Assoc. Dimens.
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In looking at the psuedo block used to create the dimension I noticed it had
all the same things in the association list as a normal text It seems to me
there could be a dimension variable that would set the color of the text as a
constant. This would be adventagious even if associative dimensioning wasn't
used. Thanks for the prompt answer.
Jeff —
Ok, that's another vote for allowing the text in an associative
dimension to assume a color other than that of the rest of the entity.
It's been on the Wishlist before.
Making a change like that isn't as simple as it appears. Consider
that an AutoLISP entity association list is a way to examine a part of an
AutoCAD drawing file. We can't change the drawing file or AutoCAD by
designing a new item for the association list. We automatically change
the association list entries when we modify the format of the AutoCAD
drawing file, and the AutoCAD program code designed to handle that part of
the file.
This is a time-consuming and rigorous process, so we try to
allocate our programming resources as best we can. That means we
concentrate on those things we believe are most important to our
customers. Unfortunately, this means that we can't implement everything
that's on the Wishlist, at least, not in a single release. Despite all
that, we have a fine track record of adding Wishlist items to AutoCAD.
Thanks for the request. Please let us know of anything else you
feel would be valuable to you in future releases of AutoCAD.
— Brad
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