Annotated Dimension on Tool Palette

[magnus22]

I intend to place a dimension tool on the tool palette. I'm setting the dimstyle property of this tool to a dimstyle I prepared earlier, which is set to be annotated. But when I use the command the dimension object is not annotated.
What am I doing wrong?

/Magnus

[Anonymous]

dim tools also rely on text style settings, could that be the problem?

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[mahahaavaahava]

Hi,

could you paste the command you're using in the Tool? Could help us on the way to a solution...

/Petri

[magnus22]

Thanks for the replies.
The textstyle didn't solve the problem. But I believe I didn't present the entire picture.
My purpose is to use a number of templates. In these templates, a dimstyle (annotated) called 'bd12'and a textstyle (also annotated) called bt33, is defined. The tool on the palette is set to use bd12 and bt33. When the templates are used to start a new drawing, everything is fine, dimension objects become annotated as desired. But if some other template is used (in which my dimstyle' bd12' and my textstyle 'bt33' is not defined) to start a new drawing, a different scenario appears. When using my dimension tool on the palette, a dimension object is created, but its not annotated. That fact do not surprise me. I mean, the dimension style set to be used isn't present in the drawing. My first thaught is that in such cases AutoCAD uses a dimstyle always present in drawings, such as Standard. But it don't. A dimstyle called Bd12 IS created, with all settings exactly as in my template dimstyle. All but the Annotation check mark. This puzzles me in two ways. Where does AutoCADLT find the information about the settings in my dimstyle Bt12, residing on a complete different drawing template? Is this information stored in the palette tool, and if it is, why isn't the Annotation check mark stored?
Petri_ahava, its just a dimlinear command, no macro. I dragged a dimension object from a drawing to the palette.

[Anonymous]

You answered your own question: definitions of text and dimstyles (and
annotation) are set and used in your templates, they don't come from
anywhere else.

You said"... when templates are use... everything is fine...other
templates are used... not annotated..." which is correct.

Nothing puzzling: use the correct template, and add those dim and text
style definitions to your other templates.

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[mahahaavaahava]

Hello Magnus!

I did what you described and you're right! The annotative property is not following the command! (I have full ACAD 2008 but still same difference!) Not Annotative any longer!

See what I can do.

Be back!

/Petri

[mahahaavaahava]

More;

even if you change the text in the palette to annotative, the resulting dim isn¨t. Dean? Any Ideas? BTW I have a comment on your blog about dissappearing dialogboxes... ie. Dean's blog.

/Petri

[mahahaavaahava]

The funny thing Dean is that as you said all that stuff comes from the template, so how come the dimstyle and in my case the dimsuffix are all OK in a new nondimtemplate but not the annotativiness?

/Petri

[mahahaavaahava]

Even if I exit AutoCAD and then use same Tool, the Suffix and StyleNAme is still there so it cannot be in the dwt... Where's the Annotativiness?

/Petri

PS I'm using 2008, not LT

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[Anonymous]

review the OP's detailed reply again for how it works and does not
work, it's detailed in the first paragraph at the top.

You can also bring in text and dimstyles by using, as you call it, a
"tool" that has those definitions if the file you are in does NOT have
them.

If the file you are in is not set to be annotative, it won't become so
by just using the "tool". The file you are in is also a 'template' and
it is not set as such.

Both of you are overcomplicating a simple task: a template is a not a
far away separate file hidden from view, it is the file you are in. If
everything is set in the file, it all works.

AutoCAD rule #1: the file you are in has settings that override
EVERYTHING you drag into it. EVERYTHING. You both seem to have
forgotten that, LT or full AutoCAD.

Hope that helps.

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[Anonymous]

Rule #1: dragging content into your current active file does NOT change your
file's settings for anything.

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