OPENING DRAWING DIRECTLY FROM MODEL - MODEL & DRG NAME PLUS LOCATION DIFFERENT

[sguan1212]

I found this query on an old post that are UNSOLVED. Time has change, revisitation is merited.

All the companies I've work for, both model name & drawing name are always different & saved in 2 different sub-folders under the same project folder. Therefore i've never had the luxury to use OPEN DRAWING command from the model. (Understanding that the model name & drawing name needs to be the same and in common location to work).

Has anyone workout a way get around this?

This problem has been bugging me for years. Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Sean

[sguan1212]

Hi Marcin,

The rule seems to be working okay. But...

When I do the initial save of the drawing, the model closes by itself.

Same for the assembly model when the drawing is saved the 1st time.

I would like to keep the models open until they are wanted to be closed

[marcin_otręba · Accepted solution]

So remove doc.close(True) statements then..

[sguan1212]

Hey Marcin,

I think we got somewhere with this one.

I removed the line like you said. There are 2 of them. I deleted the bottom one, still the same, then went ahead and deleted the top one as well. Run another test, and everything worked perfectly.

However, before I jump ahead of myself, I will do another larger scale test to make sure everything is stable.

I really appreciate your help, and all the other guys involved.

Let me come back to you soon

[sguan1212]

Hi Marcin,

I have successfully done another test without encountering any issues. However, I will have this ilogic rule running as trail for a while before we adopt it fully. Despite that, I think it will be okay to state now that we have a win!!!

Thanks again for all your effort. 

I don't know where about on this planet you are. But if you are ever in Melbourne, Australia. I will be glad to shout you a few beers

[NachoShaw]

Hey

I made something to combat this a while ago, it worked like this(on a multi sheet drawing):

Run macro in Drawing.

    loop through each sheet

        loop through each drawing view and opens (visible = false) each reference.

            add full drawing path and current sheet number to a custom iproperty

        next

   next

added a custom popup form. when i selected a part or assembly, the form would display all of the information (material, appearance, size, drawing and sheet number).

If i clicked 'open drawing, it would simply open the drawing from the path saved in the iproperties and then activate the sheet based on the saved number.

worked for me 🙂

Nacho

[sguan1212]

Do you still have a copy of the macro, if you can share this, it can be used as an alternative options.

That way people can find it in 1 place

[marcin_otręba]

Sadly i am not even close (only 15 871 km) so maybe next time 🙂