Lisping dimensions

[assafius]

Hey,

 

I want to invoke the "dimlinear" function through lisp, that is

(command "dimlinear"..) etc.

 

Could anyone tell me which arguments does the function take and also

how do I adjust the text properties of the "dimlinear" annotations.

 

Thanks guys/ladies

[Alejandros85]

assafius hello, if you want to call the command with lisp could be so

(defun c:dlin ()
 (vl-cmdf "_dimlinear")
 )

 

and if you want to modify the properties of the dimensions of DIMSTYLE could do it directly.

I hope this helps and sorry for my english.

Regards.

[assafius]

Thanks Alejandro but that's not quite what I meant.

 

Running the "dimlinear" command through lisp is easy. The tricky part is to

set the parameters that follow the command.

 

If anyone knows what they are, please reply..

 

Thanks fellows

[rkmcswain]

Running the "dimlinear" command through lisp is easy. The tricky part is to

set the parameters that follow the command.

 

If anyone knows what they are, please reply..

 

Thanks fellows

 

Do you have AutoCAD with which to test?

If so, run the command and follow the prompts.

 

Generally speaking, it's [pick two points] -or- [select an object], then pick point to define location of dim line.

[Tharwat]

This ... ?

 

(if (and (setq p1 (getpoint "\n Specify first point :"))
        (setq p2 (getpoint "\n Next point :" p1))
   )
 (command "_.dimlinear"
          "_non"
          p1
          "_non"
          p2
          "_non"
          (polar p1
                 (+ (angle p1 p2) (/ pi 2.))
                 (/ (distance p1 p2) 35.)
          )
 )
)

[assafius]

Thanks !

 

By the way,

can u please remind me how to lisp something that turns off the

snap mode ?

 

thanks again

[Tharwat]

thanks again

 

You're welcome .

 

By the way,

can u please remind me how to lisp something that turns off the

snap mode ?

 

(setvar 'osmode 0)

[Lee Mac]

can u please remind me how to lisp something that turns off the snap mode?

 

Another:

(setvar 'osmode (logior (getvar 'osmode) 16384))

[rkmcswain]

You're welcome .

 

 

 

(setvar 'osmode 0)

 

Another:

(setvar 'osmode (logior (getvar 'osmode) 16384))

 

To clarify for the OP.....

Technically, setting osmode to 0 does not turn off object snap, it just disables all object snap modes - which of course gives the user the same effect.

But doing it this way loses the combination of previously set of object snap modes.

[Lee Mac]

Technically, setting osmode to 0 does not turn off object snap, it just disables all object snap modes - which of course gives the user the same effect.

But doing it this way loses the combination of previously set of object snap modes.

 

Precisely why I offered my alternative...