How can I change the presentation view in a drawing in inventor

[fsdolphin]

Hi,

I have a Presentation file with multiple views and a drawing where I'm using the presentation and I would like to know if is there a way to change to a different presentation view onece you place it in a drawing.

How can I change the presentation view in a drawing?

I don't see any options, I can see all of the presentation views but they are grayed-out and I don't see how they can be changed.

Thanks

[mdavis22569]

You should be able to double click on it ..

do you have it checked out ..or defer updates checked?

[fsdolphin]

I cannot double click them since they are grayed-out.

I do have it checked out from Vault since both the presentation and the drawing are new. Sorry but what do you mean by "defer updates checked"?

Thanks

[mdavis22569]

I just saw fully realized you're in a presentation .. Unfortunately I don't believe You can't. 

You would have to make one for each presentation...

it's grayed out on mine too 

you'd have to do a new sheet for each and pick that option from the start

[fsdolphin]

Wow, that's bad. Thanks 

[AndyWallace]

I am having this issue today in Invnetor 2016.

If you double click/edit a view in an .IDW which comes from an assembly, the dialog box lets you change the representation view, associative or not.

Doing the same with a view which comes from a presentation, the dialog has the Presentation View choices greyed out and they cannot be changed. This would have been a huge issue had I already detailed my drawing with balloons, BOMs, notes, etc. In my case I had just started it.

Yet another case where Inventor leaves me no option but to erase work and start over. Very disappointing. It is so helpful if any command to create something has a corresponding edit command which has the same options as during creation.

Has this been logged as a bug, or posted to the IdeaStation?

I've attached a screenshot.

Andy

[Anonymous]

I don't really want to start up such a old topic, but I thought I'd mention a workaround I found for other future viewers (like me).

Instead of deleting the view in the drawing and starting over again you can modify the existing (snapshot) view in the presentation file (e.g. if you had already leader text for all parts, but added new part). Though of course this will only help for slight modifications.

(P.S. was using Inventor 2019)

Edit: Also found this in the Idea board: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/ability-to-change-presentation-view-in-a-drawing-after...

[MICHAELFREEMAN7115]

Did you manage to get the camera position to change at all? Editing the snapshot allows me to change parts/tweaks etc, however even though the camera position is update in the snapshot view, and works when a new drawing view is placed, the old drawing won't update the camera position. Any ideas?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! The camera angle in the model (assembly, part, and presentation) is not linked to a drawing view. The drawing view direction is based on pre-defined Front or origin plane set in the Drawing Standard. The custom view is captured on creating the view but it is not linked either.

Many thanks!

[MICHAELFREEMAN7115]

G'day, so there is still no way to adjust the camera position of an existing drawing view from a presentation snapshot? If there is, it would save a lot of time and effort, as all annotations would remain. 

[-niels-]

@MICHAELFREEMAN7115 Like @johnsonshiue  mentioned, drawing view camera position and snapshot camera aren't linked.

You can actually "save" 2 different "camera" positions, but it is something of a "hack" and it might really mess up your logical perception in regards to the viewcube.

The 2 camera positions i'm referring to are "Front" (or "Top") and "Home" which you can define using the viewcube.

(as far as i can tell, they are independent of eachother)

The process is as follows, assuming you already placed a view on a drawing:

Open your .ipn and position it how you want it on your drawing

Right-click on the viewcube and either use "set current view as Home " or "set current view as > front/top"

This saves the view to either of those options.

Then go to your drawing, edit the view you want to change and click on the dropdown arrow beneath the viewcube to select "custom view orientation"

On the screen where you can define this custom view you will now notice that the "home" or "front/top" view on the viewcube orients to how you set it in your presentation file.

Maybe this is something that can help you define at least some camera positions on a drawing?

[david_demaria]

The great news is that almost eight years after you posted this, Inventor STILL can't do this. Awesome.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi David,

For this particular request, it is actually available in 2023 and later. Edit the drawing view -> click on the gear button next to the Design View dropdown. There you will be able to sync to the camera angle based on the Design View in the assembly.

Many thanks!

[mhall55ULE]

Can you show screenshots of this? I don't see a gear in the "edit drawing view" dialogue box. 

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Here you go. It is in 2022 already. Please take a look at the following article.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-A9F8C0BD-6766-493E-983C-B1A8FE9F67E0

Many thanks!

[mhall55ULE]

As I mentioned, I don't have the gear icon in my edit view dialogue box. 

[swalton]

@johnsonshiue 

I believe that the ask is to change the Presentation File Snap Shot that is displayed in a drawing view.  

I don't see a way do it.  The gear icon is not available in my copy of Inventor 2023.  Instead, I get the grayed out drop-down as described by other posters.

[rmcdougallLXU26]

I can't get this workaround to work. Any chance you could post a couple of screenshots showing what you're doing? I update the view within the .ipn file, ie right click on the view, select 'Update' - but changes are not reflected in my drawing view. 

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Did you click on the "Associative" box in the drawing view?

Many thanks!

[rmcdougallLXU26]

Thanks for the reply - the 'associative' checkbox was actually unchecked originally. But after checking it there's still no updates that occurred to the drawing view reflective of those in the .ipn file (see screenshots below). Any other suggestions? 

Drawing view - not updating.ipn file