Saved View Title in Toolbar?

[Piero]

Hi there,

We use a lot of saved views in our drawings. Is there a way to have the current named saved view displayed in the toolbar so I don't forget which view I am in?

Thanks,

Piero

[Tamsin Slatter]

Hi Piero

I don't think you can... I was going to suggest the Navigation palette would help you, but again it doesn't highlight the current view - just allows you to select the one you want with a double-click. I guess a view is so transitory - all you have to do is scroll slightly and you've lost it.

All the best

[Piero]

Thanks, Tamsin. Well, the views are not transitory in our case - we use them to make different sheets based on a single drawing by using different combinations of layers. We only work in 2D BTW.

[Tamsin Slatter]

Why not make Viewports on Sheet Layers? That way, you will just need to navigate to the different sheet layers to get to your different views. You will be able to see which is active on the View bar and on the Navigation palette. And then each sheet layer can have its own title block, annotations etc.

[Pat Stanford]

Not quite what you are looking for, but you can add a script to a saved view.

From the Organization Palette, select the view and click Edit.

In the upper right hand corner click the Edit Script button.

Type in:

Message('This is View 1');

Click OK, Click OK.

Run the view.

You should get a message box that tells you the view name. You can resize this and put it where ever you like.

If another script runs that also creates a message, you will temporarily lose the information until you run the view again.

[Piero]

Pat, that's excellent - thank you

[bcd]

Really nice.

Is there a similar way to Save As - ie overwrite an existing Saved View with the current view?

[bcd]

Edit - this has been added already.

Navigation>Saved Views>Right Click - Redefine