DIMZIN: What is the complete list of settings?

[Anonymous]

So I had a drawing which was not working at all correctly.  All my dimstyles were correct but "dim/update" would not display the 0 inches I wanted.  Turns out the DIMZIN was set to 8. However, I never in my life heard of this command/variable and had to do some serious digging to figure it out.

I ended up pulling a drawing I knew worked correctly- it's DIMZIN was 11. I reset the problem drawing to 11 and it works fine now. However, 11 is not listed as an option in the Autodesk list of options.

More curious, I pulled a metric drawing from another project: DIMZIN is 9.

So what is the complete list of all possible variables?

[Anonymous]

So I had a drawing which was not working at all correctly.  All my dimstyles were correct but "dim/update" would not display the 0 inches I wanted.  Turns out the DIMZIN was set to 8. However, I never in my life heard of this command/variable and had to do some serious digging to figure it out.

I ended up pulling a drawing I knew worked correctly- it's DIMZIN was 11. I reset the problem drawing to 11 and it works fine now. However, 11 is not listed as an option in the Autodesk list of options.

More curious, I pulled a metric drawing from another project: DIMZIN is 9.

So what is the complete list of all possible variables?

[Patchy]

SETVAR then use ?

Enter

[Patchy]

SETVAR then use ?

Enter

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

>> However, 11 is not listed as an option in the Autodesk list of options

Looking >>>to the help<<< you see these values about DIMZIN:

• 0  Suppresses zero feet and precisely zero inches
• 1  Includes zero feet and precisely zero inches
• 2  Includes zero feet and suppresses zero inches
• 3  Includes zero inches and suppresses zero feet
• 4  Suppresses leading zeros in decimal dimensions (for example, 0.5000 becomes .5000)
• 8  Suppresses trailing zeros in decimal dimensions (for example, 12.5000 becomes 12.5)
• 12 Suppresses both leading and trailing zeros (for example, 0.5000 becomes .5)

And you should know that these values can be combined by just adding the values.

So 11 = 8+3, so 11 is the combined setting of:

3  Includes zero inches and suppresses zero feet

AND

8  Suppresses trailing zeros in decimal dimensions (for example, 12.5000 becomes 12.5)

HTH, - alfred -

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

>> However, 11 is not listed as an option in the Autodesk list of options

Looking >>>to the help<<< you see these values about DIMZIN:

• 0  Suppresses zero feet and precisely zero inches
• 1  Includes zero feet and precisely zero inches
• 2  Includes zero feet and suppresses zero inches
• 3  Includes zero inches and suppresses zero feet
• 4  Suppresses leading zeros in decimal dimensions (for example, 0.5000 becomes .5000)
• 8  Suppresses trailing zeros in decimal dimensions (for example, 12.5000 becomes 12.5)
• 12 Suppresses both leading and trailing zeros (for example, 0.5000 becomes .5)

And you should know that these values can be combined by just adding the values.

So 11 = 8+3, so 11 is the combined setting of:

3  Includes zero inches and suppresses zero feet

AND

8  Suppresses trailing zeros in decimal dimensions (for example, 12.5000 becomes 12.5)

HTH, - alfred -

[Anonymous]

Thanks but adding the integers is not that obvious.

[Anonymous]

Thanks but adding the integers is not that obvious.

[scot-65]

command -DIMSTYLE "STatus"
???

[scot-65]

command -DIMSTYLE "STatus"
???

[Anonymous]

Adding integers to obtain multiple settings is foundational to many programs.  And while it may not appear obvious to some, it's something with which you should become familiar.  Take a look at the OSMODE setting on your machine (type OSMODE and press enter)  It will show you the sum of the integer settings for your current running osnap setting.  A negative number means it's turned off.

OSMODE values

0 NONe
1 ENDpoint
2 MIDpoint
4 CENter
8 NODe
16 QUAdrant
32 INTersection
64 INSertion
128 PERpendicular
256 TANgent
512 NEArest
1024 QUIck
2048 APParent Intersection
4096 EXTension
8192 PARallel

With the above list an OSMODE of 3 means you have both ENDpoint and MIDpoint osnaps set, if you add CENter to the setting OSMODE will be 7, turn 'em ALL on and OSMODE = 15359

[Anonymous]

Adding integers to obtain multiple settings is foundational to many programs.  And while it may not appear obvious to some, it's something with which you should become familiar.  Take a look at the OSMODE setting on your machine (type OSMODE and press enter)  It will show you the sum of the integer settings for your current running osnap setting.  A negative number means it's turned off.

OSMODE values

0 NONe
1 ENDpoint
2 MIDpoint
4 CENter
8 NODe
16 QUAdrant
32 INTersection
64 INSertion
128 PERpendicular
256 TANgent
512 NEArest
1024 QUIck
2048 APParent Intersection
4096 EXTension
8192 PARallel

With the above list an OSMODE of 3 means you have both ENDpoint and MIDpoint osnaps set, if you add CENter to the setting OSMODE will be 7, turn 'em ALL on and OSMODE = 15359

[Kent1Cooper]

---

@Alfred.NESWADBA wrote:

....

• 1  Includes zero feet and precisely zero inches
• 2  Includes zero feet and suppresses zero inches
• 3  Includes zero inches and suppresses zero feet
• ...

.... these values can be combined by just adding the values.

....

---

@Anonymous is absolutely correct in Post 4 that it's not all that obvious, which is certainly because in fact it's not true in all respects of this particular System Variable, which for some incomprehensible reason operates differently from "standard" bit-code-based ones.  A value of 3 unequivocally does not give you a combination of the characteristics of values 1 and 2.  It may be true for certain other additive values, but not for every combination.

[Kent1Cooper]

---

@Alfred.NESWADBA wrote:

....

• 1  Includes zero feet and precisely zero inches
• 2  Includes zero feet and suppresses zero inches
• 3  Includes zero inches and suppresses zero feet
• ...

.... these values can be combined by just adding the values.

....

---

@Anonymous is absolutely correct in Post 4 that it's not all that obvious, which is certainly because in fact it's not true in all respects of this particular System Variable, which for some incomprehensible reason operates differently from "standard" bit-code-based ones.  A value of 3 unequivocally does not give you a combination of the characteristics of values 1 and 2.  It may be true for certain other additive values, but not for every combination.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Kent, and good to see this coming from an "Autocad Expert Elite"!

[Anonymous]

Thanks Kent, and good to see this coming from an "Autocad Expert Elite"!

[ramcharger318]

I agree, because it is not listed as BITCODE type, like OSMODE is.

[ramcharger318]

I agree, because it is not listed as BITCODE type, like OSMODE is.