BaselineDimensionSet Object


Description

The BaselineDimensionSet object represents a baseline dimension set placed on a sheet.

Methods

Name Description
AddMember Method that adds a member to the baseline set and returns a LinearGeneralDimension object. If an existing LinearGeneralDimension is input into the method, the same object is returned.
ArrangeText Method that automatically arranges the text of all members.
Delete Method that deletes the BaselineDimensionSet.
DetachMember Method that detaches the member from the set. The member is not deleted, it is merely converted into a vanilla linear general dimension.
GetReferenceKey Method that generates and returns the reference key for this entity.

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 baseline set. Possible values are kAlignedDimensionType, kHorizontalDimensionType and kVerticalDimensionType.
Layer Gets and sets the layer for the dimension set.
Members Property that returns all the member LinearGeneralDimension objects.
Origin Gets and sets the origin for the baseline dimension set.
Parent Property that returns the parent sheet of the object.
Precision Gets and sets the number of decimal places displayed for all the members in this set.
Style Gets and sets the dimension style used for this dimension set.
Type Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.

Accessed From

BaselineDimensionSets.Add, BaselineDimensionSets.Item, LinearGeneralDimension.BaselineDimensionSet

Samples

Name Description
Baseline dimension sets This sample demonstrates the creation of a baseline set dimension in a drawing.

Version

Introduced in version 2010