Create a drawing view and select multiple edges in the view before running the sample.
Public Sub CreateChainDimensionSet()
' Set a reference to the drawing document.
' This assumes a drawing document is active.
Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument
Set oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
' Set a reference to the active sheet.
Dim oActiveSheet As Sheet
Set oActiveSheet = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet
Dim oIntentCollection As ObjectCollection
Set oIntentCollection = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateObjectCollection
' Get all the selected drawing curve segments.
Dim oDrawingCurveSegment As DrawingCurveSegment
Dim oDrawingCurve As DrawingCurve
For Each oDrawingCurveSegment In oDrawDoc.SelectSet
' Set a reference to the drawing curve.
Set oDrawingCurve = oDrawingCurveSegment.Parent
Dim oDimIntent As GeometryIntent
Set oDimIntent = oActiveSheet.CreateGeometryIntent(oDrawingCurve)
Call oIntentCollection.Add(oDimIntent)
Next
' Set a reference to the view to which the curve belongs.
Dim oDrawingView As DrawingView
Set oDrawingView = oDrawingCurve.Parent
' Set a reference to the chain dimension sets collection.
Dim oChainDimSets As ChainDimensionSets
Set oChainDimSets = oActiveSheet.DrawingDimensions.ChainDimensionSets
' Determine the placement point
Dim oPlacementPoint As Point2d
Set oPlacementPoint = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(oDrawingView.Center.X, oDrawingView.Top + 5)
' Create a horizontal chain dimension set.
Dim oChainDimSet As ChainDimensionSet
Set oChainDimSet = oChainDimSets.Add(oIntentCollection, oPlacementPoint, kHorizontalDimensionType)
End Sub