Creating Linear Dimensions without the SelectSet function

[luccla]

Being able to identify drawing curves without the use of selectset function. 

I want to create a dimension without having to select a drawing curve before hand. 

So I need to understand how drawing curves are identified and unique compared to other drawing curves.

I know that in Inventor 2021 & 2022 there are drawing snippets, but I am still using Inventor 2020 and don't have access. 

Thanks

[JelteDeJong]

You have several options. If you know which lines you need to add dimensions to then you could use attributes on those lines and use those to find the lines.

(https://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/attributes/)

Or use those attributes on faces on your of your model. And try to find the lines that belong to those faces. (that is how the new functions in Inventor work.) On my blog, I have a serie of posts that show how you can do that.

(http://www.hjalte.nl/25-extend-ilogic-add-function-getproxyintent )

Or you could do it by filtering the lines till you find the lines that you want. You can do cool stuff that way, for example:

generate bend notes, bend dimensions, hole position dimensions, generate overall dimensions