Rename Proposals

[SteveDFThorne]

Maybe I missed it, but, if the only way to rename a proposal is to duplicate and give it a new name, then delete the old, could we get the ability to rename the proposals? 

Ideally, this will flow through and rename the shared web versions too. I assume this is why it doesn't already do this. 

Thanks,

[SteveDFThorne]

To Add: 

Could it also order the proposals by name alphabetically? 

[elliott.rosenfeld]

Hi @SteveDFThorne,

We put together this script for you, I think this will accomplish the renaming portion of what you are looking for. Here's some information on how to use the scripting console: http://help.autodesk.com/view/INFMDR/ENU/?guid=GUID-6CCCDB7F-E136-42A1-ACE2-F119EAF75B6B  

var doc=app.ActiveDocument();
doc.ChangeProposal("oldname");
doc.AddProposal("NewName");
doc.RemoveProposal("oldName")

I'll see if I can create a Print function to help with the request to order alphabetically.

Thanks,

Elliott

[SteveDFThorne]

Hi Elliot, 

Thanks for this. 

Works Great!

[Anonymous]

This is kind of dangerous....I accidentally put a space in the "NewName", and running it just removed the old proposal. However it still was in the cloud. There really should be a better way. Renaming things is fairly common.    

[Jennifer.Miedema]

@elliott.rosenfeld

Thanks for the script! Definitely tucking this one away into my toolbox 🙂

Cheers!

[ThomasBHansen_]

Agreed! This should be an included feature, not a script.

[ramesh_sridharan]

I agree this is nice to have but since there is a copy/delete workaround this keeps getting pushed down. 

[pieter_haeck]

@ramesh_sridharan With all due respect, where is the logic of this? So, basicly, for every missing feature (that could save time/money) for which there is a workaround, there are very little intentions to improve the software?? This little 'request' lies in man's logical thinking and thus action. Why make it unnecessarily cumbersome? #justathought

[ramesh_sridharan]

@pieter_haeck It is just that other items that got more value to the users that can save time/money take precedence over this. Let me bring this with the team to see if we can prioritize this. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience.

[bradley.cooley]

This is an odd limitation for Proposals.... running the renaming script is a helpful workaround.

Adding the Edit Feature to Proposal like we have with Bookmark would be much better.