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Message 1 of 20
Anonymous
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idw revision table

I change the template file to include a revision table with customized
columns but when I use the template for new drawings the settings are not
there (I don't want to each time reset the setings for the table). Am I
doing something wrong?

Thanks
Vadim

2.5GHz P4 with 1GB
NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL
IV7 "basic"
Win 2000 Pro
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Message 2 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

No, Vadim.
Revision table won't remember your settings. As designed. Another
half-baked feature.





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Jon Genova
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
BioServe Space Technologies

A NASA Commercial Space Center (CSC)

genovaj@stripe.colorado.edu
Bioserve URL http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/BioServe/
Personal URL http://stripe.Colorado.EDU/~genovaj/
Message 3 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Thanks for the quick reply. I was afraid of that.


You mean IV has other half-baked features? 🙂


"Jon Genova" wrote in message
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> Bioserve URL http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/BioServe/
> Personal URL http://stripe.Colorado.EDU/~genovaj/
Message 4 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

I just use my own revision table made of sketched symbols. I think
many of us have stuck with this method- a carry over from pre-IV6
days.

I'll post mine in customer files.
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Jon Genova
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
BioServe Space Technologies

A NASA Commercial Space Center (CSC)

genovaj@stripe.colorado.edu
Bioserve URL http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/BioServe/
Personal URL http://stripe.Colorado.EDU/~genovaj/
Message 5 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Yes, it does stink.
Another workaround I have used:

Create the template as you want it. (As you already have it)
Make the Template Directory a Library search path (for easy access).
Now, when you want to create a new .idw, OPEN the template (since it is in a
Library Path, there is no fear of accidentally changing it)
Save copy as... to working directory with new name
Close template,
Open new file.

A few more steps for each file, but at least it saves all your sketch symbol and
rev. table settings.

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com



"Jon Genova" wrote in message
news:3F282597.6CE37385@stripe.colorado.edu...
>
> I just use my own revision table made of sketched symbols. I think
> many of us have stuck with this method- a carry over from pre-IV6
> days....
Message 6 of 20
rllthomas
in reply to: Anonymous

No, they would never do that.
Message 7 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Good idea. I'll try it.

Thanks

-JG


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Jon Genova
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
BioServe Space Technologies

A NASA Commercial Space Center (CSC)

genovaj@stripe.colorado.edu
Bioserve URL http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/BioServe/
Personal URL http://stripe.Colorado.EDU/~genovaj/
Message 8 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Cumbersome work-around - but reflects creative thinking. 🙂
Maybe one of the VBA gods here can automate it so more of us can use this
technique? Kent, Sean, Charles?



"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
news:B24640ACD2BF3721AACB57B366D93104@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Yes, it does stink.
> Another workaround I have used:
>
> Create the template as you want it. (As you already have it)
> Make the Template Directory a Library search path (for easy access).
> Now, when you want to create a new .idw, OPEN the template (since it is in
a
> Library Path, there is no fear of accidentally changing it)
> Save copy as... to working directory with new name
> Close template,
> Open new file.
>
> A few more steps for each file, but at least it saves all your sketch
symbol and
> rev. table settings.
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
> www.autoconcorp.com
Message 9 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Your wish is my command ..... Not really

This needs some cleaning up but ..... what do you want in 5 minutes and for free. 8^)
Obviously change the path to your path.

Public Sub NewDrawing()

Dim oDoc As DrawingDocument

Set oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Add(kDrawingDocumentObject, "C:\AutoDesk\Inventor
7\Templates\Standard.idw", True)

Dim oFileDlg As FileDialog

Call ThisApplication.CreateFileDialog(oFileDlg)

oFileDlg.Filter = "Inventor Drawing File (*.idw)|*.idw|All Files (*.*)|*.*"

oFileDlg.DialogTitle = "New File Name"

oFileDlg.CancelError = True
On Error Resume Next
oFileDlg.ShowSave

oDoc.SaveAs oFileDlg.FileName, True

oDoc.Close True
Set oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(oFileDlg.FileName, True)

End Sub


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Assistant Moderator
Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program


"Ron Crain" wrote in message
news:181D17E5881C20A7AB3D141BE5AA0B75@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Cumbersome work-around - but reflects creative thinking. 🙂
> Maybe one of the VBA gods here can automate it so more of us can use this
> technique? Kent, Sean, Charles?
>
Message 10 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

You do realize, don't you, that what you posted makes absolutely no sense to
me whatsoever?
What is a common mortal supposed to do with those lines of text?

"Kent Keller" wrote in message
news:5D32A7EBFA0A8E8D59E16DCB62893CDC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Your wish is my command ..... Not really
>
> This needs some cleaning up but ..... what do you want in 5 minutes and
for free. 8^)
> Obviously change the path to your path.
>
> Public Sub NewDrawing()
>
> Dim oDoc As DrawingDocument
>
> Set oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Add(kDrawingDocumentObject,
"C:\AutoDesk\Inventor
> 7\Templates\Standard.idw", True)
>
> Dim oFileDlg As FileDialog
>
> Call ThisApplication.CreateFileDialog(oFileDlg)
>
> oFileDlg.Filter = "Inventor Drawing File (*.idw)|*.idw|All Files
(*.*)|*.*"
>
> oFileDlg.DialogTitle = "New File Name"
>
> oFileDlg.CancelError = True
> On Error Resume Next
> oFileDlg.ShowSave
>
> oDoc.SaveAs oFileDlg.FileName, True
>
> oDoc.Close True
> Set oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(oFileDlg.FileName, True)
>
> End Sub
>
>
> --
> Kent
> Assistant Moderator
> Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
Message 11 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

LOL

Open Inventor
Hit Alt F11
Double click on Module1 in the top left
In the right paste in all those lines of text
Edit the line that has the path to a IDW file to be the path to the template you want to
use.
Save

Go back to Inventor and run the macro. If you have MrMacro use it, otherwise Tools>>
Macros>> Macro.

You can make a toolbutton to run it, which Sean has outlined in his Tips and tricks I
believe.

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Kent
Assistant Moderator
Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program


"Ron Crain" wrote in message
news:7BF594E1534F19BC596FA5533DECF779@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> You do realize, don't you, that what you posted makes absolutely no sense to
> me whatsoever?
> What is a common mortal supposed to do with those lines of text?
Message 12 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Is it really that easy?
And here I was impressed with VBA programmers LOL

Thanks - saved that one.

"Kent Keller" wrote in message
news:C68DEB435B3C41D6879BA8AFEB6371CE@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> LOL
>
> Open Inventor
> Hit Alt F11
Message 13 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Kent may be due for a sainthood nomination for letting that one go by.


Ron Crain wrote:
> What is a common mortal supposed to do with those lines of text?

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Mechanical Designer
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Message 14 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Kent, I ran your code once and it worked great. But I forgot I had changed the
paths here to a network path, so I closed all drawings, changed the code to the
correct path, closed IV all the way, restarted and tried again. When I did, I
got the attached error.

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Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com



"Kent Keller" wrote in message
news:5D32A7EBFA0A8E8D59E16DCB62893CDC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Your wish is my command ..... Not really
>
Message 15 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

NM, I added an "s" to the path where there wasn't one. Sorry. Thanks for the
quick code! Works a treat!

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Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com



"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
news:9A792337DFAD71BAD152B1878FB3628E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Kent, I ran your code once and it worked great. But I forgot I had changed the
> paths here to a network path, so I closed all drawings, changed the code to
the
> correct path, closed IV all the way, restarted and tried again. When I did, I
> got the attached error.
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
> www.autoconcorp.com
>
>
>
> "Kent Keller" wrote in message
> news:5D32A7EBFA0A8E8D59E16DCB62893CDC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Your wish is my command ..... Not really
> >
>
>


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Message 16 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Perhaps I spoke to soon about it working. It creates a "New" drawing, without
symbols and rev. block, just like "New" command..

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Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com



> Works a treat!
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
> www.autoconcorp.com
>
>
>
Message 17 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

See there you go Kent. Showing the mortals our powers are really just magic
tricks

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"Ron Crain" wrote in message
news:6B48C6F6886E9DF69558D33DA097FDFF@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Is it really that easy?
> And here I was impressed with VBA programmers LOL
>
> Thanks - saved that one.
>
> "Kent Keller" wrote in message
> news:C68DEB435B3C41D6879BA8AFEB6371CE@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > LOL
> >
> > Open Inventor
> > Hit Alt F11
>
>
Message 18 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

What now you expect it to actually work??

I didn't have any symbols or rev blocks set up in my template so I
didn't notice. I will try to take a look and see what I did wrong or
why it isn't working right sometime today.

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Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program

"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
news:659F68DA991BC617E65064C11E2989BC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Perhaps I spoke to soon about it working. It creates a "New" drawing,
without
> symbols and rev. block, just like "New" command..
Message 19 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Ok finally got a chance to look at it. I thought this was probably what I had done. I
was opening the template file just like the program does when you do a file new.

Try this format for the line that has your template file in it.

Set oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open("C:\AutoDesk\Inventor
7\Templates\TestStandard.idw", True)


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Kent
Assistant Moderator
Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program


"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
news:659F68DA991BC617E65064C11E2989BC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Perhaps I spoke to soon about it working. It creates a "New" drawing, without
> symbols and rev. block, just like "New" command..
Message 20 of 20
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

YAY! Tanx, man.

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Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com



"Kent Keller" wrote in message
news:4E122E42A2A8498C0BCAA8C79E98D917@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Ok finally got a chance to look at it. I thought this was probably what I
had done. I
> was opening the template file just like the program does when you do a file
new.
>
> Try this format for the line that has your template file in it.
>
> Set oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open("C:\AutoDesk\Inventor
> 7\Templates\TestStandard.idw", True)
>
>
> --
> Kent
> Assistant Moderator
> Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
>
>
> "Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
> news:659F68DA991BC617E65064C11E2989BC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Perhaps I spoke to soon about it working. It creates a "New" drawing,
without
> > symbols and rev. block, just like "New" command..
>
>

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