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Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:28:53 GMT

I am truing to write a quick iLogic rule to cycle through all sheets of a drawing and change the reference data options to the following:

Line Style: As Parts

Hidden Line Calculation: All Bodies

Margin: 100

(see attached image)

I have the basic for each loops to go through each sheet and each drawing view but I'm not sure on the code required to change these values. There doesn't appear to be a reference anywhere of the commands available.

Many thanks

Re: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

frederic.vandenplas — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:59:53 GMT

Hi,

I also did not found anything under the drawingview object, so probably the api is not exposed.

Only Autodesk can confirm this i.

@Anonymous is there a list available of things that are not exposed, this would help us save lot of time 🙂

Re: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:58:33 GMT

Thanks for your reply.

If we can get Autodesk to confirm or deny it can be edited in iLogic that would be great.

I found this post earlier which details the iLogic required for turning off "Definition in Base View". However I can't find the command that was called up in this iLogic anywhere so I'm hoping there are other hidden commands for what I require.

Thanks

Re: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

Josh_Hunt — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:12:47 GMT

Did anyone solve this?

I'm looking for the exact same API objects. I'm using Inventor 2017.

Re: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

maxim.teleguz — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:58:06 GMT

I am currently looking for the same thing. 2020

Betreff: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

c_hoppen — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:34:43 GMT

Me too. Dez. 17 2024. poor...!

Betreff: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

maxim.teleguz — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:26:25 GMT

use this code in the meantime to calculate the suggested margin view size:

Sub Main() ' Check if the active document is a drawing Dim DrawingDoc As Inventor.DrawingDocument = ThisDrawing.Document If DrawingDoc.DocumentType <> kDrawingDocumentObject Then MessageBox.Show("Active document must be a drawing", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error) Exit Sub End If ' Prompt the user to select a specific view Dim oApp As Inventor.Application = ThisApplication Dim SelectedView As Inventor.DrawingView = oApp.CommandManager.Pick(SelectionFilterEnum.kDrawingViewFilter, "Select a View") ' Check if a view was selected If IsNothing(SelectedView) Then MessageBox.Show("No view was selected. Exiting.", "Selection Cancelled", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) Exit Sub End If ' Retrieve the margin value for the selected view Dim MarginValue As Double = GetViewMargin(SelectedView) ' Display or use the margin value as needed MessageBox.Show("Margin value for selected view: " & MarginValue, "Margin Value", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) End Sub Private Function GetViewMargin(DwgView As Inventor.DrawingView) As Double ' Get the size of the drawing view Dim viewWidth As Double = DwgView.Width Dim viewHeight As Double = DwgView.Height Dim marginX As Double = viewWidth Dim marginY As Double = viewHeight ' Return the calculated margin value Return marginX ' Assuming uniform margin, you can return marginX or marginY End Function

Betreff: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

c_hoppen — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 07:17:33 GMT

My comment related to the original question. We can't access the DrawingView.ReferenceDataDisplayStyle property via the API. It is not even documented.

It works with VBA:

Sub HideReferenceLines(ByVal drawingView As drawingView) drawingView.ReferenceDataDisplayStyle = kDisplayStyleOff End Sub

Re: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

maxim.teleguz — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:40:04 GMT

finally!

have code that will adjust the margin

Sub Main() Dim oApp As Inventor.Application = ThisApplication ' Ensure a drawing document is active Dim oDrawingDoc As Inventor.DrawingDocument = Nothing If oApp.ActiveDocumentType = Inventor.DocumentTypeEnum.kDrawingDocumentObject Then oDrawingDoc = oApp.ActiveDocument Else MessageBox.Show("Please open a drawing document first.", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error) Exit Sub End If ' Prompt the user to select a specific view Dim SelectedView As Inventor.DrawingView = Nothing Try SelectedView = oApp.CommandManager.Pick(SelectionFilterEnum.kDrawingViewFilter, "Select a Detail or Section View") Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show("Error selecting view: " & ex.Message, "Selection Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error) Exit Sub End Try ' Check if a view was selected If SelectedView Is Nothing Then MessageBox.Show("No view was selected. Exiting.", "Selection Cancelled", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) Exit Sub End If ' Calculate a margin from the selected view using your logic Dim CalculatedMargin As Double = GetViewMargin(SelectedView) ' If it’s a DetailDrawingView If TypeOf SelectedView Is DetailDrawingView Then Dim oDetailView As DetailDrawingView = CType(SelectedView, DetailDrawingView) Dim currentMargin As Double = oDetailView.Margin MessageBox.Show("Current Detail View Margin: " & currentMargin & vbCrLf & _ "Calculated Margin: " & CalculatedMargin, "Margin", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) ' Set the margin from the calculated value oDetailView.Margin = CalculatedMargin oDrawingDoc.Update() MessageBox.Show("Detail View Margin updated to " & CalculatedMargin, "Margin Updated", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) Exit Sub End If ' If it’s a SectionDrawingView If TypeOf SelectedView Is SectionDrawingView Then Dim oSectionView As SectionDrawingView = CType(SelectedView, SectionDrawingView) Dim currentMargin As Double = oSectionView.Margin MessageBox.Show("Current Section View Margin: " & currentMargin & vbCrLf & _ "Calculated Margin: " & CalculatedMargin, "Margin", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) ' Set the margin from the calculated value oSectionView.Margin = CalculatedMargin oDrawingDoc.Update() MessageBox.Show("Section View Margin updated to " & CalculatedMargin, "Margin Updated", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) Exit Sub End If ' If it’s neither detail nor section MessageBox.Show("Selected view is not a Detail or Section view. No margin property available.", "Not Applicable", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) End Sub Private Function GetViewMargin(DwgView As Inventor.DrawingView) As Double ' Example calculation: ' Currently, this just returns the width of the view as the margin. ' Adjust this logic to whatever makes sense for your scenario. Dim viewWidth As Double = DwgView.Width Dim viewHeight As Double = DwgView.Height ' For now, just return viewWidth. You can implement a more complex calculation if needed. Return viewWidth End Function

Re: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

donaldleigh — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:44:31 GMT

here is the code for the Hidden Line Calculation: All Bodies

DrawingView.HiddenLineCalculationForAllBodies() As Boolean

Re: Use iLogic to change Reference Data options in drawing views

Stakin — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:50:09 GMT

maybe

DrawingView.SetDesignViewRepresentation Method

Parent Object: DrawingView

Description

Method that sets a design view representation for a drawing view of an assembly. This method fails for drawing views of parts and presentations and in the case where the model (assembly) is unresolved.

Syntax

DrawingView.SetDesignViewRepresentation( Representation As String, [Associative] As Boolean )