Topic: How to create a Dimension on plan XZ or YZ ?

[James Cannon]

With all due respect, on this forum that's akin to asking a skier "why bother skiing down a hill when there's a perfectly good gondola?".

I understand that notion, but reading through here, I couldn't tell if this was a programming of passion, or a programming of necessity, and figured I'd make sure that "d'oh" moment of "forest for the trees" was deliberately passed, and not just an oversight.

[MP]

Often it's a passion that sports a side effect of fulfilling an actual requirement, present or future.

[It's Alive!]

This may be a dumb question, but why can't you just change your UCS dynamically and avoid the overhead of programmatic solutions altogether?

I think it’s because the points are in WCS, does that make sense?

[bikelink]

I have tried to make a dimension with ucs aligned without take a right object..
maybe 'cause i haven't really understood the elevation property.
In docs autodesk talks about dimension with all WCS points and also Dimlinepoint in WCS...
so I thought give at the object 2 points (start - end ) and the third for the dimline. I've aligned the ucs at my line..but the dimension was offset from it..
I appreciated very much the help, and I usally don't look for the code ready , i try instead to understood my mistakes.
And probably i've been used a gondola instead of ski. (maybe 'cause Venice is really close from here.)