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Inserting Field Into Layout Tab Name

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KMulligan-Fabian
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Inserting Field Into Layout Tab Name

Hello,

Is there a way to insert a field into the layout tab name (See image - circled in red)? When I right-click on the tab it doesn't give the option. I could rename all the tabs individually, but with potentially 40+ tabs I would like to streamline this.

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Message 2 of 7

No but what Field are you thinking of using?


Paul Li
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Message 3 of 7

I was going to use either a custom field to match drawing file name or if there an existing field to utilize that. If there is a way to find and replace the tab name, that would work as well.

Message 4 of 7

Perhaps a lisp can be written to place the dwg file name as a prefix to all the layout tabs. You may want to be specific with the requirement and post in the customization lisp forum


Paul Li
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Message 5 of 7

You cannot use Fields directly but you can use a LISP reactor to do this. See e.g. RenameLOA:

https://www.cadforum.cz/en/how-to-rename-layouts-by-a-specific-attribute-of-the-title-block-tip11780

 

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance.world  -  www.cadforum.cz

 

Message 6 of 7

You might want to check the Sheet Set Manager. You can rename and renumber the sheets from the SSM palette, which has the option to update the layout name.

Cheers,
Edwin Prakoso
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Lee Mac's TabSort lisp with dialog boxes allows you to modify/rearrange layout tabs in many ways including adding a prefix or suffix to their names. https://www.lee-mac.com/tabsort.html

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