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[Archived] AskInga Wiki Change dimension terminators on the fly with this VBA
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    Change dimension terminators on the fly with this VBA

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    Original Article Date: Feb 18, 2005

    With many thanks to Mike Francisco for this little application that makes changing dimension terminators a whole lot easier.

    Download 232.zip and extract LeaderChange.mvba from the zip file.
    Place the mvba in the folder pointed to by MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES
    Keyin vba load leaderchange to load the project.
    Keyin vba run modifydims to run the macro.

    Once loaded, you will be presented with the following dialog and buttons:

    From here it's rather straight forward:

    Enjoy!

    This program is supplied as is. This program does not come with support. AskInga, Bentley Systems Inc., and the author of the program assumes no liability for damages direct, indirect, or consequential, which may result from the use of this program. Use this program at your own risk.

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