Searching Text in Notes Only on a Boatload of idws

[Dan.Schlosser]

Greetings Inventor community,

I am currently tasked with identifying all Inventor idws that have a drawing number called out in a note. We have typically done this for auxiliary equipment, tools, or shipping drawings, or in the case of part files, a specialty coating. Something that isn't necessarily part of the physical assembly, but still needs to be referenced on the drawing. We are now moving to Vault attachments to track & link those files, so I need to identify them to create those attachments.

I have approximately 30,000 idws that I need to scan to identify if there are any drawing numbers in those notes. Simply scanning the entire drawing via creating a PDF & using the Find command won't work for assemblies because it will find every drawing number in every Parts List. I need to scan only the notes.

Is anyone aware of a tool that can do this or think of an efficient way to go about it?

Many thanks in advance!

Danno

[Cadmanto]

The short answer is "Yes".  BUT, it will require an iLogic note to do it.  A rule the hones in on the drawing notes.

I am not an iLogic guru, so I cannot help you there.  I know there are on these forums that can write you up a rule to get you started.  Good luck.

This isn't exactly what you are looking for, but here is a link for one guy (Curtis) that is very good at writing these rules.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/ilogic-to-control-drawing-view-note/td-p/6400043

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