70002786 How to change a parameter of the dimension after it has been created

Summary

How to change a parameter of the dimension after it has been created

Solution

Following code example

           //create a new dimension manager that holds the dimension properties
            var dimstyle = new vddimmanager();//create the object
            dimstyle.TYPE = 'ALIGN';
            dimstyle.BLK = 'ARROW';
            dimstyle.TEXTH = '0.4';
            dimstyle.LUNITS = 'DEC';
            dimstyle.PREC = '5';
            dimstyle.SZEROS = '0';
            dimstyle.LINECOLOR = '255,0,0,255';
            dimstyle.EXTCOLOR = '0,255,0,255';
            dimstyle.TEXTCOLOR = '0,0,255,255';
            dimstyle.DIMTEXT = '';
            dimstyle.TEXTHORROT = 'ALIGN';
            dimstyle.TEXTVERJUST = 'ABOVE';

            //create a dimension using the above dimension manager properties
            var dim = dimstyle.Create(vdcanvas, [-3, -2, 0], [3, -2, 0], [0, 0, 0]); //the dimension will be added in the entities of the layout
            vdcanvas.DrawEntity(dim);//draw the new object on the canvas
            vdcanvas.Refresh(); //refresh the canvas element in order to see the result.

            //copy the created dimension to see differences when change some properties
            vdcanvas.CmdCopy([dim], [0, 0, 0], [0, 3, 0]);
            
            //change some properties of the first created dimension
            var arrowblk = vdcanvas.FindBlock('VDDIM_DEFAULT');
            dim.ArrowBlock = 'h_'  +arrowblk.HandleId.toString();
            dim.TextVerJust = vdConst.DIMTEXT_VERJUST_CENTER;
            dim.TextColor = vdConst.colorFromString('255,0,0');
            dim.ExtLineColor = vdConst.colorFromString('255,255,0');
            dim.DecimalPrecision = 8;
            dim.DimLineColor = vdConst.colorFromString('bylayer');
            dim.TextHeight = 0.5;
            dim.ArrowSize = 0.5;
            dim.TextDist = 0.5;

            //change some common figure properties
            dim.LineWeight = 100;
            var newlayer = vdcanvas.AddLayer("newDimLayer");
            newlayer.PenColor = vdConst.colorFromString('0,255,255');
            dim.Layer = 'h_' + newlayer.HandleId.toString();
            
            vdcanvas.UpdateFig(dim);//mark the dimension as update in order to recalculate its sub-entities
            setTimeout(vdcanvas.redraw);


            //additional dimension properties that can be changed
            //dim.DefPoint1;
            //dim.DefPoint2;
            //dim.LinePosition;
            //dim.ScaleFactor;
            //dim.dimText;
            //dim.TextHorRotation;
            //dim.LinearScaleFactor;
            //dim.HorizontalRotation;
            //dim.Rotation;
            //dim.ExtLineDist1;
            //dim.ExtLineDist2;
            //dim.EnableExtLineFixedLength;
            //dim.ExtLineFixedLength;
            //dim.ExtLineVisible;
            //dim.LineIsInvisible;

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