Default view label settings greyed out/Custom iProperty

[Anonymous]

Hello, i am trying to create a default view label for parts in inventor drawing.

currently i understand this is not a simple way to select it from the model properties, so now I've added a rule that copies the ITEM nr and QTY from the BOM list and creates custom iProperties.

when i add a part and manually edit the view label note, i can access/insert everything:

from custom iproperties to unicode symbols etc.

 

but when i try to create this in a default view label in the styles editor>view preferences, the editor everything is greyed out, and i dont even get the possibility to insert a custom iProperty.

I'm running inventor 2018 and my library style is set to read/write

[marcin_otręba]

Are you trying to do it in template maybe ? or in drawing without any view ? try to add any view first. When i have view it works (adding custom iproperties)

[Anonymous]

Hi @marcin_otręba, yes i am trying  in the drawing and later to save this as a template, but still no luck, even when placing parts in the drawing.

like i said when i place a view, you can edit the label and add a custom iProperty to the label,

but for some reason it is greyed out when i try to add it in the default label in view preferences.

(even with the view placed in the drawing)

[marcin_otręba]

i think it will be enabled when you choose any iproperty from combobox

[Anonymous]

i don't get the option to add custom iProperties in the default base view label setting:

while this is the part i currently have in the drawing with the following custom iproperties

[WCrihfield]

The view label style just doesn't recognize any of those properties because they don't exist to it, since the style definition isn't within the context of a specific drawing yet.

What version of Inventor are you using?  One of the features highlighted in Inventor 2021 is the ability to save a ton of view settings within a SheetFormat.  Then you can use that SheetFormat when starting a new drawing to instantly populate all your views with all the same settings as were in place when you saved off the SheetFormat.

If you have 2021 you may be able to create some views the way you want them, then save a new SheetFormat.  Copy that SheetFormat to your Drawing Template file.  Then use it to start your drawing from.

Oops...I didn't see the last line under the picture in your post that specified 2018.

[marcin_otręba]

Hi,

I tried this code:

Dim drawdoc As DrawingDocument
Set drawdoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oview As DrawingView
Set oview = drawdoc.ActiveSheet.DrawingViews.Item(1)
Dim sm As DrawingStylesManager
Set sm = drawdoc.StylesManager
sm.ActiveStandardStyle.SetViewLabelDefaults kStandardDrawingViewType, "", True, oview.Label.FormattedText, False, True

But without luck, instead of setting up viewlabel defaults you can have rule wchich will go troug all views on document save and set it up as well. you can use oview.label.formattedtext to do it.

[WCrihfield]

Hi @Anonymous.  When you start dealing with FormattedText, it can get fairly complicated, because then you're dealing with another programming language.  FormattedText uses XML.  It is very similar to HTML, but where HTML is mainly about displaying data the way you want, XML is all about storing and transferring Data.

Here's a tip to help you figure out just enough to get the job done.

Set up the first view the way you want it, after you've got a part on the sheet.  Put whatever Custom iProperties you want in there.

Now use a MessageBox.Show(), or MsgBox(), or better yet an InputListBox() (using InputListBox is often better, because its contents are selectable) to show yourself what its FormattedText version looks like.

MsgBox("View Label FormattedText Looks Like This:" & vbCrLf & oView.Label.FormattedText)

It can look pretty 'busy', but I'm sure you can figure it out from there.

There are several XML resources available on line, but they may not be as helpful as expected when dealing with Inventor's internal structure.