Differentiate between dimension type

[Lalchetaketan022]

Hi

I just could collect all the dimensions from a drawing file using API. Could anyone please let me know how to differentiate according to type of dimension? In other words, I just need to have dimensions of type radial, angular and diametrical dimensions only.

[Michael.Navara · Accepted solution]

According to this help article, you can check Type property of the dimension object.

If dimensionObj.Type = ObjectTypeEnum.kAngularGeneralDimensionObject Then

   'do something with angular dimension
Eend If

Or if you want to do some specific task with dimension (depending on its type) you can cast the dimension to one of the derived type (specific type of dimension)

AngularGeneralDimension, DiameterGeneralDimension, LinearGeneralDimension, RadiusGeneralDimension

Dim dimensionObj As GeneralDimension = ThisDrawing.Document.SelectSet(1)

Dim angularDim As AngularGeneralDimension = TryCast(dimensionObj, AngularGeneralDimension) 

The angular dim should be valid AngularGeneralDimension or Nothing