depending on how bullet proof you need it, you could possibly encounter a
dimension who's text had been rotated, could you not?
depending on type of dimension you could also get the angle between defining
points or the angle of the dimension line etc., (using the technique you
describe of reading the block def)
???
"thenrich" wrote in message
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> I have found a way to do this. I'll get the block of the dimension and
loop through the entities until I find the Mtext ent and ask for the
rotation property.
>
> thx
