explode a dimension

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to explode a dimension without having to use SENDCOMMAND?

[Anonymous]

You should be able to do it with the Explode method
applied to the Block Reference.

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Is
there a way to explode a dimension without having to use
SENDCOMMAND?

[joesu]

David,

What block reference would that be? There is a block object associated a dimension object [which cannot be exploded] but no block reference object that I'm aware of.

Joe
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[Anonymous]

Thats the impression that I was under...... I can't find any mechanism that will let me explode a dimension

[joesu]

I believe that SendCommand is your only opinion, though not a good one.

Joe
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[Anonymous]

Joe,

It shows up in my 2000i VBA object browser as
AcadBlockReference.  I don't have ADT or AutoCAD 2002 at this office, so I
made a brash assumption that it was still there.  There is also an example
of how to use the explode method to explode a polyline, or by reference from
said example a block, etc.  Please, correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't
worked with VBA enough to resemble an expert.

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David,

What block reference would that be? There is a block object associated a
dimension object [which cannot be exploded] but no block reference object that
I'm aware of.

Joe
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[joesu]

David,

A dimension object is not a block reference. It does have a block object counterpart but not a block reference. And because neither the a dimension object nor a block object can be exploded using VBA, I don't see anyway around the situation.

Not sure what you are referring to however when you say "It".

Joe
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[Ed.Jobe]

Theoretically speaking, Joe, couldn't you find out what *D## block is associated with the dim, and then copy its subentities to the location of the dim? I imagine that's all the vba Explode method does. I was looking into it and the name of the block is not exposed by vba, so it would probably entail a mixture of lisp. But if you're going to go that route, you might as well just issue the EXPLODE command from lisp. -Ed

[Anonymous]

Check out Randall's site [http://www.vbdesign.net/]...he already has the
code to do exactly that -> grab the blockref associated to the
dimension. From memory, the handle of the blockref is 2 greater than the
handle number of the dimension, with the exception of the first
dimension placed into the drawing. With the first instance, the handle
is only 1 greater. Randall had a whole example that parsed through it.

HTH,

Mike
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