Automatic View Annotations?

[Bruce Kieffer]

Is there a tool that can "grab" and place the view orientation as a VP annotation? A tool that could place the text Front View and Top View like I manually typed for these VPs.

 

[markdd]

I needed to do this once before and created a data tag to read the Object Name of the Viewport. The Name field is filled in with the View when viewports are created using the Create Multiple Viewport Command.

 

That's the only solution I found.....

Edited December 23, 2023 by markdd

[Bruce Kieffer]

27 minutes ago, markdd said:

I needed to do this once before and created a data tag to read the Object Name of the Viewport. The Name field is filled in with the View when viewports are created using the Create Multiple Viewport Command.

 

That's the only solution I found.....

I don't think that method is automatic. I would need to enter the name as the view, say "Front View". Problem there is if the VP's view is change to say Top, then the name has to be changed to Top View. I ask last night here about a Data Tag formula to do this. I can't find one. I thought about your method this morning, but realized it was no better than my just using a text block.

 

I have to think there's a simple way to do this. Hard to imagine that an annotation as important as stating the view is not automated.