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Change the position of an angular dimension

ysbaodnj — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 02:08:16 GMT

I succeeded in expressing the angular dimension using the code below. But I can't move the location.

I want to show the angular dimensions inward in the picture below.

oAgIntent1,2,3 are work points.

'Dim AgLocation As Point2d = oTG5.CreatePoint2d(view3.Center.X, view3.Center.Y - 3)
and applied it, but it gives an error.

Dim view3 = Sheet_1.DrawingViews.ItemByName("BaseView3")
	Dim oDimStyle As Inventor.DimensionStyle = oStylesMgr.DimensionStyles.Item("일반")
	oAgIntent1 = view3.GetIntent("AG1-1")
	oAgIntent2 = view3.GetIntent("AG1-2")
	oAgIntent3 = view3.GetIntent("AG1-3")
	Dim oAgDimension = Sheet_1.DrawingDimensions.GeneralDimensions
	dimAngle = oAgDimension.AddAngular("angle", view3.Center , oAgIntent1, oAgIntent2, oAgIntent3, , , , oDimStyle)

Re: Change the position of an angular dimension

WCrihfield — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:28:46 GMT

Hi @ysbaodnj. The second piece of data that the AddAngular method requires as input (labeled "textOrigin") must be understood as a AngularDimensionTextPositionSpec type object. Specifying one of these requires something known as a DocumentUnitsPoint2d type object. This uses the 'document units' to specify the location of the point, instead of database units (centimeters). The IManagedDrawingView.Center property returns an object of that needed type (DocumentUnitsPoint2D), but the TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2D() method creates a regular Point2D object, which is the wrong type, and will not be accepted there. Another simple way to create custom DocumentUnits type geometry objects is though the ThisDoc.Geometry route (returns IGeometry object). Then the IGeometry.Point2D method can be used to create a custom DocumentUnitsPoint2D object.

Dim TxtPos As DocumentUnitsPoint2d = ThisDoc.Geometry.Point2d(0,0)

Re: Change the position of an angular dimension

Curtis_W — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:38:56 GMT

See example here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/create-angle-dim-like-this/m-p/12297183/highlight/false#M158917