ilogic, drawing dimension alignment for particular view in drawing

[Prasad.pet]

Hi Everybody

I got the help of Autodesk Developer Phillipe in Aligning the dimension through i-logic code.

It works fantastic generally for all the view in drawing

But Is it possible to use the code for a particular view in a drawing?

Could anyone can give me solution. Following is the code written in VB.Net

        Dim doc As Inventor.DrawingDocument
        doc = inventorApp.ActiveDocument

        Dim ActiveSheet As Inventor.Sheet
        ActiveSheet = doc.ActiveSheet

        Dim dimensions As Inventor.ObjectCollection
        dimensions = inventorApp.TransientObjects.CreateObjectCollection

        Dim drawDim As Inventor.DrawingDimension
        For Each drawDim In ActiveSheet.DrawingDimensions

            If Not TypeOf drawDim Is Inventor.OrdinateDimensionSet _
            And Not TypeOf drawDim Is Inventor.BaselineDimensionSet _
            And Not TypeOf drawDim Is Inventor.ChainDimensionSet Then
                Call dimensions.Add(drawDim)
            End If
        Next

        Call ActiveSheet.DrawingDimensions.Arrange(dimensions)

[salariua]

wrong thread...

[RodrigoEiras]

Hi Prasad,

This is a good one. As the dimensions in a drawing are defined at sheet level and not at view level, you may not find any element to differenciate which ones belong to a specific view.

The only way I can think of is using attributes to "mark" those dimensions belonging to a view. Then you could only add those ones to the ObjectCollection to be arranged.

In order to get familiar with attributes and also to get the very useful Attribute Helper Add-in developped by Brian Etkins, the place to start is here:

http://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/introduction-to-attributes.html

It might be a little confusing at the beggining (it as for me), but it is a very useful method to mark elements in a drawing (also in parts and assemblies) and then retrieve them using the Attribute Manager. It is worth investing some time in it.

I hope this may help you.