Double Clicking a Dimension to Open the Text Editor - AutoCAD 2007

I just recently read through AUGI 's Top Ten Wish List for AutoCAD and noticed that number 8 on the list can be achieved with AutoCAD 2007 using the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor.  The number 8 with is to be able to double click on a dimension to open the text editor.  By default double clicking on a dimension opens the Properties palette which is nice, but in some cases not exactly the designed outcome.  AutoCAD 2007 introduced the ability to edit the action that happens when you double click on an object in the drawing window through the CUI editor.  I have included the steps to do this, and if you want to do something other than open the Properties palette or start the DDEDIT command you can create a custom command or AutoLISP file to use instead.

Modifying a Double Click Action in AutoCAD 2007

1. Start the CUI editor, click Tools >> Customize >> Interface or type in CUI at the command prompt.
    
2. In the Customizations In pane, click the plus sign next to Double Click Actions.
    
3. In the Command List pane at the bottom, look for the command Edit.
   
   Tip: Click in the Command List pane and press 'E' on the keyboard to jump to the commands that begins with that letter.  You can enter more than one of the first letters of the command if you enter them really quickly to get even closer to the command you are looking for.
    
4. Select the Edit command in the Command List pane and while holding down the left mouse button, drag the command to the Dimensions node (item) under Double Click Actions in the Customizations In pane. Release the mouse when Dimensions is highlighted to replace the Properties command with the Edit command.
   
   
    
5. Click OK to save and apply the changes.
    
6. Open a drawing with a dimension in it or create a new drawing and add a dimension to it.
    
7. Double-click the dimension object and the In-place Editor starts.

For more information on AUGI's Top Ten Wish List for AutoCAD visit AUGI.com.  AUGI is one of the best peer-to-peer sites out there for Autodesk products.

Sincerely,
  Lee

Comments

[Barry Ralphs]

Man you beat me to it. I read the same thing and wanted to post the same info. Nice job.
And the new layout of the web site also looks great.

[urvi bhatt]

Double click editing is not working for dimension in autocad 2006.Can you help me to do that??

[Lee Ambrosius]

Double-clicking a Dimension in AutoCAD 2006 or earlier results in the Properties palette being displayed. Youi can use a custom routine that I created a few years back for AutoCAD 2004 to specify which command to use for each object type. See the following page and download CustomDblClkEdit.zip.

VBA Downloads page - http://www.hyperpics.com/customization/vb_vba/vba_downloads.asp

[Ted Wessale]

I was the one who made this suggestion and I have been so out of the CAD loop since then with many changes in life, I hadn't had a chance to check it out. About a year ago I decided to try it in 2007, and it never worked so I said fewey to them for telling me it would be utalized in 2007. But just yesterday I decided to do some digging around in CAD and found teh CUI editor had a string called "double click". "Yeah!", I thought to myself as I felt rather good about promoting this and seeing it come through. Then I tried it out and I must say that is about the most botched thing they have added. I can't get it to stay constant in it's settings. Has anyone else had issues with it's functionality or am I setting up actions wrong?