ChainDimensionSet Object

Description

The ChainDimensionSet object represents a chain dimension set placed on a sheet.

Methods

Name	Description
AddMembers	Method that adds member(s) to the chain set based on the input geometry or dimension and returns the newly created member(s).
Arrange	Method that resets the chain dimension set such that all members are equidistant from the view boundary. Dimensions are aligned to the specified base dimension.
Delete	Method that deletes the ChainDimensionSet.
GetReferenceKey	Method that generates and returns the reference key for this entity.
MergeMembers	Method that merges two members of the set by deleting the second member and healing (modifying) the first member to fill the gap. The input members must be contiguous, else the method will fail.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Returns the top-level parent application object. When used the context of Inventor, an Application object is returned. When used in the context of Apprentice, an ApprenticeServer object is returned.
AttributeSets	Property that returns the AttributeSets collection object associated with this object.
DimensionType	Property that returns the dimension type of the chain set. Possible values are kAlignedDimensionType, kHorizontalDimensionType and kVerticalDimensionType.
Layer
Locked
Members	Property that returns all the member LinearGeneralDimension objects.
Parent	Property that returns the parent sheet of the object.
Precision
Style
Type	Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.

Accessed From

ChainDimensionSets.Add, ChainDimensionSets.AddUsingBaseDimension, ChainDimensionSets.Item, LinearGeneralDimension.ChainDimensionSet

Version

Introduced in version 2011