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   Hi everyone, I have a question about AutoCAD 2013: is it possible to assign a variable (for example to a line) instead a numerical value? So I'll be able to change it whenever I want without extend or trim lines.Thank you

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Silvia_sds Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30.May.2013 Location: Italy Using: AutoCAD2013 Status: Offline Points: 2	Topic: Assign a variable instead a numerical value Posted: 30.May.2013 at 19:51
	Hi everyone, I have a question about AutoCAD 2013: is it possible to assign a variable (for example to a line) instead a numerical value? So I'll be able to change it whenever I want without extend or trim lines. Thank you

Vladimir Michl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2123	Posted: 31.May.2013 at 07:57
	What is a "numerical value" of a line? Do you mean its length, or XData record, or some kind of a label? For length, you can use AutoCAD parametric functions (see the Parametric ribbon).
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Kent Cooper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12.Mar.2013 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD2020, 2023 Status: Offline Points: 686	Posted: 31.May.2013 at 14:24
	I'm not quite sure I understand exactly what you mean, either, but is something like LENGTHEN with the Total option what you want to do? You could build a function that would feed a variable into that for the total length, and leave the User to select Lines they want to be that length: (command "_.lengthen" "_total" YourVariableValue)

CarlB Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 16.Oct.2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 321	Posted: 31.May.2013 at 22:33
	If you did this, how would the changed variable know which end of the line to change, or if both?

heinsite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05.Feb.2009 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2014 Status: Offline Points: 640	Posted: 02.Jun.2013 at 09:32
	With parametric constraints AutoCAD knows which direction a line was drawn so it will know which end to modify. In this case however what the OP is calling a variable would actually involve changing a constant (line length). Dave.
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Kent Cooper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12.Mar.2013 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD2020, 2023 Status: Offline Points: 686	Posted: 03.Jun.2013 at 15:02
	CarlB wrote: If you did this, how would the changed variable know which end of the line to change, or if both? Lengthen with the Total option just moves the end nearer where you pick the object, leaving the other end in place. [I don't have a new-enough version to have constraints, which may affect that.] The variable would only be a number representing the desired length, though we still haven't heard from the OP about whether that's what is meant in their question.

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