast Australia 5 years ago with my Wife and Daughter. I currently work for a small company that design Tension membrane structures. (EG The fabric roof over the stadiums) and most of my work is structural steel.

I started as an Application Engineer with an Autodesk VAR about 10 years ago and have taught myself pretty much everything. I only really started to learn Inventor when I moved to an engineering firm and all of a sudden your designs are being built!

When I moved to Australia I had to really pull out the stops when it came to 'tweaking' Inventor. All our drawing standards are Architectural based, and Inventor does not play nicely. It took me about 12 months to find my groove.

If I follow my trend on the forums, I can see how I have grown from asking to helping. I still strive accepted solutions and Kudos. I feel I that I bring a real world experience to the forums, as all my solutions come from practical experience and lots of blood sweat and tears.

The "Delete me code" has also grown up a little, as there was a slight bug in that it changed everything to "Delete me" Including views that I did not want to change. Depending on the drawing type, this did not pose an issue, but on smaller assembly drawings where I share the assembly detailing with component detailing this became a problem. Some larger assembly drawings have their own component detailing sheets. So it now allows me to select the views I want to change.

I created this code because I re-use a lot of assemblies, (E.G I will make a master Sub-Assembly, and just add cleats etc for each variation, and their drawings, obviously with a few small changes. When it came to detailing the items, I use the feature of "Replace Model Reference" Sometimes it’s difficult to keep track of what is on your drawing sheet, and mistakes are made.

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Thanks Reg for this short description / interview and for the updated code.

Enough said, here is Reg’s code, and even if you don’t use this feature I suggest you glimpse over because there is a lot of good info you could be using somewhere else.

Download the files here.

--------------------------Start “Drawing_View_Label”--------------------------

'Set view Label

Sub Main oView

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

If oSSet.count = 0 Then

MessageBox.Show("At least 1 drawing view must be selected first", "iLogic")

Exit Sub

End If

'Removed 27.01.2016 Reg Hasell

'Was not really achiving anything.

'Reference to the drawing view from the 1st selected object

''Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

''oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

''If oView IsNot Nothing Then

''oView.ShowLabel = True

oMenu ()

''End If

End Sub

Sub oMenu

Dim resu1t As String="Result"

Dim oLab As New ArrayList

oLab.Add("Single Assy")

oLab.Add("Mirror Assy")

oLab.Add("Extrusion - Item")

oLab.Add("Extrusion - Mirrored")

oLab.Add("")

oLab.Add("Detail Item")

oLab.Add("")

oLab.Add("Section View")

oLab.Add("Detail View")

oLab.Add("Plan View")

oLab.Add("Axonometric View")

oLab.Add("")

oLab.Add("Elevation")

oLab.Add("Flat Pattern")

'Display table and get the selection

resu1t=InputListBox("Select View Label", oLab, resu1t, _

Title := "View Label Choice", ListName := "View Label")

'Set iProperties based on the selection.

If resu1t="Single Assy" Then

Call oSingle

ElseIf resu1t="Mirror Assy" Then

Call oMirror

ElseIf resu1t="Extrusion - Item" Then

Call oExtrusion

ElseIf resu1t="Extrusion - Mirrored" Then

Call oExtrusion_M

ElseIf resu1t="Detail Item" Then

Call oDetail

ElseIf resu1t="Section View" Then

Call oViewSect

ElseIf resu1t="Detail View" Then

Call oViewDet

ElseIf resu1t="Plan View" Then

Call oViewPlan

ElseIf resu1t="Axonometric View"

Call oViewAxon

ElseIf resu1t="Elevation" Then

Call oViewelevation

ElseIf resu1t="Flat Pattern" Then

Call oViewFlat

End If

End Sub

Sub oSingle

'Set view Label

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

''If oSSet.count = 0 Then

'' MessageBox.Show("You must select a drawing view first", "iLogic")

''Exit Sub

''End If

'Reference to the drawing view from the 1st selected object

Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

If oView IsNot Nothing Then

oView.ShowLabel = True

Call project

'MessageBox.Show(iProperties.Value("Project", "Project"), "Title")

oProject=iProperties.Value("Project", "Project")

oItemValue= oProject & "_QTY"

'MessageBox.Show(oItemValue, "Title")

'Sub Set properties to create the Custom Fields, Without going into too much detail, I can't do this in one step

o_iPropID_QTY = oModel.PropertySets.Item("User Defined Properties").Item(oitemValue).PropId 'Custom QTY Field, defined above

o_iPropID_ENG = oModel.PropertySets.Item("User Defined Properties").Item("ENG").PropId

'format the model iproperties

oStringQTY = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='True'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='User Defined Properties' Property='customPropertyName' FormatID='{D5CDD505-2E9C-101B-9397-08002B2CF9AE}' PropertyID='" _

& o_iPropID_QTY & "'>customPropertyName </Property></StyleOverride>"

oStringENG = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='True'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='User Defined Properties' Property='customPropertyName' FormatID='{D5CDD505-2E9C-101B-9397-08002B2CF9AE}' PropertyID='" _

& o_iPropID_ENG & "'>customPropertyName </Property></StyleOverride>"

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'> OFF - AS SHOWN - MARK AS - </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringQTY & oStringTXT & oStringENG & oStringScale

Else

MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

End If

'If Not oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft Then

' oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft

' End If

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oMirror

'Set view Label

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

''If oSSet.count = 0 Then

'' MessageBox.Show("You must select a drawing view first", "iLogic")

''Exit Sub

''End If

'Reference to the drawing view from the 1st selected object

Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

If oView IsNot Nothing Then

oView.ShowLabel = True

' set up the the project number for the drawing label

Call project

oProj=iProperties.Value("Project", "Project")

oItemValue= oProj & "_QTY"

o_iPropID_QTY = oModel.PropertySets.Item("User Defined Properties").Item(oitemValue).PropId 'Custom QTY Field, defined above

o_iPropID_ENG = oModel.PropertySets.Item("User Defined Properties").Item("ENG").PropId

'format the model iproperties

& o_iPropID_QTY & "'>customPropertyName </Property></StyleOverride>"

& o_iPropID_ENG & "'>customPropertyName </Property></StyleOverride>"

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'> OFF - AS SHOWN - MARK AS - </StyleOverride>"

oStringOPP = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'> OFF - OPPOSITE HAND - MARK AS - </StyleOverride>"

oStringTXTx = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='True'>x </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

oReturn=" "

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringQTY & oStringTXT & oStringENG & oReturn & oStringQTY & oStringOPP & oStringENG & oStringTXTx & oStringScale

Else

MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

End If

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oExtrusion ' Added by Reg 27.01.2016

'''Set view Label

''Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

''Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

''oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

''If oView IsNot Nothing Then

''oView.ShowLabel = True

Dim oView As DrawingView

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet 'Added rev 2.0 - Selection

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

For Each oView In oSSet

Call project

'MessageBox.Show(iProperties.Value("Project", "Project"), "Title")

oProject=iProperties.Value("Project", "Project")

oItemValue= oProject & "_QTY"

'MessageBox.Show(oItemValue, "Title")

'Sub Set properties to create the Custom Fields, Without going into too much detail, I can't do this in one step

o_iPropID_QTY = oModel.PropertySets.Item("User Defined Properties").Item(oitemValue).PropId 'Custom QTY Field, defined above

o_iPropID_ENG = oModel.PropertySets.Item("User Defined Properties").Item("ENG").PropId

'format the model iproperties

& o_iPropID_QTY & "'>customPropertyName </Property></StyleOverride>"

& o_iPropID_ENG & "'>customPropertyName </Property></StyleOverride>"

oStringStock = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='Design Tracking Properties' Property='Stock Number' FormatID='{32853F0F-3444-11D1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}' PropertyID='55'>STOCK NUMBER</Property></StyleOverride>"

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'> OFF - AS SHOWN - MARK AS - </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringQTY & oStringTXT & oStringENG & oStringStock & oStringScale

''Else

'' MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

''End If

'If Not oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft Then

' oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft

' End If

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oExtrusion_M ' Added by Reg 27.01.2016

'Set view Label

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

''If oSSet.count = 0 Then

'' MessageBox.Show("You must select a drawing view first", "iLogic")

''Exit Sub

''End If

'Reference to the drawing view from the 1st selected object

Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

If oView IsNot Nothing Then

oView.ShowLabel = True

Call project

'MessageBox.Show(iProperties.Value("Project", "Project"), "Title")

oProject=iProperties.Value("Project", "Project")

oItemValue= oProject & "_QTY"

'MessageBox.Show(oItemValue, "Title")

'Sub Set properties to create the Custom Fields, Without going into too much detail, I can't do this in one step

o_iPropID_QTY = oModel.PropertySets.Item("User Defined Properties").Item(oitemValue).PropId 'Custom QTY Field, defined above

o_iPropID_ENG = oModel.PropertySets.Item("User Defined Properties").Item("ENG").PropId

'format the model iproperties

& o_iPropID_QTY & "'>customPropertyName </Property></StyleOverride>"

& o_iPropID_ENG & "'>customPropertyName </Property></StyleOverride>"

oStringOPP = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'> OFF - OPPOSITE HAND - MARK AS - </StyleOverride>"

oStringTXTx = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='True'>x </StyleOverride>"

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'> OFF - AS SHOWN - MARK AS - </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

oReturn=" "

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringQTY & oStringTXT & oStringENG & oReturn & oStringQTY & oStringOPP & oStringENG & oStringTXTx & oStringStock & oStringScale

'oStringQTY & oStringTXT & oStringENG & oReturn & oStringQTY & oStringOPP & oStringENG & oStringTXTx & oStringScale

Else

MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

End If

'If Not oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft Then

' oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft

' End If

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oDetail

Dim oView As DrawingView

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet 'Added rev 2.0 - Selection

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

For Each oView In oSSet

'format the model iproperties

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>ITEM <DrawingViewName/> DETAIL </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringTXT & oStringStock & oStringScale

'Else

' MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

'End If

If Not oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft Then

oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft

End If

End Sub

Sub oViewSect

Dim oView As DrawingView

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet 'Added rev 2.0 - Selection

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

For Each oView In oSSet

'format the model iproperties

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>SECTION </StyleOverride>"

' oStringStock = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='Design Tracking Properties' Property='Stock Number' FormatID='{32853F0F-3444-11D1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}' PropertyID='55'>STOCK NUMBER</Property></StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringTXT & oStringScale

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oViewDet

'Detail view Label Reset

Dim oView As DrawingView

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet 'Added rev 2.0 - Selection

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

For Each oView In oSSet

'format the model iproperties

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>DETAIL </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringTXT & oStringScale

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oViewPlan

'Detail view Label Reset

'Set view Label

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

'Reference to the drawing view from the 1st selected object

Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

If oView IsNot Nothing Then

oView.ShowLabel = True

'format the model iproperties

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>PLAN VIEW </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringTXT & oStringScale

Else

MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

End If

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oViewAxon

'Detail view Label Reset

'Set view Label

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

'Reference to the drawing view from the 1st selected object

Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

If oView IsNot Nothing Then

oView.ShowLabel = True

'format the model iproperties

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>AXONOMETRIC VIEW </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE N.T.S</StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringTXT & oStringScale

Else

MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

End If

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oViewelevation

'Detail view Label Reset

'Set view Label

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

'Reference to the drawing view from the 1st selected object

Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

If oView IsNot Nothing Then

oView.ShowLabel = True

'format the model iproperties

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>ELEVATION </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringTXT & oStringScale

Else

MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

End If

Align ()

End Sub

Sub oViewFlat

'Detail view Label Reset

'Set view Label

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet

'Reference to the drawing view from the 1st selected object

Dim oView As DrawingView= trycast(oSSet.item(1), DrawingView)

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

If oView IsNot Nothing Then

oView.ShowLabel = True

'format the model iproperties

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>ITEM FLAT PATTERN </StyleOverride>"

oStringScale = " <StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText = oStringTXT & oStringScale

Else

MessageBox.Show("The selected object is not a drawing view", "iLogic")

End If

Align ()

End Sub

Sub Align

Dim oDoc As DrawingDocument = ThisDoc.Document

Dim oSheet As Sheet = oDoc.ActiveSheet

Dim oView As DrawingView

For Each oView In oSheet.DrawingViews

If Not oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft Then

oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft

End If

End Sub

Sub Project

oProject = InputBox("Change Project Name", "Project Name", iProperties.Value("Project", "Project"))

iProperties.Value("Project", "Project")=oProject

Return

End Sub

--------------------------End “Drawing_View_Label”--------------------------

--------------------------Start “IDW Reset Labels” Rev1--------------------------

'Reg

'Version 1.0

'Date: 13/10/15

'This code renames all the views on a drawing

'to match the item number in the model tree.

'It then formats the label correctly to suit GDI.

' Set a reference to the drawing document.

' This assumes a drawing document is active.

Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument

oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim oSheets As Sheets

Dim Sheet As Inventor.Sheet

Dim oViews As DrawingViews

Dim oView As DrawingView

Dim oProj As String

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

'oProj = InputBox("Project number", "Title", "15046")

'oItemValue= oProj & "_QTY"

'MessageBox.Show(oProj, "Title")

'MessageBox.Show(oItemValue, "Title")

For Each oSheet In oDrawDoc.Sheets

'For Each oSheet In oSheets

    oViews = oSheet.DrawingViews

    For Each oView In oViews

'Show View Label if switched off

oView.ShowLabel = True

'Sub Set to create the Custom Field

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>DELETE ME <DrawingViewName/></StyleOverride>"

    oStringStock = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='Design Tracking Properties' Property='Stock Number' FormatID='{32853F0F-3444-11D1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}' PropertyID='55'>STOCK NUMBER</Property></StyleOverride>"

    oStringScale = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText =  oStringTXT & oStringStock & oStringScale

  If Not oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft Then

        oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft

    End If

'                                    End If

'            Next

      Next

Next

--------------------------End “IDW Reset Labels” Rev1--------------------------

--------------------------Start “IDW Reset Labels” Rev2--------------------------

'Reg

'Version 2.0

'Date: 27/01/16

'This code renames all the selected views on a drawing

'to "Delete Me"

'When re-using drawings, sometimes views becomeorphaned, and they get missed.

'This is a two stage process of renaming the views, then naming them to their correct vaules.

'Anything left as a "Delete Me" label, can be deleted.

'The origional code renamed every view on the drawing. (I will note what can be commented out to re-enable this feature)

'This unfortunately re-named Valid view labels as well, and was quite tedious to rename everything back again.

'Change history:

'Version 2.0 (27.01.2016)

'Added the feature of renaming selected views only.

' Set a reference to the drawing document.

' This assumes a drawing document is active.

Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument

oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim oSheets As Sheets

Dim Sheet As Inventor.Sheet

Dim oViews As DrawingViews

Dim oView As DrawingView

Dim oProj As String

Dim oSSet As SelectSet = ThisDoc.Document.SelectSet 'Added rev 2.0 - Selection

oModel = ThisDoc.ModelDocument

'Check that at least one view is selected

If oSSet.count = 0 Then

MessageBox.Show("At least 1 drawing view must be selected first", "iLogic")

End If

For Each oSheet In oDrawDoc.Sheets

'For Each oSheet In oSheets

    oViews = oSheet.DrawingViews

    'For Each oView In oViews ' Removed by Rev 2.0

    For Each oView In oSSet ' Added in Rev2.0

'Nothing Fancy, a basic view label text line.

oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>DELETE ME <DrawingViewName/></StyleOverride>"

    oStringStock = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='Design Tracking Properties' Property='Stock Number' FormatID='{32853F0F-3444-11D1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}' PropertyID='55'>STOCK NUMBER</Property></StyleOverride>"

    oStringScale = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'add to the view label

oView.Label.FormattedText =  oStringTXT & oStringStock & oStringScale

'This is not really needed, but left in anyway to format the Alignment.

  If Not oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft Then

        oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft

    End If

      Next

Next

--------------------------End “IDW Reset Labels” Rev2--------------------------

--------------------------Start “IDW Set Item Number”--------------------------

'Firstly: Credit goes to "Adrian Salariu" for all the help

' http://blog.ads-sol.com/

' https://plus.google.com/+AdrianSalariu-ADS

' He wrote the main section of the code, I just added the GDI label formats.

' using snippets regarding the type formats, I added the differnt types of views.

'Reg Hasell

'Version 2.0

'Date: 19/11/15

'This code renames all the views on a drawing

'to match the item number in the BOM.

'It then formats the label correctly to suit GDI.

'-----------------------------------------------------------

' Set a reference to the drawing document.

' This assumes a drawing document is active.

Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument

oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim oSheets As Sheets

Dim Sheet As Inventor.Sheet

Dim oViews As DrawingViews

Dim oView As DrawingView

For Each oSheet In oDrawDoc.Sheets

'For Each oSheet In oSheets

    oViews = oSheet.DrawingViews

    For Each oView In oViews

        'Get the full filename Of the view model

        Dim oModelFileName As String

        oModelFileName = oView.ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument.FullFileName

        'MessageBox.Show("view model name" & oModelFileName, "Title")

        Dim oPartList As PartsList

            'try and get the parts list form the table of this sheet

Try

                oPartList = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet.PartsLists.Item(1)

            Catch 'on error try and search all sheets for first found parts list

                'iterate trough each sheet

                Dim i As Long

                For i = 1 To oDrawDoc.Sheets.Count

                    If oDrawDoc.Sheets.Item(i).PartsLists.Count > 0 Then Exit For

                Next

                oPartList = oDrawDoc.Sheets.Item(i).PartsLists.Item(1)

                'MessageBox.Show("parts list found on: " & i, "Title")

            End Try

            ' Iterate through the contents of the parts list.

            Dim j As Long

            For j = 1 To oPartList.PartsListRows.Count

                ' Get the current row.

                Dim oRow As PartsListRow

                oRow = oPartList.PartsListRows.Item(j)

                'get filename of model in row

                Dim oRowFileName As String

                oRowFileName = oRow.ReferencedFiles.Item(1).FullFileName

                'compare the filenames

                'Performs a text comparison, based on a case-insensitive text sort order

                'If strings equal returns 0

                If StrComp(oModelFileName, oRowFileName, CompareMethod.Text)=0 Then

                    'Get the value of Item from the Parts List

                    'Row name needs to be case sensitive or use 1 for first 2 for second etc.

                    oCell  = oPartList.PartsListRows.Item(j).Item("Item") 'Row name needs to be case sensitive or use 1 for first 2 for second etc.

                    'get the value of text in cell

                    Dim oItemValue As String

                    oItemValue = oCell.Value

                    'Show the view label

                    'oView.ShowLabel = True

                    'format the text first line

                'REG

    ' ITEM " & oItemValue & " ](REG TESTING)

    'oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>ITEM <DrawingViewName/> DETAIL </StyleOverride>"

    If oVIEW.Viewtype=10501 Then '(Checks for primary views only)

    oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>ITEM " & oItemValue & " DETAIL </StyleOverride>"

    oStringStock = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='Design Tracking Properties' Property='Stock Number' FormatID='{32853F0F-3444-11D1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}' PropertyID='55'>STOCK NUMBER</Property></StyleOverride>"

    oStringScale = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

    'add to the view label

    oView.Label.FormattedText =  oStringTXT & oStringStock & oStringScale

ElseIf oVIEW.Viewtype=10503 Then '(Section View Type)

    oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>SECTION  </StyleOverride>"

    'oStringStock = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='Design Tracking Properties' Property='Stock Number' FormatID='{32853F0F-3444-11D1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}' PropertyID='55'>STOCK NUMBER</Property></StyleOverride>"

    oStringScale = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

    'add to the view label

    oView.Label.FormattedText =  oStringTXT & oStringScale

ElseIf oVIEW.Viewtype=10502 Then '(Detail view type)

    oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>DETAIL  </StyleOverride>"

'    oStringStock = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='Design Tracking Properties' Property='Stock Number' FormatID='{32853F0F-3444-11D1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}' PropertyID='55'>STOCK NUMBER</Property></StyleOverride>"

    oStringScale = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE <DrawingViewScale/></StyleOverride>"

'    add to the view label

    oView.Label.FormattedText =  oStringTXT & oStringScale

ElseIf oVIEW.Viewtype=10504 Then '(Isometric view Type)

    oView.ShowLabel = False ' Switch off the label Remove the comments below to enable axonommetric

        'oStringTXT = "<StyleOverride Underline='True' FontSize='0.5' Bold='False'>AXONOMETRIC VIEW  </StyleOverride>"

        'oStringStock = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'><Property Document='model' PropertySet='Design Tracking Properties' Property='Stock Number' FormatID='{32853F0F-3444-11D1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}' PropertyID='55'>STOCK NUMBER</Property></StyleOverride>"

        'oStringScale = "<Br/><StyleOverride FontSize='0.25'>SCALE N.T.S</StyleOverride>"

        'add to the view label

        'oView.Label.FormattedText =  oStringTXT & oStringScale

        End If

'add to the view label '(removed as it has now been replaced by the individual formats)

'oView.Label.FormattedText =  oStringTXT & oStringStock & oStringScale

'LEFT Align View Labels

If Not oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft Then

        oView.Label.HorizontalJustification = HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum.kAlignTextLeft

    End If

                End If

            Next

      Next

Next

'All done, thanks once again to Adrian.

--------------------------End “IDW Set Item Number”--------------------------

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