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Getting Autocad Dimension Data

Getting Autocad Dimension Data

Getting Autocad Dimension Data

(OP)
Is there a way to extract the value of a acad dimension with some sort of getvar or getval?

RE: Getting Autocad Dimension Data

With EntGet and Car or Cadr perhaps.

RE: Getting Autocad Dimension Data

Hi AlexDring...

This function I did You can help You:

(defun get:value (/ dim-ent value)
  (setq    dim-ent    (vlax-ename->vla-object
          (car (entsel "\nSelect object dimension: "))
        )
  )
  (if (vlax-property-available-p dim-ent "measurement")
    (progn
      (setq value (vlax-get-property dim-ent "measurement"))
      (prompt (strcat "\nDimension value is: "
              (rtos value 2 (getvar "dimdec"))
          )
      )
    ) ;_progn
    (prompt
      "\nThis object don't have this property. Try again..."
    )
  ) ;_if
  (princ)
) ;_defun

FORO: http://www.hispacad.com/foro
Un saludo de SpeedCAD... ;)
CHILE

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