dimstyle data

How would I access the dimstyle data for each dimstyle object, without
making it the current dimstyle.
Where is the dimstyle data stored ?

TIA

 

the dimstyle data is stored in the dimstyle object
which is stored in the dimstyles collection
Dim dso as AcadDimStyle
for each dso in ThisDrawing.Dimstyles
......
next

 

well theres a few more too, objectId, objectname, handle, etc...you can see
them in object browser but to my surprise the other parameters, as you say,
do not appear there.

you wouldn't have to set it to current, just create a dimension object, set
it's style to the style in which you're interested, then query the dimension
object for ScaleFactor, etc....

This is super ugly and dont do it in a drawing with very many dimstyles but
you get the idea
Sub test2()
Dim dso As AcadDimStyle
Dim adim As AcadDimension
Dim ptA(0 To 2) As Double
Dim ptB(0 To 2) As Double
Dim ptC(0 To 2) As Double
Dim dRot As Double
ptA(0) = 0
ptA(1) = 0
ptA(2) = 0
ptB(0) = 2
ptB(1) = 0
ptB(2) = 0
ptC(0) = 2
ptC(1) = 2
ptC(2) = 0
dRot = 0

Set adim = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddDimRotated(ptA, ptB, ptC, dRot)

For Each dso In ThisDrawing.DimStyles
adim.StyleName = dso.Name
MsgBox "Scale Factor for " & dso.Name & " is : " & adim.ScaleFactor
Next dso

adim.Delete

Set dso = Nothing
Set adim = Nothing
End Sub

hth
marcos

 

Thanks again Mark, but I'm trying to do this within a VB6 app using
ObjectDBX.

 

wouldn't the same idea apply? Obviously I don't know exactly what you're
trying to do, but if you change the references accordingly to objectdbx
library references, the basic sub would have the same effect would it not?
create a dimension object, assign it the style you want, read whatever
properties you need, do whatever with them, delete the dimension object,
etc...?
or am I missing something else?

 

Yes Mark, this would be a way to do it.
But I was looking for a cleaner way to read the dimension style data.
I can not believe this is not exposed in ActiveX.

But anyway, I still would like to know where that data is stored.