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Jakob_Hamburg
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rename sketched symbol in drawing resources. is it possible?

Hi.
I am wondering if it is possible to rename a sketch symbol (which is used on the drawing) in the model browser (drawing resources).
I saw that one can rename a title block, but I also read that the sketch symbols "name" is "read only".

In this example a title block is renamed, is that also possible with a sketch symbol? I could not figure out how.

 

'rename the definition in the Drawing Resources folder
	        oTitleBlock.Definition.Name = "D titleblock" 

 

 

Background why I want to rename a sketch symbol:
We have 4 different sketch symbols for welding data. Lets call them "A", "B", "D" and "E".
Those welding data stamps contain different information for example for normal steel or stainless steel, and so on...
It is always only one of these symbols on a drawing and in the drawings resources folder.
But now we concluded that these symbols contain too much unnecessary information and all should be replaced by only one more basic symbol.
So I made a rule that will replace the existing sketch symbol "A" with the new very basic symbol "A" that is stored on a sketch library template (.idw).
In my rule the name of the existing and the new symbol from the template has to be "A".
I want to also replace "B", "D" and "E" with the new very basic symbol "A", therefor I want to first rename "B", "D" and "E" to "A".
I hope I could explain the background well enough.

 

PS: I am still using Inventor 2021