Automatic/"smart" dimensions in Autocad like Inventor and/or Revit Architecture

[Anonymous]

Good evening folks, I've recently been introduced to Inventor and just like Revit Arch. I AM IN LOVE WITH THEM!

Why: Dimensioning is so intuitive in the way that I draw a line and the dim it, then I can type in the real value in the dim and the line resizes (automatically/intelligently) to match the input value. Doing the same on Autocad only changes the text.

What am I doing wrong and is there a way to get this smart-functionality in autocad?

[j.palmeL29YX]

You should use the functionality and commands of parametric. (constraints, parametric dimensions, ...).

For more informations read the help. If any questions, ask here.

cadder,

[jwe03]

Im not sure if it may help, but there's an AutoCAD plugin called AutoDim

[j.palmeL29YX · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I draw a line and the dim it, then I can type in the real value in the dim and the line resizes (automatically/intelligently) to match the input value. Doing the same on Autocad only changes the text.

What am I doing wrong and is there a way to get this smart-functionality in autocad?

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You use the wrong commands. And Yes, there is a way to get the wished functionality.

Attached an example. https://autode.sk/2RPqh2X

At first I used the "wrong" command DIMLIN.

At second I used a suitable command DCLIN.

cadder

[Anonymous]

WOW THANK YOU SIR!!!!!