Delete all annotations in selected viewports

[NicoleD]

Is there a command to be able to delete all annotations from all viewports on a page, or from all viewports selected? I tend to duplicate sheet layers but then have to go back and delete dimensions and callouts from each viewport one by one. It would be very helpful and a time saver to be able to do it all at once.

[Renaud]

Hi Nicole, I think the best way is to manage classes visibility from the classes menu, or deleting a whole class…

[Marissa Farrell]

@NicoleD

I wrote a Python script that will delete all objects from the annotations group of selected VPs. This script will also only work on the active Layer (either sheet or design, though DLVPs do not have an annotation group).

The script is undoable in case you make a mistake, but it is always recommended to test this in a copy file.

The script is located in Palette-1.

DeleteAnnoObjs.vwx

[NicoleD]

@Marissa Farrell

This is incredible, thank you!!

[Marissa Farrell]

No problem, glad to help 🙂 

[Renaud]

Nice script! Thanks I will test it!

[Kevin McAllister]

1 hour ago, Marissa Farrell said:

@NicoleD

I wrote a Python script that will delete all objects from the annotations group of selected VPs. This script will also only work on the active Layer (either sheet or design).

The script is undoable in case you make a mistake, but it is always recommended to test this in a copy file.

The script is located in Palette-1.

DeleteAnnoObjs.vwx

 

This is really cool. I'd be curious to know how I could modify it to omit certain objects (delete everything except the drawing labels for example).

 

Kevin

 

[Marissa Farrell]

The following script will leave out Drawing Labels if they only have the default records added to them, which is how they are inserted by default. Extra logic would need to be added in order to check if multiple records are attached to the drawing labels.

 

#Created by MFarrell 12/05/18
#Modified to exclude Drawing Labels

#collect handles of selected VPs on active layer
def GetHandle(h):
	if vs.GetTypeN(h) == 122:
		if vs.GetParent(h) == vs.ActLayer():
			hVP.append(h)
			
hVP = []
vs.ForEachObject( GetHandle, '(Sel = True)' )

#Traverse into the annotations group of selected VPs and delete all objects aside from Default DLs
for VP in hVP:
	anno = vs.GetVPGroup(VP, 2)
	h = vs.FInGroup(anno)
	objs = [h]
	h = vs.NextObj(h)
	while h != vs.Handle(0):
		#recs = vs.NumRecords(h)
		if str(vs.GetName(vs.GetRecord(h, 1))) != 'Drawing Label':
			objs.append(h)
		h = vs.NextObj(h)
	for obj in objs:
		vs.DelObject(obj)

 

[Kevin McAllister]

1 hour ago, Marissa Farrell said:

The following script will leave out Drawing Labels if they only have the default records added to them, which is how they are inserted by default. Extra logic would need to be added in order to check if multiple records are attached to the drawing labels.

 

Thanks Marissa!

 

Kevin

[Boh]

Great script!

Dumb question: I didn't think DLVP's had annotations?

3 hours ago, Marissa Farrell said:

This script will also only work on the active Layer (either sheet or design).

[Marissa Farrell]

Not a dumb question! That's on me 🙂 Good point!

I was trying to say that the script verifies that the VP is on the active layer, and the identifier I use doesn't differentiate between the Design Layers and Sheet Layers.

[The Hamma]

On 12/5/2018 at 11:40 AM, Marissa Farrell said:

The following script will leave out Drawing Labels if they only have the default records added to them, which is how they are inserted by default. Extra logic would need to be added in order to check if multiple records are attached to the drawing labels.

Marissa:

I understand why you collected the handles of the Viewports before processing the actions but I was wondering why you collected the handles of the drawing labels before not deleting them.  Would it be more efficient code to delete objects as you detect them?

 

 

Edited May 12, 2020 by The Hamma

[Marissa Farrell]

@The Hamma

Oh boy, sending me back a couple years to try to think of my reasoning 😛

It very well may be more efficient to just iterate and delete without storing them, but it probably wouldn't make a huge difference unless the file is humongous. 

[luiza_finger]

Now that's a service... thanks Marissa.
I may actually be able to sleep earlier than I thought on a Sunday night work here. So much thanks. 
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