Drawing view offset automation

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I would like to know drawing view offset automation using ilogic.

In detail,

After I place a base view in .idw, when I place next view whether on right, left, top, bottom, I need ilogic code, which will popup dialog box, where I can enter desired offset, so the respective view will be placed accordingly.

Please help me on same.

[Anonymous]

Hello All,

Could you please reply to this post

[rikard.nilsson]

Hi,

I think that the only way to solve this is to write your own function for this. I don't think it's possible to have this embedded with ordinary project view command.

And it's always easier to help you with coding if you have questions about your coding that you done already.

If you haven't started yet I can give you a tip to read the API help. There are some examples of placing views and there are some examples if you search this forum.

Regards
Rikard

[dan_inv09]

ekinsb gave me:

Public Sub PlaceBaseView(ByRef sheet As Inventor.sheet, _
                        ByRef assyDoc As AssemblyDocument, _
                        ByRef ctrpoint As Point2d, _
                        ByRef viewName As String)

    'define view orientation
    Dim vieworient1 As ViewOrientationTypeEnum
    Let vieworient1 = ViewOrientationTypeEnum.kFrontViewOrientation

    'define view style
    Dim viewstyle1 As DrawingViewStyleEnum
    Let viewstyle1 = DrawingViewStyleEnum.kHiddenLineRemovedDrawingViewStyle
    
    Dim oFaceView As DrawingView
    Set oFaceView = sheet.DrawingViews.AddBaseView(assyDoc, ctrpoint, 0.5, vieworient1, viewstyle1, viewName)

End Sub

Which is called by:

            Dim oPoint1 As Point2d
            Set oPoint1 = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(ptx, 11)
            
            Call PlaceBaseView(oSheet, assyDoc, oPoint1, oDesView.Name)

in the rest of the code he put together to help me in:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/ilogic-to-lock-views-in-drawing/m-p/6558164/hig...

We were incrementing the ptx to place a series of views in a row - you'd need to create your dialog box to pass a value for the vertical for top or bottom views or horizontal for sides (or front/back).

But, I'm not really sure how much help this is going to be - this was placing new base views. I have no idea what commands you might use for projected views let alone how you would set the offset for that.

Are you creating a new command to create the views or are you hoping to create something that would automatically trigger every time you place a projected view? (Now we're really getting over my head.)