dimoverride with DIMLTEX2 Crashes ADT 2007

Very consistently the following crashes ADT 2007:

(command "_.dimoverride" "DIMLTEX2")

or just typing on the command line Dimoverride then DIMLTXT1 or DIMLTXT2

This works:

(command "_.dimoverride" "DIMSE1")

Any ideas?

TomD

This is a long way, but try this if you want:

1. Click on the dim you want to edit. (Make sure that only 1 is selected)

2. Double click the dim OR Right-Click > Properties. When the properties tab opens, scroll down until you see "Text Override" (As seen below)

3. Type what you want it to say. i.e. - 24" instead of 2', or you could put words like "Door height"

4. Hit ENTER and then you are done.

Good luck and let me know how this goes.

I appreciate the response... but I think the issue is with AutoCAD crashing. I normally do a dimension override as you describe, but it indeed is the long way around when making changes to the extension line linetype (to Center2 usually).

The essential problem is that this works (the command is incomplete, but it gets the idea across):

(command "_.dimoverride" "DIMSE2") ;; Override Ext Line Visibility

and this doesn't (AutoCAD Crashes – FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Writing 0x0004 Exception at 7ddacf0h):

(command "_.dimoverride" "DIMLTEX2");; Override Ext Line Linetype

All this is an adaptation of a successful routine that turns dimension extension lines on or off by picking the dimension (XTSWITCH.LSP by Herman Mayfarth - Tekton Construction Services).

This may only crash AutoCAD ADT 2007 - does Dimoverride with DIMLTEX2 typed at the command line crash any of your AutoCAD versions, or is it just ADT 2007?

Tom

Hmmm...Have you called Autodesk to see what they say?

I did manage to try this line is AutoCAD 2009 (not ADT):

(command "_.dimoverride" "DIMLTEX2")

and the DIMLTEX2 variable returns the message:

Variable "DIMLTEX2" not found.

(Typing it in as a stand-alone command does the same thing)

The variable is clearly in existance, so something strange is going on...