topic Re: Reset view lables in Inventor Programming Forum

Reset view lables

sschulteH6WZ3 — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:09:36 GMT

Hi all, have the programmers of Inventor seen their way to allow view letter \ number reset with out going through a bunch of time wasting gymnastics? I have seen people complaining about this on here since 08.

Re: Reset view lables

CGBenner — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:50:33 GMT

@sschulteH6WZ3

Can you please give a little more detail, or an example of what you'd like to be able to do?

Re: Reset view lables

johnsonshiue — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 20:25:53 GMT

Hi! I believe you are talking about A, B, C view indices, right. Indeed, there isn't much you can configure. You can exclude certain letters in the active standard. But, you cannot reset the sequence. It seems to persist on a per file basis. If you want to reset it, you can copy the sheets from one idw/dwg and paste it to a new idw/dwg.

Many thanks!

Re: Reset view lables

sschulteH6WZ3 — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 20:42:59 GMT

Ok I figured no one has got around to figuring out how to do it yet if they are even trying.

Re: Reset view lables

Curtis_W — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:20:25 GMT

Hi @sschulteH6WZ3

Here is an iLogic rule that I had on hand or this... it has a few options built in that might fit your needs, but if you need help modifying it further, you might start a new thread on the Inventor Customization forum with some details and/or examples.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor-Customization/bd-p/120

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

Sub Main()

Logger.Info(" ")
Logger.Info("RuleName: " & iLogicVb.RuleName)

'Re-numbers all view labels on all sheets
'	handles aplha or numeric
'	option to set all to aplha
'	option to set all to Numeric
'	option to set only details and sections to alpha


oScheme = "Numeric w/ details and sections as Alpha"
'oScheme = "All Numeric"
'oScheme = "All Alpha"

Dim oDoc As DrawingDocument
Dim oSheet As Sheet
Dim oView As DrawingView

'check if active document is a drawing
If ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.DocumentType <> kDrawingDocumentObject Then
	Exit Sub
End If

oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

i = 9
k = 1
'Rename view identifiers 
'look at all sheets
For Each oSheet In oDoc.Sheets
	'look at all views on sheet
	For Each oView In oSheet.DrawingViews

		'renumber only detail and section
		If oScheme = "All Numeric" Then
			oView.Name = i
			i = i + 1
		ElseIf oScheme = "All Alpha" Then
			oView.Name = num2Letter(i)
			i = i + 1

		Else If oScheme = "Numeric w/ details and sections as Alpha" Then

			If oView.ViewType = DrawingViewTypeEnum.kSectionDrawingViewType Or _
				oView.ViewType = DrawingViewTypeEnum.kDetailDrawingViewType Then
				oView.Name = num2Letter(i)
				
				'skip I, O, & Q
				If InStr(1, num2Letter(i), "I") > 0 Or _
					InStr(1, num2Letter(i), "O") > 0 Or _
					InStr(1, num2Letter(i), "Q") > 0 Then
					i = i + 1
					oView.Name = num2Letter(i)
				End If
				
				i = i + 1
			Else
				oView.Name = k
				k = k + 1
			End If
		End If
	Next oView
Next oSheet

End Sub

Public Function num2Letter(num As Long) As String
	'converts long to corresponding alpha
	'Ex. 1 = A, 28 = AB

	remain = num Mod 26
	whole = Fix(num / 26)

	If num < 27 Then
		If remain = 0 Then
			num2Letter = "Z"
		Else
			num2Letter = Chr(remain + 64)
		End If
	Else
		If remain = 0 Then
			num2Letter = Chr(whole + 63) & "Z"
		Else
			num2Letter = Chr(whole + 64) & Chr(remain + 64)
		End If
	End If
End Function

Re: Reset view lables

tobias — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:39:56 GMT

@Curtis_W,

The code, as it is, goes through all the views and I can't get it to work for only detail and section views.

Can you help, please ?

Re: Reset view lables

Curtis_W — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:52:58 GMT

Hi @tobias

It's been a while since I looked at this, but it appears that this should work if you have this line uncommented.

Are you seeing something different?

Re: Reset view lables

tobias — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 06:50:23 GMT

Thanks. In my drawing it will still start labelling the normal views.

So the first View label I see is "C" instead of "A" on an auxiliary view.

Re: Reset view lables

will.astill — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 23:26:50 GMT

Hi, Does this just rename the views, or does it correct the view counter in the drawing so that new views are added starting at view 1?

Re: Reset view lables

tobias — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:40:42 GMT

Hi @will.astill,

It is "just" renaming the views.

Re: Reset view lables

will.astill — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:20:46 GMT

Sorry Tobias. I didn't mean to belittle the solution with the "just". I had followed a link here looking for a solution for resetting view numbering in my template and was trying to confirm that it didn't do what I needed.

Appreciate the effort to create the iLogic and to share it and that nothing "just" does anything without hard work.

Re: Reset view lables

yafetz — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:15:34 GMT

I changed this parameter and it worked for me,

@Curtis_W thank you for the solution!

Re: Reset view lables

Bellmer-CAD-Admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:01:47 GMT

It would be nice to get some feedback from Autodesk on why Inventor behaves this way. Is there a requirement from many companies that the letter of a deleted view (section or detail) may no longer be used?

It makes absolutely no sense to us, and it would at least be nice if it were possible to set it so that ‘freed’ letters are automatically reused.

Re: Reset view lables

will.astill — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:43:53 GMT

I've just been reading the release notes for 2026.1 ready for rollout. Looks like view labelling now works properly!

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2026/ENU/?guid=INV2026-1-DRAWING

Re: Reset view lables

jernejL2VC5 — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:04:49 GMT

Curtis this is a great rule, but why do sections start from letter J, how could I change them to start from A?

Re: Reset view lables

WCrihfield — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:18:10 GMT

Hi @jernejL2VC5. Just based on what I can see here, it looks like that is what was mentioned in Message 12 above...they changed the following line of code:

i = 9

...to:

i = 1

It seems that the number 9 corresponds with the ninth letter, which is the letter 'I'. Every time the code does something it adds 1 to the value of 'i', and the next letter is 'J'.