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Auto Dimension IDW Code

Public record / CHAT-0071 / Revision EXPORT-03

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A conversation-specific public summary of auto dimension idw code, distilled from the supplied export. The detailed excerpts remain available in the released note file.

STATUSRECOVERED / SPECIFIC NOTECLASSIFICATIONSYSMATERIALCHAT EXPORT / BUILD & TOOLSDATE2025.12.30

TECHNICAL NOTES

Conversation-specific knowledge extracted from the auto dimension idw code discussion.

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO FROM CONVERSATION

QUESTION / CONTEXT: we are cooking today, Can we write a code that auto dimensions edge properties in an idw. I want it to work like my Dimension Overall except prompt me to pick a point to use as "0" Inventor 2023

  1. lets you pick a drawing view
  2. then prompts you to pick a “0” point (datum) on the sheet
  3. then automatically creates baseline-style dimensions from that datum to the outer extents of the view (Left / Right / Bottom / Top)
  4. --
  5. Run the rule
  6. Click the drawing view
  7. Click your “0” point (a drawing point / center mark is ideal)
  8. It will drop 4 dims from datum to left/right/top/bottom extents of the view.

SPECIFICATION

SourceSupplied ChatGPT export
CategoryBuild & Tools
Conversation7 user turns / 10 assistant turns
Attachments49 references detected
Public detailExtracted knowledge + excerpts

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

2025.12.30EXPORT-04Matched to the supplied export; key guidance is surfaced separately and the raw transcript remains unpublished.