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editdimensionproperties3
still trying to understand vb. i'm not finding examples of what i want to do.
i want to try a macro that will change the decimal places of a dimension in a drawing for the shop floor.
i have my drawing units set to 3 place, which is fine most of the time. i am attempting a macro where i would pre-select 1 or more dims. and hit a key to change the decimal places up or down 1 place. i guess there would have to be 2 macros, one to increase and one to decrease.
i think i need editdimensionproperties3 to do this.
i recorded a macro in which i modified the dec. places of a dim. the macro listed 17 parameters for a dimension. i know which two i need to change. i would need to set "usedocprec" to false and "precision" to add 1 to or subtract 1 from its current value, depending on which macro i run. how do i extract these two parameters, change them and update the dim. without changing any other parameters? would it matter if more than one dim. is pre-selected?
so, for example, let's assign these macros to the "+" and "-" keys.
i have a number of dims. in a drawing. these dims. are using the document precision of 3 places.
i pre-select a number of dims. (not all) and hit the "+" key to change the precision to 4 places. (i would prefer real-time update on screen.) hit the "+" key again and the precision changes to 5. you would do the same in reverse using the "-" key.
can this be done until i hit the escape key to de-select those dims.?
again, please help me with modifying only the necessary parameters within a dimension.
mike closson - cswa
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to do this i use the get/setprimaryprecision method of the idisplaydimension object. you can find old crusty copies of my macros on matt lombard's macro library here: