Automatically creating dimenions on Slddrw

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone knew how to automatically create dimensions on a
Slddrw using the API? I want all the dimensions that were used to create the
model.

I have tried the 'insert model items' but it doesn't display all the
dimensions - the only way I seem to be able to do it, is by manual
operation. I want to create a batch operation, so an automatic method would
be perfect.

Thanks,

Emma

 

There are a couple of ways I can think of. You can use
DrawingDoc.InsertModelDimensions, which is the insert model items, but
it has a few options in the API. You could possibly enumerate over all
features in your part and then call InsertModelDimensions(2) which adds
all dimensions of the currently selected feature.

Another way is to add the dimensions programatically with
AddDimension2, but that would involve selecting the entities to
dimension (which is a bit of work). The API documentation has an
example of this in the VB examples. Coupling that with traversing the
features you could possibly get what you want.

Jonathan Anderson

 

Boy, I sure hope you do really simple models! On the kind of stuff that I
do, bringing in all of the dimensions at once makes a totally unworkable
mess of a drawing. You should be careful what you wish for.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"