AutoDimensionInput.dimensionStrategy Property

Parent Object: AutoDimensionInput
Defined in namespace "adsk::drawing" and the header file is <Drawing/Sheet/AutoDimensionInput.h>

Description

Gets and sets the dimension strategy (the "recipe") used to lay out the generated dimensions. (Automatic, Baseline, Chain, Ordinate, Overall, Symmetric, etc.). Defaults to OverallDimensionStrategyType.

Syntax

"autoDimensionInput_var" is a variable referencing an AutoDimensionInput object.
# Get the value of the property.
propertyValue = autoDimensionInput_var.dimensionStrategy

# Set the value of the property.
autoDimensionInput_var.dimensionStrategy = propertyValue
"autoDimensionInput_var" Is a variable referencing an AutoDimensionInput Object.
#include <Drawing/Sheet/AutoDimensionInput.h>

// Get the value of the property.
DimensionStrategyTypes propertyValue = autoDimensionInput_var->dimensionStrategy();

// Set the value of the property, where value_var is a DimensionStrategyTypes.
bool returnValue = autoDimensionInput_var->dimensionStrategy(value_var);
"autoDimensionInput_var" Is a variable referencing an AutoDimensionInput Object.
// Get the value of the property.
propertyValue = autoDimensionInput_var.dimensionStrategy;

// Set the value of the property.
autoDimensionInput_var.dimensionStrategy = propertyValue;

Property Value

This is a read/write property whose value is a DimensionStrategyTypes.

Version

Introduced in version September 2026