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Rearrange VIEWS in drawing

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:04:20 GMT

Hi everybody,

Is there any way to rearrange VIEWS in drawing? For example, I want to put VIEW3 on top of VIWE2.

Thanks.

Re: Rearrange VIEWS in drawing

-niels- — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:47:44 GMT

Only method i'm aware off:
Create new sheet > drag views to new sheet > drag views back to original sheet in desired order.

Hope it helps.

Re: Rearrange VIEWS in drawing

Cadmanto — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:19:48 GMT

Might I ask why the order in the browser matters? Isn't the way they look in the drawing the most important?

No one sees the browser except the one editing the drawing.

Just curious.

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Re: Rearrange VIEWS in drawing

cbenner — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:31:30 GMT

@Anonymous

The views appear in the browser in the order they were created, AFAIK. I would try @-niels- suggestion.

Re: Rearrange VIEWS in drawing

bbrownXJGFR — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:06:37 GMT

@Cadmanto, I just ran across this old post, but I though I would chime in. For me personally, it matters because the first view listed in the browser dictates the scale of the sheet in my title block. All views with differing scales have them listed in the view label whereas views matching the sheet scale listed in the title block do not need this.

Even without this, though, I would want my views to be arranged in alphabetical order if possible as well. If we can re-order things in the assembly browser, why not here as well?

Thanks!

Re: Rearrange VIEWS in drawing

ilyas_drawbridge — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:36:55 GMT

Hi all,

I had to do a similar thing because my title block reads the mass of the primary view. I wrote a code to move the views to a dummy sheet and then back to the original sheet with the selected view at the top. Projected views lose their alignment, but can be fixed by reapplying the alignment. Here's the code for those who are interested.

Dim oDoc As DrawingDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Dim currentSheet As Sheet = oDoc.ActiveSheet For Each oObject As Object In oDoc.SelectSet If Not TypeOf oObject Is DrawingView Then Continue For Dim oPrimaryView As DrawingView = oObject Dim dummySheet As Sheet = oDoc.Sheets.Add() oPrimaryView.MoveTo(dummySheet) For Each oDrawingView As DrawingView In currentSheet.DrawingViews oDrawingView.MoveTo(dummySheet) Next For Each oDrawingView As DrawingView In dummySheet.DrawingViews oDrawingView.MoveTo(currentSheet) Next dummySheet.Delete Exit For Next

Of course it'll be great if we could just drag and drop from the browser.

Regards

Ilyas