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Hi, this is Patrick from Taiwan. Thanks for Google translate, I've learned so many OSD tricks from you experts here!

Recently, I am working on an OSD annotation customization project.
The target is to create "automatic balloon numbering (symbol)" for dimensions.
These numbered dimensions will be exported to Excel for later use.

It could be achieved by automatically modifying the dimension prefix or postfix.
But it is preferred to separate the symbols from dimensions to avoid lengthy/crowded dimensions
(eg: "12.35 +/- 0.05 @34") & to follow 2D common used format.
My idea is to create numbering symbols & group it with dimensions by TCL.
Then these "numbered" dimensions could be selected automatically.

But the problem is, "Group" is not part of Annotation select foci.
I tried to use get_selection *sd-anno-group-seltype* but of no luck.

I am interested to know:
1. How to get all group object ids from drawing?
2. How to get grouped dimension/symbol id from group id?
3. How to get group id from grouped dimension/symbol id?

If the above command is not available, is there any alternative tricks?
Thanks a lot! Wish you Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

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Patrick Hsu

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Hi Patrick,
as a "quick draw idea":
what about assigning corresponding ME10-INFOS to both the dimension and the ballooned symbol

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Walter

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Thanks a lot, Walter! It sounds a workable solution!

Honestly, I have no idea about ME10 related programming.
May I ask some stupid question about ME10:
1. Can those ME10-INFOS be saved to *.mi & *.bdl either?
2. How should I get the object id of dimensions & symbols, which share the same ME10_INFOS?
  (The maximum dimension number might be reaching 1000, should I concern about performance issue?)
3. Which document should I read in order to start writing ME10 code?

Thanks again!

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Patrick Hsu

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