Find perpendicular as endpoint for dimension

Hi all,

I need to create an aligned dimension. The startpoint for this dimension could be anywhere on polyline/arc/line etc.. but the endpoint for this is perpendicular from the start point.

I tried this code, but later realized getpoint cannot find relatively perpendicular points.

Dim dimStyle As AcadDimStyle
Dim dimObj As AcadDimAligned
Dim Point1 As Variant
Dim Point2 As Variant
Dim Loc(0 To 2) As Double

Set dimStyle = ThisDrawing.DimStyles.Add("MyDim")

Point1 = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(, "Pick Point 1: ")
Point2 = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(, "Pick Point 2: ")
x = (Point1(0) + Point2(0)) / 2
y = (Point1(1) + Point2(1)) / 2

Loc(0) = x
Loc(1) = y
Loc(2) = 0
Set dimObj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddDimAligned(Point1, Point2, Loc)

Thanks in advance,

Priyanka

How about this:

Point1 = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(, "Pick Point 1: ")
ThisDrawing.SetVariable "LastPoint", Point1
Point2 = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(, "Pick Point 2: ")

Hey thanks a lot Seant,

I tried your line of code and somehow got to this idea too.

Point1 = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(,"Pick Point 1: ")

Point2 = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(Point1 ,"Pick Point 2: ")

 

Thanks a lot,

Regards,

Priyanka