Project Name in iProperties

[dschulteHR4D5]

Hello, I am looking for help in automatically adding the project name in the iProperties of files I am working in so when I make a print it will pull in the name of the current project I am working in.

Everything we use has separate project files associated with it, so essentially I am trying to automate how I am making prints, instead of typing in each individual print the project name I want to pull the project name for the project I am working in.

I am making a drawing template to utilize this, by adding a function under Format Text, to pull information from Properties-Model, PROJECT. I have setup a rule to do this but seems it only works by manually running the rule on every individual part I am working on. I am wondering why under iProperties the model doesn't pull the project name under Project: on its own, every file I have seen that text is empty.

If this is not possible to do under Format Text in drawings is there any other way to achieve this? Again I just want to automate the project name onto the prints I have to make. 

Thanks

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Where do you want to pull the Project name from.

Where is it to be put: drawing Part Assembly

[l.davies3QLM6]

I would like to display the project name (as it is displayed in the projects window) in the drawing title block automatically, without having to manually fill in the iproperty "project" (that does not seem to be linked to the project name) for each drawing. Is this possible or is there no link between the name of the project and the iproperty named: project?

The images below should explain what i'm trying to get at.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

can you send the template dwg?

[l.davies3QLM6]

here you go.

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

Take a look at the rule I have added.

[dschulteHR4D5]

I have mine setup to run an ilogic code on every ipt and asm every time i open one or create a new one, to find the project name, and add it to iproperties in the model, that way every print pulls the project name for me

[bradeneuropeArthur]

For my understanding:

You only want to create the project (from the ipj file) if you create the drawing?

Not every save!?

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

Have you taken a look at this possibility:

[dschulteHR4D5]

I'm not exactly sure where we are going here, what version of inventor do you have? I dont have the option to do what you did, i dont see anywhere that button or the option to copy iproperties. 

Mu issue is solved already, like i mentioned i run a rule that pulls the project name and saves it to the iproperties of each part i work with, from there my drawing template pulls that name from the iproperties.

[dschulteHR4D5 · Accepted solution]

This is the code i use and works just fine, i use the project name as a reference to what we use here to login for each job.  I have it set to run the rule every iam and ipt new and open to automatically update the project section of the iproperties.

Dim IPJ As String
Dim IPJ_Name As String
Dim IPJ_Path As String
Dim FNamePos As Long
'set a reference to the FileLocations object. 
IPJ = ThisApplication.FileLocations.FileLocationsFile
'get the location of the last backslash seperator 
FNamePos = InStrRev(IPJ, "\", -1)     
'get the project file name with the file extension
IPJ_Name = Right(IPJ, Len(IPJ) - FNamePos) 
'get the project name (without extension)
IPJ_ShortName = Left(IPJ_Name, Len(IPJ_Name) - 4)
'get the path of the folder containing the project file
IPJ_Folder_Location = Left(IPJ, Len(IPJ) - Len(IPJ_Name))

'Converts the project file name to UPPER CASE
IPJ_ShortName = UCase(IPJ_ShortName)

iProperties.Value("Project", "Project") = IPJ_ShortName

iLogicVb.UpdateWhenDone = True

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

What is your question than, if it all works fine.

Regards,

Arthur

[l.davies3QLM6]

That worked, i did have to do:

So if anyone els gets the problem shown below, use the fix stated above (this sentence)

[dschulteHR4D5]

Honestly this issue has been solved for a long time i just forgot i had it posted on here. Someone replied asking questions recently so i dont have any issues, whomever chimed in had some questions. I'm good.

What version of inventor are you using, i have 2021 currently and this is what my document settings looks like, looks nothing like yours at all, i dont even have the drawing option or any option at all about copying model properties like you are showing. 

[l.davies3QLM6]

For me the solution is solved, I can't find the mark as solved button:

! For administrative reasons, please mark a "Solution as solved" when the issue is solved !

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

The screenshot with the properties is only in the dwg environment! 

[dschulteHR4D5]

Dang, yeah i just figured that out. thanks, yeah i dont know if the code is nessecary or not, when i opened those settings the project is check marked on, but before it never worked how i wanted until i used the code to pull the poject name and update the iproperties so i dont know.