Adding a Watermark to a Drawing document

[KenVaessen]

Is it possible to add a Watermark to a Drawing document in inventor? We use our products in diferent projects so we can't add the projectnumber to the document itself.

[Anonymous]

Hi Ken

We put a "not for manufacture" stamp on our pdf's. if it is printed out as a hardcopy, then we don't show it.

The stamp is created as a symbol, then we simply switch the symbol on/off whenever we need to.

 Maybe a symbol could be your watermark?...anyway hopefully it's of some help to you - code shown below

'Switch NFM Layer off for printing to Paper

oSheet = oDrgDoc.ActiveSheet
' Iterate through the sheet
              For Each oSheet In oDrgDoc.Sheets
              
              'Iterate through each symbol in the active sheet
                           For Each oSymbol In oSheet.SketchedSymbols
                                         
                                         'look for the symbol by name
                                         Try
                                         If oSymbol.Name = "NOT FOR MANUFACTURE" Then   
                                         'switch layer off
            ThisDrawing.Document.StylesManager.Layers("NOT FOR MANUFACTURE").Visible= False
                                         End If
                                         Catch ' continue without error
                                         End Try                            
                           Next 'next symbol
              Next 'next sheet

[KenVaessen]

No sorry that doesn't work for me. The problem is that I want to use the Plot manager of the Vault to open the assembly of the project. I want to add a watermark with the projectnumber when I print all the drawings that are used in this project.

Some drawings and parts are used in other projects so I can't add the projectnumber to the parts and drawings themselves.