dimension arc length

@Michael,

yes go ahead and file a Service Ticket. I was sometims thinking it would be good to explicitly exclude some settings - or define a default that is NOT changed when changing the dim style -  (the same goes for textstyles) . This way when you change the style it does not change such settings - like the angle units here or e.g. the exclude the justification of a text. This way the number of styles required may be reduced?

I never thought I would ever have to correct Inga  but here are the correct keyins for v8i

DIMSTYLESET ANGLE UNITS LENGTH;dimcreate angular arcsize

DIMSTYLESET ANGLE UNITS  ANGLE;dimcreate angular arcsize

Either use a macro to run each or a function key for each or alternatively make a homemade icon in your dgnlib file so every one can use it.

I prefer a macro one called arcL and the other called arcA  could we make an alias or accudraw keyin to do this?

+1

I found this thread because I've got (once again) a customers question for a faster switch between angle and length. I agree with Kirk, that having each style doubled is definitively not an option. (Gerd, have you ever seen the number of dimension styles at BMW or Daimler ?)

Wouldn't this be a good case for a CR ?

The keyins are nice, but I know to many users, which wouldn't know how to implement this in a taskbar or even a function key (an customization by an external company is expensive).

Gerd

I created buttons with the keyins. I find for my workflow to be the easiest way of switching between degrees and length.

I don't stay in one mode of operation or task. I tend to bounce around between drawing to placing text dimensions back to drawing. So I should customize my task bars to all the tools I need are visible