Adding Text to Inventor Dimension with iLogic or VBA

[ccoomes]

Does anyone know how to add pre-defined text to a Selected Dimension with either iLogic or VBA?

I have to create lots of drawing with a lot of dimensions with the same wording.

The Layout is as follows:

<DIM> Maximum

Product Width

What I would like to do is select the Dimension, and then click and button on a form (or VBA USerform) that adds pre-defined text.

Has anyone been able to do this as it will make my life a lot simpler..

[GeorgeWilliams]

Did you find an answer to your question?  I am needing the same functionality.

After manually setting the dimension text with a parameter reference I inspected the formatted text on the dimension object to be ...

"<DimensionValue/><Parameter Resolved='True' ComponentIdentifier='ValidPathToMyPart' Name='Dim_A' Precision='2'>53.75</Parameter>"

If I then set the formatted text value with that same string, I get an "automation error, Unspecified error".  Maybe that isn't supported via the API?

[Anonymous]

George

I never managed to find a solution to this issue.

I also tried the method you have described, with the same results.

I have concluded that it is probably not possible to do this with the API; or if it is possible, I still don't know how to do it.

Thanks for your reply.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know the "<  />" code for GAUGE as a dimension text user parameter?

I see that "<DimensionValue/>" is for the dimension value, "<br/>" does a return to next line, <stack> does a stacked dimension, etc.

Thanks,

JCKCAD

[r_pruellage]

Hello, i have found your solution with the adding text to dimension.

Is there a solution so add parameter to a dimension? The parameter is just added to a dimension. Example please see below.

In green my text added by hand

4 is a parameter

345 is a parameter

1380 is a catched dimension a shape of the geometri of the ipt and in best case it should look like below.

Is that possible? I dont neet to select dimension because the place is always the same with the added parameters.