DCANGULAR picks two lines, an arc or three points, takes the dimension
line location to choose the sector and the value or name, and creates the
dynamic two-line or three-point angular dimension driven by an angN
parameter. Reference messages for invalid, repeated and parallel sides,
existing names and invalid names; angle values display within one turn at
the angular precision; the first side (or vertex and first point) stays
when the value changes; the ribbon Dimensional panel follows the reference
order.
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Point & line and 2Lines take a text baseline or an ellipse axis as the
line; a zero value folds the points onto the first one; 2Lines turns the
second line about its start. The Properties Constraint section edits
Constraint Form (Dynamic on the *ADSK_CONSTRAINTS layer, Annotational on
the current layer), Reference (driven constraint in parentheses whose
parameter follows the measurement) and Description (stored with the
parameter and the native variable). Dynamic dimensions keep a 12 px text
and 8 px arrows at any zoom, drop trailing zeros and show formulas as
`fx: len=d1*2`; the hidden constraints layer stays out of the layer lists.
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DCFORM sets the annotational or dynamic form and continues into the
DIMCONSTRAINT option prompt, whose wording and last-used default match the
reference. -PARAMETERS manages parameters from the command line; a
double-clicked constraint dimension opens its value prompt. Dynamic
dimensions rescale on every camera change and their display overrides stay
out of the saved file. A driving dimension between an entity's own ends no
longer has its length retained, so a new value moves the second point along
the dimension axis; parameter edits hold the first constraint point.
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DCALIGNED opens with `[Object/Point & line/2Lines] <Object>`. Point & line
asks `Specify constraint point or [Line] <Line>:` then `Select line:` (or the
line first and `Select constraint point:`), measures perpendicular to the
line from the constraint point to the line end nearest to it, and stores a
directed distance with the line as direction reference. 2Lines asks
`Select first line:` and `Select second line to make parallel:`, adds a
Parallel constraint solved with the first line pinned, then measures on the
solved geometry between the nearest ends. Unsupported line picks report the
reference's message; the same measurement again reports `The constraint
already exists on the selected objects.` and ends the command; an invalid
expression reports both reference lines and asks again.
The offered default and seeded expression carry twelve significant digits;
a typed value moves the second point (or the other object) while the first
point and its measured line stay, negative values keep their sign in the
parameter and use their magnitude, zero folds the points together, and the
dynamic dimension's origins follow every solve. The lock mark sits after the
text, a selected dynamic dimension shows triangle grips at its points and the
text square, and its Properties show the Constraint section (Name and
Expression editable) plus Text rotation.
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The dynamic dimension of a dimensional constraint is now linked in the
drawing file (AcDbAssocDependency + AcDbAssocDimDependencyBody on the
constraint node), reread on load, hidden by DCHIDE/DYNCONSTRAINTDISPLAY
and never plotted; it carries a lock mark before its text. New
CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT and DYNCONSTRAINTDISPLAY variables and the
DIMCONSTRAINT option front end. A transformed entity whose own end points
a driving dimension measures keeps only the first constraint point, so a
scaled line returns to its dimension value.
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DCLINEAR, DCHORIZONTAL, DCVERTICAL and DCALIGNED follow the reference flow:
`Specify first constraint point or [Object] <Object>:`, `Specify second
constraint point:`, `Specify dimension line location:`, then `Dimension
text = …` and `Enter value or name and value <d1=100>:`. Linear reads
horizontal or vertical from the dimension line location the way a linear
dimension does; Object takes a line's, an arc's or a polyline segment's
ends. A miss reports `No valid constraint point found.` / `No object
found.` and asks again; another object type reports `Invalid selection for
Linear. Select a line, polyline segment or arc.`.
Each constraint creates a drawing parameter (`d1`, `d2`, …, or the typed
`name=expression`), drives the constraint through it, and draws a dynamic
dimension in constraint gray whose text follows CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT
(`d1=100.0000`); the dimension is associated with the constrained objects
and its text is refreshed after every solve. A typed value other than the
measured one moves the second point while the first stays, and so does a
later parameter edit. Deleting the constraint removes its dimension and,
when nothing else reads it, its parameter.
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