DimStyleTable.md

DimStyleTable Class

Overview

The DimStyleTable class is a symbol table that contains all dimension style definitions in an AutoCAD drawing.

Namespace

Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  └─ RXObject
      └─ DBObject
          └─ SymbolTable
              └─ DimStyleTable

Key Methods

Method	Return Type	Description
Has(string)	bool	Checks if a dimension style exists by name
this[string]	ObjectId	Gets dimension style ObjectId by name (indexer)

Code Examples

Example 1: Listing All Dimension Styles

using (Transaction tr = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
{
    DimStyleTable dst = tr.GetObject(db.DimStyleTableId, OpenMode.ForRead) as DimStyleTable;
    
    ed.WriteMessage("\nDimension styles in drawing:");
    
    foreach (ObjectId styleId in dst)
    {
        DimStyleTableRecord dstr = tr.GetObject(styleId, OpenMode.ForRead) as DimStyleTableRecord;
        
        ed.WriteMessage($"\n  {dstr.Name}");
    }
    
    tr.Commit();
}

Related Objects

• Database - Contains DimStyleTableId
• Dimension - Uses dimension styles
• DimStyleTableRecord - Dimension style definition

References

• Autodesk Official Documentation