Drawing Sheet <IvDrawingSheet>

Synopsis

Creates a new drawing sheet within an Inventor drawing document. The parent of IvDrawingSheet must be a design of type IvDrawingDocument.

Mixins

BasePart

Parameters

Name Type Description
document part Design of type IvDrawingDocument, the drawing sheet belongs to. Usually, this is left as the default, Parent.
sheetName string Name to be assigned to the drawing sheet. Defaults to the display text used for the part representing the sheet.
size string Sheet size. Valid values are: "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "A0", "A1", "A2", "A3", "A4", "s9x12in", "s12x18in", "s18x24in", "s24x36in", "s30x42in", "s36x48in", "Default" and "Custom". If "Custom" is used (to indicate a custom sheet size), the 'customHeight' and 'customWidth' parameters must be provided.
customHeight number Height of the sheet, if size: is set to "Custom".
customWidth number Width of the sheet, if size: is set to "Custom".
orientation name Orientation of the sheet. Must be either :Landscape or :Portrait. Default is :Landscape.
titleBlockDefinition string Name of title block to be used. This title block must be contained in the drawing template, in Drawing Resources -> Title Blocks. Defaults to "" (no title block).
titleBlockStrings list Nested list with values for the title block prompted entry fields. The list is structured as a list of lists with name/value pairs, as follows: { {"","Value_1"}, {"","Value_2"}, ? }.
border string Name of the border to be used. This border must be contained in the drawing template, in Drawing Resources -> Borders. Defaults to "Default", indicating that the default border should be used.
borderStrings list Nested list with values for the border prompted entry fields. The list is structured as a list of lists with name/value pairs, as follows: { {"","Value_1"}, {"","Value_2"}, ? }.
sheetsToDelete list List of existing drawing sheets that should be deleted when this sheet is created. Typically used to cause the removal of the initial sheet, named "Sheet:1".

Rules

Name Type Description
height number Can be used to determine the height of the sheet. The value is returned in project units.
width number Can be used to determine the width of the sheet. The value is returned in project units.