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Product Design Suite 2013
public class DimConstraints{ [CommandMethod("Test")] public void Test() {
Database db = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase;
using (Transaction trans = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()){
Circle circle = new Circle { Center = Point3d.Origin, Radius = 10 };
ObjectId modelId = SymbolUtilityServices.GetBlockModelSpaceId(db);
BlockTableRecord model = (BlockTableRecord)modelId.GetObject(OpenMode.ForWrite); model.AppendEntity(circle);
trans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(circle, true);
AssocUtil.CreateRadialDimConstraint(circle.ObjectId, circle.StartPoint, circle.StartPoint);
trans.Commit(); } }}
The above codes use the simplified .NET API for accessing AutoCAD parameters and constraints from: [URL] ....
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I am looking for an Example of accessing 2011 AutoCad FX Table.
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I tried to set some parameters in the Parameters Manager with no luck. Maybe there is an expression to use? Where would you find this expression if there is one?
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In advertising and instructions CS6 somehow strange is described ... I do not understand. [URL]
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