topic Re: batch title block update in Inventor Forum

batch title block update

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 19:44:39 GMT

The company I work for needs to update the title blocks on thousands of inventor drawings (.idw). As far as I know, the Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard does not allow you to select all drawings in a root folder. Since each part has its own folder, this would mean running the wizard around 20 0000 times. Is there anyway to get around this or automate this?

Re: batch title block update

mcgyvr — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 20:04:16 GMT

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/drawing-resource-transfer-wizard/td-p/2195262

See if that trick works..

Why did you make each part have its own folder? Just curiosity..

Re: batch title block update

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:15:54 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

Would this technique work if all files are in Vault? I am guessing I would have to check out all the files, run the wizard, and check them back in again.

I think the parts are in separate folders as an organizational thing. Each drawing has other files associated with it and having them in separate directories made searching easier. I'm not exactly sure though (I'm in IT and this was an Engineering thing).

Re: batch title block update

mcgyvr — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:23:39 GMT

I don't use vault but would assume that yes you would need to check them all out.. run the wizard then check them back in..

Just try a few files and see how it works.. If it does then do all the rest.. If not post back with your problems and someone can help...