ryan osmun Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 i could include the lines if when i used the function it would just show the length of the line and not any arrows or additional lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tharwat Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 i could include the lines if when i used the function it would just show the length of the line and not any arrows or additional lines. Just make a new Dimension style and adjust it as best as you want it to look like and make it current and after that run the code . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 So your code reads the current dimension style and emulates it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tharwat Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 So your code reads the current dimension style and emulates it? Yes , that's correct . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan osmun Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Just make a new Dimension style and adjust it as best as you want it to look like and make it current and after that run the code . im trying to figure this out, i think this should work if i can figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tharwat Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 im trying to figure this out, i think this should work if i can figure it out. Simply , just enter the dimension style and put off the extension lines, dim lines and so on . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan osmun Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 ok so doing it like this would work, but let me ask you. when i dim it normal i dont have a line at all, the line comes up with the dimension. is there any way you could do this with out me drawing the lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 The routine requires the user to select the lines that are being dimensioned. Unfortunately you are not dimensioning lines, per se, but circle-to-circle center points. I have to wonder how accurate this can be in the field or is this for an "as built"? If one "head" is off, for whatever reason, it makes dimensions from it to the adjacent heads inaccurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan osmun Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 it would have to be accurate. im not sure what you mean when you say if one head is off, like if it is placed wrong in the field, everything will be off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 That's exactly what I mean. Maybe the tech reads the tape measure incorrectly, or reads the plan wrong and transposes two numbers. Don't tell me it hasn't happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan osmun Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 it does happen, but this is the way i have been doing it for a long time and am not quite sure on another way to dimension it to get the dims for everything in a simplified way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 There's no "baseline" when the sprinkler heads are located in the field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan osmun Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 not always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Can you show us an example of a full floor plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I used to draft for an in-ground pool company. A lot of the pools had self cleaning systems with pop-up heads. Not much different from that layout the OP showed us. The pool and the system were based off of two given points. This is one way we would dimension the location of the heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tharwat Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 The question still on . Are these circles connected with each others by lines or these lines are the dimension lines only ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I did that with dimensions only. Faster than drawing lines and then dimensioning them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Re: OP's drawing. I believe there would be no lines in the drawing connecting the circles. The lines he does show would be dimension lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan osmun Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Re: OP's drawing. I believe there would be no lines in the drawing connecting the circles. The lines he does show would be dimension lines. this is correct. the best way i can think to put it would be when i use the autodim lisp command, i would want to select all of the circles with no lines in between them and have the command create the dim lines in between all of the circles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Well I think that should clear things up immensely. Now let's see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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