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Automate dimensioning process?
Meecad posted a topic in AutoCAD 2D Drafting, Object Properties & Interface
I work in plumbing design and am constantly burdened by the tedious task of setting out hundreds upon thousands of penetrations every month for the guys on site to locate their plumbing points through the slab. They use a GPS system to expedite the plotting, but first I provide a CAD file with just 3 layers; GRids ( a line ), Wastepoint ( a donut poly line ) and Fixture Name ( multi text) which the survey program can interpret and set out from ( actually, the surveyor only needs one point, which he grabs from the site grids that I provide ). So that's all good, but on top of this I must dimension off the grids every point so that measurements can be done on site as back-up/cross checking. Of course I can't have dims overlapping each other. Is there any way to automate this part of the process? Taking a dim from the nearest grid (x and y axis) to the centre of the object I use for the penetration.