AutoLisp Dim Command

[Nick1940]

I type the following command: (command "dim" "scale" "0.06" ""). AutoCAD accepts the command and tells me I must input "exit" to exit the command. I do this on the command line and it works fine, but I don't know how to either incorporate the "exit" command into the above command or follow the above command with a second AutoLisp command executing the "exit" command.

 

Please Help if you can!

[tombu]

Use (command "dim" "scale" "0.06" "" "")

[David Bethel]

Or alternately use "_.DIM1" for the command

 

-David

[Roy_043]

Or:

(setvar 'dimscale 0.06)

[Nick1940]

Thanks David. I used the suggestion from Roy043, i.e., (setvar 'dimscale 0.06), which worked beautifully.

[Nick1940]

Thanks tombu. That did not work, but the suggestion from Roy_043, (setvar 'dimscale 0.06), did work.

[Nick1940]

Thanks David. I tried the "_.DIM1" - it opened the dialog box, which I did not know how to do (thanks) but was not what I wanted to do.

[David Bethel]

Thanks David. I tried the "_.DIM1" - it opened the dialog box, which I did not know how to do (thanks) but was not what I wanted to do.

 

(command "_.DIM1" "_Scale" 2)

 

Should work. No need for any closing CarriageReturns -David

[Nick1940]

Thanks again Dave. I tried it but this time it didn't even open the dialog box. But that's OK because the setvar command worked great. I am going to use the set var command to change the osnap setting as well. -Nick

[BIGAL]

If you use this simple Dumpit and pick a dim you will expose all the variables that can be set and there are a lot.

 

(vlax-Dump-Object (vlax-Ename->Vla-Object (car (entsel "pick an object"))))

[Nick1940]

Thanks BIGAL. When I first saw your post I thought it meant "big gal" now I see it is actually "big al". Anyway, I inserted the above command into my command line and it asked me to "pick a point". I wasn't sure what to do at that point so I tried a few things none of which produced anything of value. I may be too much of a tenderfoot to know how to use the command. BTW I hope you are enjoying summer in Aussi-Land. We are of course in the middle of winter and just got about a foot snow today with more coming tomorrow.

[BIGAL]

Just copy and paste to command line and pick a dimension or a circle or a pline etc. Need to look at Text screen.

 

Its 32 centigrade at the moment.

 

Made a mistake should have been BIG Al, Alan H.

[Faron]

I recently upgraded from autocad 2013 to 2020, I think starting in 2016 the dim command is now different you can now pick your points and drag to horizontal, vertical or aligned with out 

having to select hort. vert or align first, which is really cool. I would like to use this command in one of my lisp routines that draws dimensions in the drawing but when I type in

(command "dim" pt1 pt2 etc.) in an autolisp file I get the old dim command that ask you for Horizontal, Vertical or aligned first instead of letting you drag to hort. vert. or align.

Is there a way to use the new dim command (as of 2016) in an autolisp file?

 

Any help would be appreciated!