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Dimensions list?

Dimensions list?

Dimensions list?

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Hi there,

I work for a theatre company and use autocad for design and build purposes. I'm very new to the software, and was wondering whether there is a function that will provide you with a list of dimensions and the frequency with which they occur within a design, eg - '1123mm X 43'?
This would certainly make life a whole lot easier!!

Any help would be most appreciated,

Thanks in advance!

Clutch

RE: Dimensions list?

Not a list automatically. But to create a dimension, you can add them to an object and they will show up next to the object. Then you can create lists or "blocks" on a drawing to show dimension values that you input. Would this be a direction you could go?

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers

RE: Dimensions list?

Sounds like you want to start using blocks and have a BoM (Bill of Materials) generator of some sort


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RE: Dimensions list?

The good news:
LISP or VBA can create a list of dimension objects, step through them, create an array of valuse and count the number of occurances.  This is well within the capability of both languages.  

The bad news:
I do not have a sample program or the time to rough one out.

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