Need a Lisp to Create Named Views - Anyone Available to Put Something Together?

[timothy_crouse]

Hello Programmers

I am in need of a lisp to create named views. 

I use named views in my workflow to link parts bubbles to sheetset views (which are defined via named views).

I would like to be able to have a starting and ending defined view name fed into teh lisp, at which point the lisp would create the start and end named views along with all the named views in between.

For Example

Starting Defined Name Would Be"FN-001"

Ending Defined Named View Would Be "FN-321"

The lisp would then create named views from FN-001 thru FN-321

The boundary would be the entire sheet

The Defined named View "Category"  Would also need to be input, something like "Mechanical Components"

A lisp to delete defined named views in a ranged as described would be useful too.

Thoughts / Comments?

Thanks in Advance

-Tim C.

[rkmcswain]

You might also ask over at the Swamp.

[patrick.emin]

Hi @timothy_crouse though this is not exactly what you are after, this LISP can probably help you with a bit of tweaking.

[CGBenner]

@timothy_crouse 

Hi, Timothy.  Thanks for posting!  Looks like you're getting some suggestions here.  When you do find the code that works for you, would you mind sharing it here in this thread?  That way, later on, someone else might be able to find it by searching the forums or Google.  Thanks in advance!  😀

[timothy_crouse]

Will Do

[CodeDing]

@timothy_crouse ,

How familiar are you with AutoLISP? Can you accomplish this yourself perhaps? Or are you needing someone to create some code for you?

Named Views are stored in the VIEW Symbol table. We can see that "VIEW" is one of our tables to access here.

A view can be created via entmake (or entmakex). Here are some VIEW DXF Code values.

After the View is created, you can retrieve the View entity w/ the tblobjname function. Then you can also Set the view to current with the setview function.

Best,

~DD

[timothy_crouse]

Really good input,  I was hoping to take the lazy way out on this one :).

If it comes to the point of me doing it myself I will start with you input.  

Thank You

-Tim C.

[maratovich]

https://autode.sk/3gDXRWP

https://screencast.autodesk.com/Embed/Timeline/34cf71f8-c91f-41f2-8bf8-0108a42b8e7c

[timothy_crouse]

The request is for Named Views, Not View Port Creation

Thanks

Tim

[maratovich]

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@timothy_crouse wrote:

The request is for Named Views, Not View Port Creation

Thanks

Tim

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Have you watched the video?
Named views are created.

If you cannot watch the video, attach an example of what you need.

[pbejse]

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@timothy_crouse wrote:

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For Example

Starting Defined Name Would Be"FN-001"

Ending Defined Named View Would Be "FN-321"

The lisp would then create named views from FN-001 thru FN-321

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The Defined named View "Category"  Would also need to be input, something like "Mechanical Components"

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Curious, is that 1 file with multiple tabs? 1 named view per tab? or multiple files with 1 named view per drawing?

[timothy_crouse]

The goal is to create multiple named views on the current layout.

I was going to ask if anyone had a lisp that would read the named view list from a CSV file then create all the named views in the list.  Seems like it might be simpler than dealing with incrementing names suffix(s) in a lisp.

Thanks

-Tim C.

[maratovich]

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@timothy_crouse wrote:

The goal is to create multiple named views on the current layout.

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Add an example of your file.

[timothy_crouse]

here is an example of creating named views from alist.

1. Create the named view(s)

2.  Rename the named Views

3.  Delete a few of the named views

4. Rename the remaining named views.

The named views are used to create sheet views in a sheet set manager

I then drop Find Bubbles throughout the package which has the find number linked to the sheet set sheet view, which was pushed to the sheet set via the drawing named view creation.

Clear as mud right 🙂

Thanks

Tim

[maratovich]

Add an example of your REAL DWG file.

[timothy_crouse]

The attached dwg in the last reply is an actual file from a project.

If you bring up the named view manager you will see ALL the named views.

-Tim C.

[maratovich]

Your dwg file does not contain an example.

[timothy_crouse]

I am not tracking your response.

What do you expect to see for an example?

What I provided is an example of what I am trying to manage through a lisp that can mange NAMED VIEWS.

What I do not understand about the app you displayed in the video is that seems to be dealing with viewports and layouts not named views.

Am I missing something as NAMED VIEWS are neither a layout nor a vport.  But can be created to apply a name to a layout or a vport.

-Tim C.