reset detail view

[GKR2023]

Hello,

Maybe more people run in through this problem. But is is very annoying that when you place a Detail and then delete it, that it still continues the numbering of the details.
For example; you place detail A, then delete it. Then when you place a detail, it will go up "+1" to B.

Is there maybe a way to reset the detail counter? Or maybe have an array/list that you can see wich details have been used?

The current version of changing the name of the detail, is pretty sensetive for errors.

[krupickaRZCS6]

About a thousand times yes!

[didr1234]

like the idea and voted it but try this iLogic rule:

Sub Main()
Dim oDoc As DrawingDocument
Dim oSheet As Sheet
Dim oView As DrawingView
Dim iter As Long

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

oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

iter = 1

'Rename detail and section view identifiers on all sheets
'Iterate through all sheets
For Each oSheet In oDoc.Sheets
'Iterate through all views on sheet
For Each oView In oSheet.DrawingViews
If oView.ViewType = DrawingViewTypeEnum.kDetailDrawingViewType Or oView.ViewType = DrawingViewTypeEnum.kSectionDrawingViewType Then
oView.Name = num2Letter(iter)
iter = iter + 1
If InStr(1, num2Letter(iter), "I") > 0 Or InStr(1, num2Letter(iter), "O") > 0 Or InStr(1, num2Letter(iter), "Q") > 0 Then
iter = iter + 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

[Yijiang.Cai]

Many thanks for posting the idea, and tracked as [INVGEN-81809]

[dan_szymanski]

Accepted idea [INVGEN-81809]. Thanks!

[Yijiang.Cai]

This idea has been implemented within Autodesk Inventor 2026.1. Please review the Inventor 2026.1 What's New article here. For more information regarding how you may leverage the feature, and please review this page. Special thanks to everyone who cast a vote for it.