ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I have a little bit of an issue with dimensioning. We have objects in modelspace and we want to place dimensions for these objects in paperspace. The problem is that these modelspace objects were created using an add-on software package. So AutoCAD does not scale the text within the dimension like it does with native AutoCAD objects. Is there a way for me to make these dimensions read correctly in paperspace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 If the dimensions are being placed in paper space why does AutoCAD have to scale the text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Maybe set DIMASSOC to 1 or 2 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 The dimension style is annotative so that we don't have to carry multiple styles for multiple scaled viewports. For instance, when we dimension a 20'-0" long native AutoCAD object while in paperspace that has a viewport scale of 1/4"=1'-0", the dimension reads 20'-0". This obviously is the result it should be. But when we dimension a 20'-0" long object created from this add-on software under the same circumstances, the dimension reads 0'-5". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Maybe set DIMASSOC to 1 or 2 ? DIMASSOC is set to 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Sounds like your text and dimensions are in model space not paper space. There would be no need to use annotative text or dimensions if they were being placed in a paper space layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 We have just recently started converting our annotation to paperspace. So all of our styles are still annotative. We will still need the ability to use annotation in modelspace on occasion, so I don't want to eliminate them just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'm thinking I might need to access the scale of the viewport somehow and apply that scale to the dimension text. Or maybe I have to select the points in modelspace and then jump back into paperspace to place the dimension. Any idea if one or both of these options are possible? If so, is one option better than the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 You're just making more work for yourself. We place all text and dimensions in our layouts and need only worry about one system variable and that is whether or not dimensions are associative which is not the same as annotative. If I set a dimstyle height of .125 for all text it does not matter what the scales of my viewports are. I could easily have a dozen viewports each set up to use a different scale yet dimension all of them with one dimension style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 I think you may have misunderstood what my issue is. The text height is not a problem. The string of text within the dimension is what I am addressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Are you saying the dimension is not being represented correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Are you saying the dimension is not being represented correctly? Yes (see image below). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Did you make sure that your dimensions were associative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Both of the objects in the image above are in modelspace. Both of the dimensions in the image above are in paperspace. Both dimensions are using the exact same dimension style. The system variable DIMASSOC is set to "2". The only difference is the object being dimensioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Can you attach a simple drawing with one of these unique objects in it? What program are we talking about here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 It's an Autodesk Fabrication CADmep object. With only the one object in the drawing, it is too large to post to this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 So this isn't some foreign (i.e. - Chinese, Russian or Romanian) program that created this object. I see. How was the object brought into AutoCAD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Basically you just click on a button for the type of object you want to place, then you select an insertion point. If you want to know more about the object itself, here is a dump from it: (-1 . <Entity name: 7ff6daa0f760>) (0 . "MAPS_SOLID") (330 . <Entity name: 7ff6daa2b9f0>) (5 . "A74E") (100 . "AcDbEntity") (67 . 0) (410 . "Model") (8 . "M-CWTR-RETN") (8 . "M-CWTR-RETN") (300 . "2-1/2") (300 . "Pipe - A53 ERW Grade B Carbon Steel Sch 40 Black - Plain End") (300 . "240\"") (300 . "240.00 (inch)") (300 . "P01") (300 . "153.20") (300 . "ORDER-1") (300 . "ITEMNO-1") (300 . "SPOOL-1") (300 . "Insulation x 1.5000") (300 . "NOTE-1") (300 . "PALLET-1") (300 . "None") (300 . "2.875") (300 . "0.7527") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Too bad we can't get our hands on one. Might be fun to play with. Thanks for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksperopoulos Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'm curious...can one add a type of object to be recognized by associative dimensions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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