rocneasta Posted September 14, 2010 Posted September 14, 2010 got 2 questions, first off DAN (DIMANGULAR) is it possible to dimension an angle that's more than 180 degrees - since you always get quadrants. second question is regarding the picture i've set as an example - is it possible to dimension these objects but not to get deltaX but rather it's length. Since if it's dimensioned as a DAL (DIMALIGNED) the dimension will be perpendicular to the object. While thinking about this question how would one know the difference between the dimension defining the length or deltaX. By symbol or is this just a stupid way of thinking... cheers, roc Quote
BlackBox Posted September 14, 2010 Posted September 14, 2010 Not sure on the first question (haven't tried it). But for the second, either use DAL (DimAligned), or write yoruself a nifty LISP routine (reactor?) to automatically extract the length property value from the line, and add the value to the text override property of the Dim. Hope this helps! Quote
lpseifert Posted September 14, 2010 Posted September 14, 2010 Q1. Try the Vertex option of Dimangular Quote
rocneasta Posted September 15, 2010 Author Posted September 15, 2010 @ renderman - need to dig deep for the lisp and see if it would be beneficial to write it for this simple task of what looks good or not. still a question of reading the dimension and not knowing is it length or delta @ lpseifert - worked like a charm, i totally missed that part of command line - sometimes it's the little things Quote
kencaz Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Not sure on the first question (haven't tried it). But for the second, either use DAL (DimAligned), or write yoruself a nifty LISP routine (reactor?) to automatically extract the length property value from the line, and add the value to the text override property of the Dim. Hope this helps! I would really shy away from that method. Changing the value of a linear dimension to show the line length is asking for trouble and construction mistakes. There is nothing wrong with showing an aligned dimension... KC Quote
NBC Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 I would really shy away from that method. Changing the value of a linear dimension to show the line length is asking for trouble and construction mistakes. There is nothing wrong with showing an aligned dimension...KC I couldn't agree more. Doing so would contravene pretty much any drawing standard ever devised in the world Quote
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