Way to make dimensions non-associative

Anyone have any opinions on how to make existing dimensions drawn
with DIMASSOC=2, not associative with objects.

Only thing I can think of is to have a command move the dimension(s)
and then move them back. Any better ideas?

Thanks.

 

Dimdisassociate

 

Thanks Jason. So simple.

 

I thought you'd like it.

 

Be aware that once your dimensions are not associated, you could have
problems later.

 

What type of problems are you referring to?

 

Walt,
Any problems would be less severe than I am currently experiencing.
When I convert dimensioned lines to polylines, the associated
dimensions completely screw up.

Regards,
Doug

 

oh yeah! You really have to watch how you
modify any geometry that has associated dims.

 

In some cases, if you later want to reassociate dimensions with an object,
it will not work. Just a precautionary thought.

 

oh yeah! You really have to watch how you modify any geometry that has
associated dims.

Jason, that's the main reason we've avoided DIMASSOC=2. We use plain old
DIMASSOC=1, or what I call the "objects formerly known as associative" ever
since Acad started using the word, until they decided it meant something
different.

As an aside, sheesh, if they're still supporting old things like the mnu
file and the SELECT command, you'd think they could keep their terminology
straight when they add new functionality. How about super-associative?
Associative plus?

The weakness is that we're nearly always dimensioning to a point that
represents a confluence of several lines or other other objects. There might
be several endpoints, a midpoint, an intersection or two, and a quadrant
that all happen at that point. Yet the dimension entity is only associated
with one of the entities. Which one? I'd assume the last, but that doesn't
seem to be predictable, and you won't know which "geometry" you're linking
to when you place the dimension. So there's no predicing what's going to
happen when you change any of the things that "might" be associated with the
dimension.

Our impression was, in some/many/most cases you're still going to need to
manually adjust the dimension to do what you want, just as if DIMASSOC=1 --
in any case you're going to have to pay close attention to see whether
Acad's guess matched your intention -- so it's simpler to just skip the
guessing game and take charge of the dimensions yourself. Maybe this will
improve one day.

 

I struggled with them for quite some time before I
got a good feel for how they react to any changes.

I've since changed some of the ways I do things in
hopes that the dimensions behave and for the most
part they do.