Advance Steel custom commands-share your ideas

[acbsdesign]

Hello,

It will be nice to learn more about custom commands / combination of Autocad and Advance Steel commands improving productivity. 

To colleagues willing to share-Thank you.

Here is a tiny example:

"Hide parts with identical numbers"-used when parts are detailed using drawings styles.

^C^C_AstM5equalpartsMarkSame \;AstM4CommSelectMarkedObjects ;_AstM4SwitchReprMode off

And another one:

"Hide Similar Advance Steel Objects":

^C^C_SelectSimilar \;_AstM4SwitchReprMode off

Regards, 

Ilko Dimitrov

ACBS

[acbsdesign]

Hello,

It will be nice to learn more about custom commands / combination of Autocad and Advance Steel commands improving productivity. 

To colleagues willing to share-Thank you.

Here is a tiny example:

"Hide parts with identical numbers"-used when parts are detailed using drawings styles.

^C^C_AstM5equalpartsMarkSame \;AstM4CommSelectMarkedObjects ;_AstM4SwitchReprMode off

And another one:

"Hide Similar Advance Steel Objects":

^C^C_SelectSimilar \;_AstM4SwitchReprMode off

Regards, 

Ilko Dimitrov

ACBS

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

Hi Dave,

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If anyone knows how to make the "align cut view symbols..." command work on a pre-selected cut symbol, that would be great!

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The command for align the cut view is: _AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols 

Then we have the option "Selection" -->so the selected symbol will be used.

--> _AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols;s; <--

Edit: I tested it by creating the shortcutmenu, and it worked really well...this is definitely a timesaver and a great option for customizing, @Drawtech I would give 50 kudos if I could 😃

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

Hi Dave,

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If anyone knows how to make the "align cut view symbols..." command work on a pre-selected cut symbol, that would be great!

---

The command for align the cut view is: _AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols 

Then we have the option "Selection" -->so the selected symbol will be used.

--> _AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols;s; <--

Edit: I tested it by creating the shortcutmenu, and it worked really well...this is definitely a timesaver and a great option for customizing, @Drawtech I would give 50 kudos if I could 😃

[Anonymous]

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@acbsdesign wrote:

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@Drawtech

Dave,
Not a follow up to your post, but this may save you some time when deleting dimension points to holes for galvanizing:

Delete multiple dimension points

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove

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I thought this was a custom command at first!

Have we always been able to do this?? I've always done one at a time, and I can't believe I never tried to do multiple!

That's the problem with being self-taught, there's probably loads I do wrong. 

I've been doing CAD for 20 years and it was only on this thread I learned about fillet0. Told a colleague, who only dabbles with CAD, and he knew about it! 

[Anonymous]

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@acbsdesign wrote:

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@Drawtech

Dave,
Not a follow up to your post, but this may save you some time when deleting dimension points to holes for galvanizing:

Delete multiple dimension points

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove

---

I thought this was a custom command at first!

Have we always been able to do this?? I've always done one at a time, and I can't believe I never tried to do multiple!

That's the problem with being self-taught, there's probably loads I do wrong. 

I've been doing CAD for 20 years and it was only on this thread I learned about fillet0. Told a colleague, who only dabbles with CAD, and he knew about it! 

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

I learned last month, the fillet is everytime "0" if the shift button is pressed by selecting the object...no matter which radius is set...completely confusing me, why I'm not knowing this.

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

I learned last month, the fillet is everytime "0" if the shift button is pressed by selecting the object...no matter which radius is set...completely confusing me, why I'm not knowing this.

[Anonymous]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

I learned last month, the fillet is everytime "0" if the shift button is pressed by selecting the object...no matter which radius is set...completely confusing me, why I'm not knowing this.

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[Anonymous]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

I learned last month, the fillet is everytime "0" if the shift button is pressed by selecting the object...no matter which radius is set...completely confusing me, why I'm not knowing this.

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[Drawtech]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

Hi Dave,

---

If anyone knows how to make the "align cut view symbols..." command work on a pre-selected cut symbol, that would be great!

---

The command for align the cut view is: _AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols 

Then we have the option "Selection" -->so the selected symbol will be used.

--> _AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols;s; <--

Edit: I tested it by creating the shortcutmenu, and it worked really well...this is definitely a timesaver and a great option for customizing, @Drawtech I would give 50 kudos if I could 😃

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Thanks Sebastian.  I already tried that one and while useful for some things, its not exactly what I was looking for. 

The "select" option of the command moves only the selected cut symbol rather than all of them.

...so this just aligns the already selected cut symbol with the next selected one.

What I wanted was to select a cut symbol, right click, click the command from the shortcut menu:

...then all other cut symbols to align with the one I already had selected.

This almost works with my current set up, but i have to re-select the already selected cut symbol for the command to process and I just wanted to save that extra click if there is a way!

[Drawtech]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

Hi Dave,

---

If anyone knows how to make the "align cut view symbols..." command work on a pre-selected cut symbol, that would be great!

---

The command for align the cut view is: _AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols 

Then we have the option "Selection" -->so the selected symbol will be used.

--> _AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols;s; <--

Edit: I tested it by creating the shortcutmenu, and it worked really well...this is definitely a timesaver and a great option for customizing, @Drawtech I would give 50 kudos if I could 😃

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Thanks Sebastian.  I already tried that one and while useful for some things, its not exactly what I was looking for. 

The "select" option of the command moves only the selected cut symbol rather than all of them.

...so this just aligns the already selected cut symbol with the next selected one.

What I wanted was to select a cut symbol, right click, click the command from the shortcut menu:

...then all other cut symbols to align with the one I already had selected.

This almost works with my current set up, but i have to re-select the already selected cut symbol for the command to process and I just wanted to save that extra click if there is a way!

[Drawtech]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

I learned last month, the fillet is everytime "0" if the shift button is pressed by selecting the object...no matter which radius is set...completely confusing me, why I'm not knowing this.

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Awesome - thanks Sebastian! 

Crazy how some of these little gems remain a secret for so long!

...makes you wonder what else is already possible that we don't know about!

[Drawtech]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

I learned last month, the fillet is everytime "0" if the shift button is pressed by selecting the object...no matter which radius is set...completely confusing me, why I'm not knowing this.

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Awesome - thanks Sebastian! 

Crazy how some of these little gems remain a secret for so long!

...makes you wonder what else is already possible that we don't know about!

[Sebastian_Eiche]

I think I don't understand it 😃 I do the other way, so I select all symbol I want to align and use the command for align to reference.

click the the symbols you want to align + your command + then the symbol which should be the reference:

screencast

[Sebastian_Eiche]

I think I don't understand it 😃 I do the other way, so I select all symbol I want to align and use the command for align to reference.

click the the symbols you want to align + your command + then the symbol which should be the reference:

screencast

[Drawtech]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@acbsdesign wrote:

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@Drawtech

Dave,
Not a follow up to your post, but this may save you some time when deleting dimension points to holes for galvanizing:

Delete multiple dimension points

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove

---

I thought this was a custom command at first!

Have we always been able to do this?? I've always done one at a time, and I can't believe I never tried to do multiple!

That's the problem with being self-taught, there's probably loads I do wrong. 

I've been doing CAD for 20 years and it was only on this thread I learned about fillet0. Told a colleague, who only dabbles with CAD, and he knew about it! 

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Unfortunately the multi select only works on different dimension chains.  If you want to remove more than one dimension point from the same chain you still have to do one at a time.

Still a useful workflow though - thanks  Ilko @acbsdesign for bringing to our attention!  ...like you say, really useful for removing galv hole dimensions 🙂

[Drawtech]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@acbsdesign wrote:

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@Drawtech

Dave,
Not a follow up to your post, but this may save you some time when deleting dimension points to holes for galvanizing:

Delete multiple dimension points

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove

---

I thought this was a custom command at first!

Have we always been able to do this?? I've always done one at a time, and I can't believe I never tried to do multiple!

That's the problem with being self-taught, there's probably loads I do wrong. 

I've been doing CAD for 20 years and it was only on this thread I learned about fillet0. Told a colleague, who only dabbles with CAD, and he knew about it! 

---

Unfortunately the multi select only works on different dimension chains.  If you want to remove more than one dimension point from the same chain you still have to do one at a time.

Still a useful workflow though - thanks  Ilko @acbsdesign for bringing to our attention!  ...like you say, really useful for removing galv hole dimensions 🙂

[Drawtech]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

I think I don't understand it 😃 I do the other way, so I select all symbol I want to align and use the command for align to reference.

click the the symbols you want to align + your command + then the symbol which should be the reference:

screencast

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Most of the time on a shop drawing I want to align ALL the cut symbols, hence my request would be the quickest (least clicks) way to achieve it. 🙂

Is there a way to do it? 

Then we can make good use of two shortcuts - one with selection and one without 🙂

...but maybe the command is hard coded not to allow pre-selection of the reference when using the default mode of operation (align ALL symbols)?

[Drawtech]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

I think I don't understand it 😃 I do the other way, so I select all symbol I want to align and use the command for align to reference.

click the the symbols you want to align + your command + then the symbol which should be the reference:

screencast

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Most of the time on a shop drawing I want to align ALL the cut symbols, hence my request would be the quickest (least clicks) way to achieve it. 🙂

Is there a way to do it? 

Then we can make good use of two shortcuts - one with selection and one without 🙂

...but maybe the command is hard coded not to allow pre-selection of the reference when using the default mode of operation (align ALL symbols)?

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

the command is more intelligent like it look like, it's always using the symbols on the right direction of the last selected symbol. So therefore, it's possible to select "all" and then use the align command, click on the one you want:
_AstM4SelectObjectByNamE;ASTXDetailbLOCK;_AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols;s;

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

the command is more intelligent like it look like, it's always using the symbols on the right direction of the last selected symbol. So therefore, it's possible to select "all" and then use the align command, click on the one you want:
_AstM4SelectObjectByNamE;ASTXDetailbLOCK;_AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols;s;

[Drawtech]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

the command is more intelligent like it look like, it's always using the symbols on the right direction of the last selected symbol. So therefore, it's possible to select "all" and then use the align command, click on the one you want:
_AstM4SelectObjectByNamE;ASTXDetailbLOCK;_AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols;s;

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Thanks Sebastian, that works!

...although I had to put the command in the "default menu" shortcut menu (rather than my context sensitive shortcut menus) since you cannot pre-select anything.  ...but still only 3 clicks 🙂

BTW, as per my screencast I was using "OBJECT_ASTXDETAILBLOCK" as an alias to make the menu context sensitive.  This does not work for your preferred workflow as you want to select several cut symbols first.

...so if you still want a context sensitive menu, you can use "OBJECTS_ASTXDETAILBLOCK" (i.e. with an "S" on "OBJECTS) as your alias - then it will show up when you have several cut symbols selected 🙂

[Drawtech]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

the command is more intelligent like it look like, it's always using the symbols on the right direction of the last selected symbol. So therefore, it's possible to select "all" and then use the align command, click on the one you want:
_AstM4SelectObjectByNamE;ASTXDetailbLOCK;_AstM20CommDetAlignCutSymbols;s;

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Thanks Sebastian, that works!

...although I had to put the command in the "default menu" shortcut menu (rather than my context sensitive shortcut menus) since you cannot pre-select anything.  ...but still only 3 clicks 🙂

BTW, as per my screencast I was using "OBJECT_ASTXDETAILBLOCK" as an alias to make the menu context sensitive.  This does not work for your preferred workflow as you want to select several cut symbols first.

...so if you still want a context sensitive menu, you can use "OBJECTS_ASTXDETAILBLOCK" (i.e. with an "S" on "OBJECTS) as your alias - then it will show up when you have several cut symbols selected 🙂

[Sebastian_Eiche]

already did it.

[Sebastian_Eiche]

already did it.

[Drawtech]

@Sebastian_Eiche 

Sebastian,  another question you might know the answer to?

...since these shortcut menus are set up in AdvanceSteel.cuix, presumably they will not migrate to a new version?

I did try creating them in a Partial Customization File initially, but the context sensitive menus would not show up at all!

Is there a solution to this so that they will migrate?

...otherwise I will just need to create from scratch in a new version.

[Drawtech]

@Sebastian_Eiche 

Sebastian,  another question you might know the answer to?

...since these shortcut menus are set up in AdvanceSteel.cuix, presumably they will not migrate to a new version?

I did try creating them in a Partial Customization File initially, but the context sensitive menus would not show up at all!

Is there a solution to this so that they will migrate?

...otherwise I will just need to create from scratch in a new version.

[Sebastian_Eiche]

maybe by installing pure autocad and use the migration tool for the AutoCAD cuix? I'm not sure, I thought this is doing by the migration tool, but never tested it.

[Sebastian_Eiche]

maybe by installing pure autocad and use the migration tool for the AutoCAD cuix? I'm not sure, I thought this is doing by the migration tool, but never tested it.

[acbsdesign]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@acbsdesign wrote:

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@Drawtech

Dave,
Not a follow up to your post, but this may save you some time when deleting dimension points to holes for galvanizing:

Delete multiple dimension points

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove

---

I thought this was a custom command at first!

Have we always been able to do this?? I've always done one at a time, and I can't believe I never tried to do multiple!

That's the problem with being self-taught, there's probably loads I do wrong. 

I've been doing CAD for 20 years and it was only on this thread I learned about fillet0. Told a colleague, who only dabbles with CAD, and he knew about it! 

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I have added * in front hoping to make it continuous.

But now when testing without * it seems it is working same way.

I did it for the first time yesterday, and I thought it will be good enough to be shared.

[acbsdesign]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@acbsdesign wrote:

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@Drawtech

Dave,
Not a follow up to your post, but this may save you some time when deleting dimension points to holes for galvanizing:

Delete multiple dimension points

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove

---

I thought this was a custom command at first!

Have we always been able to do this?? I've always done one at a time, and I can't believe I never tried to do multiple!

That's the problem with being self-taught, there's probably loads I do wrong. 

I've been doing CAD for 20 years and it was only on this thread I learned about fillet0. Told a colleague, who only dabbles with CAD, and he knew about it! 

---

I have added * in front hoping to make it continuous.

But now when testing without * it seems it is working same way.

I did it for the first time yesterday, and I thought it will be good enough to be shared.

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

in the layout: you have a detail created, maybe with label, dim and so on, but you need a "clean view"

if you select nothing...the whole detail, if you select something only the select will be filtered:

^C^C_AstM4SelectObjectByName;ASTXDETAILText;ASTXDIMLINE;ASTXDIMARC;ASTXDETAILWELDSYMBOL;_HideObjects

What happened? txt+dim+dimarc+weldsymbol (could be changed for sure) will be hide --if you now plot the layout, the hided objects will be not shown

_unisolateobjects will show them back.

Could be created for "hide welding" or "hide labels" maybe for an overview drawing if you have not numbered the model, the labels will show "not defined", so then they could be hide, after numbering, they could be shown.

[Sebastian_Eiche · Accepted solution]

in the layout: you have a detail created, maybe with label, dim and so on, but you need a "clean view"

if you select nothing...the whole detail, if you select something only the select will be filtered:

^C^C_AstM4SelectObjectByName;ASTXDETAILText;ASTXDIMLINE;ASTXDIMARC;ASTXDETAILWELDSYMBOL;_HideObjects

What happened? txt+dim+dimarc+weldsymbol (could be changed for sure) will be hide --if you now plot the layout, the hided objects will be not shown

_unisolateobjects will show them back.

Could be created for "hide welding" or "hide labels" maybe for an overview drawing if you have not numbered the model, the labels will show "not defined", so then they could be hide, after numbering, they could be shown.

[acbsdesign]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

in the layout: you have a detail created, maybe with label, dim and so on, but you need a "clean view"

if you select nothing...the whole detail, if you select something only the select will be filtered:

^C^C_AstM4SelectObjectByName;ASTXDETAILText;ASTXDIMLINE;ASTXDIMARC;ASTXDETAILWELDSYMBOL;_HideObjects

What happened? txt+dim+dimarc+weldsymbol (could be changed for sure) will be hide --if you now plot the layout, the hided objects will be not shown

_unisolateobjects will show them back.

Could be created for "hide welding" or "hide labels" maybe for an overview drawing if you have not numbered the model, the labels will show "not defined", so then they could be hide, after numbering, they could be shown.

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Food for thought, thank you for sharing. 

BTW I named the * symbol in front of the commands "Sebastian's" symbol (hope you don't mind  ),

it helps a lot, especially with beveling edges at HSS columns.

Thank you again.

[acbsdesign]

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@Sebastian_Eiche wrote:

in the layout: you have a detail created, maybe with label, dim and so on, but you need a "clean view"

if you select nothing...the whole detail, if you select something only the select will be filtered:

^C^C_AstM4SelectObjectByName;ASTXDETAILText;ASTXDIMLINE;ASTXDIMARC;ASTXDETAILWELDSYMBOL;_HideObjects

What happened? txt+dim+dimarc+weldsymbol (could be changed for sure) will be hide --if you now plot the layout, the hided objects will be not shown

_unisolateobjects will show them back.

Could be created for "hide welding" or "hide labels" maybe for an overview drawing if you have not numbered the model, the labels will show "not defined", so then they could be hide, after numbering, they could be shown.

---

Food for thought, thank you for sharing. 

BTW I named the * symbol in front of the commands "Sebastian's" symbol (hope you don't mind  ),

it helps a lot, especially with beveling edges at HSS columns.

Thank you again.

[Sebastian_Eiche]

I love the * too, should be publish more to AutoCAD users.

[Sebastian_Eiche]

I love the * too, should be publish more to AutoCAD users.

[acbsdesign · Accepted solution]

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@Drawtech wrote:

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Unfortunately the multi select only works on different dimension chains.  If you want to remove more than one dimension point from the same chain you still have to do one at a time.

Still a useful workflow though - thanks  Ilko @acbsdesign for bringing to our attention!  ...like you say, really useful for removing galv hole dimensions 🙂

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@Drawtech 

@Anonymous 

Hi Dave,

It works with dimension points with both same and different dimension chains.

DELETE DIMENSION POINTS-MULTIPLE

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove \;;

Screencast-Delete dimension points-multiple

Happy 4th.

[acbsdesign · Accepted solution]

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@Drawtech wrote:

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Unfortunately the multi select only works on different dimension chains.  If you want to remove more than one dimension point from the same chain you still have to do one at a time.

Still a useful workflow though - thanks  Ilko @acbsdesign for bringing to our attention!  ...like you say, really useful for removing galv hole dimensions 🙂

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@Drawtech 

@Anonymous 

Hi Dave,

It works with dimension points with both same and different dimension chains.

DELETE DIMENSION POINTS-MULTIPLE

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove \;;

Screencast-Delete dimension points-multiple

Happy 4th.

[Anonymous]

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@acbsdesign wrote:

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@Drawtech wrote:

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Unfortunately the multi select only works on different dimension chains.  If you want to remove more than one dimension point from the same chain you still have to do one at a time.

Still a useful workflow though - thanks  Ilko @acbsdesign for bringing to our attention!  ...like you say, really useful for removing galv hole dimensions 🙂

---

@Drawtech 

@Anonymous 

Hi Dave,

It works with dimension points with both same and different dimension chains.

DELETE DIMENSION POINTS-MULTIPLE

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove \;;

Screencast-Delete dimension points-multiple

Happy 4th.

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Brilliant!

Just replaced the standard command macro, as I would always use this instead of the original.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

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@acbsdesign wrote:

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@Drawtech wrote:

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Unfortunately the multi select only works on different dimension chains.  If you want to remove more than one dimension point from the same chain you still have to do one at a time.

Still a useful workflow though - thanks  Ilko @acbsdesign for bringing to our attention!  ...like you say, really useful for removing galv hole dimensions 🙂

---

@Drawtech 

@Anonymous 

Hi Dave,

It works with dimension points with both same and different dimension chains.

DELETE DIMENSION POINTS-MULTIPLE

*^C^C_AstM4CommDetModDimRemove \;;

Screencast-Delete dimension points-multiple

Happy 4th.

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Brilliant!

Just replaced the standard command macro, as I would always use this instead of the original.

Thank you!