TextStyle Property (ActiveX)

Specifies the text style for the dimension or tolerance text.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.TextStyle

object

Type: Dim3PointAngular, DimAligned, DimAngular, DimArcLength, DimDiametric, Dimension, DimOrdinate, DimRadial, DimRadialLarge, DimRotated, MLeaderStyle, Tolerance

The objects this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No

Type: String

The style for the dimension value.

Remarks

The initial value for this property is STANDARD.

Note: This property overrides the value of the DIMTXSTY system variable for the given dimension.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_TextStyle()
    ' This example creates an aligned dimension in model space and
    ' creates a new system text style.  The new text style is then assigned to
    ' the new dimension

    Dim dimObj As AcadDimAligned
    Dim newText As AcadTextStyle
    Dim point1(0 To 2) As Double, point2(0 To 2) As Double
    Dim location(0 To 2) As Double
    
    ' Define the dimension
    point1(0) = 5: point1(1) = 5: point1(2) = 0
    point2(0) = 5.5: point2(1) = 5: point2(2) = 0
    location(0) = 5: location(1) = 7: location(2) = 0
    
    ' Create an aligned dimension object in model space
    Set dimObj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddDimAligned(point1, point2, location)
    
    ' Create new text style
    Set newText = ThisDrawing.TextStyles.Add("MYSTYLE")
    newText.height = 0.5    ' Just set the height of the new style so we can differentiate
    
    ThisDrawing.Application.ZoomAll
    
    ' Read and display the current text style for this dimension
    MsgBox "The text style is currently set to: " & dimObj.textStyle
    
    ' Change the text style to use the new style we created
    dimObj.textStyle = "MYSTYLE"
    ThisDrawing.Regen acAllViewports
    
    ' Read and display the current text style for this dimension
    MsgBox "The text style is now set to: " & dimObj.textStyle

End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_TextStyle()
    ;; This example creates an aligned dimension in model space and
    ;; creates a new system text style.  The new text style is then assigned to
    ;; the new dimension
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj))
    
    ;; Define the dimension
    (setq point1 (vlax-3d-point 5 5 0)
          point2 (vlax-3d-point 5.5 5 0)
          location (vlax-3d-point 5 7 0))
    
    ;; Create an aligned dimension object in model space
    (setq modelSpace (vla-get-ModelSpace doc))
    (setq dimObj (vla-AddDimAligned modelSpace point1 point2 location))
    
    ;; Create new text style
    (setq newText (vla-Add (vla-get-TextStyles doc) "MYSTYLE"))
    (vla-put-Height newText 0.5)    ;; Just set the height of the new style so we can differentiate
    
    (vla-ZoomAll acadObj)
    (vla-Regen doc acAllViewports)
    
    ;; Read and display the current text style for this dimension
    (alert (strcat "The text style is currently set to: " (vla-get-TextStyle dimObj)))
    
    ;; Change the text style to use the new style we created
    (vla-put-TextStyle dimObj "MYSTYLE")
    (vla-Regen doc acAllViewports)
    
    ;; Read and display the current text style for this dimension
    (alert (strcat "The text style is now set to: " (vla-get-TextStyle dimObj)))
)