Hey guys, Just thinking out loud, is there a way to restore dimension position after the project is mirrored? What I am trying to achieve is, I do a lot of project flips, for a house to suit house location. So, all the drawings are done already and if I mirror the project, all the dims go haywire…

And this is how I am applying those coordinates back. [2]

@chhabrat ,hi i would delete the dimensions and recreate them… some workaround i would recomment. [image] Automatic Dimensions using dynamo Hi, Can anyone share how automatic dimension works in dynamo and if it possible to share the script will be helpful. Regards, A…

Hi, [image] Draxl_Andreas: delete the dimensions and recreate them It could be the best way. The Genius Loci package has a lot of nodes for dimensioning and retrieving their properties.

Hey Guys, Thanks for the response. But recreating the dimensions can’t be done because there are more than 5000 dimensions in one project and it would add a couple of days of work. I will keep looking into it… thanks though :slight_smile:

Hi, [image] chhabrat: recreating the dimensions can’t be done because there are more than 5000 dimensions in one project and it would add a couple of days of work It will take a few minutes for Dynamo to recreate them. You can obtain the necessary informations (line location, references, vi…

Hi, That is my primary approach… I am getting their text position and their origin with their element IDs and creating a key schedule within the project after the flip I am getting all that information and feeding it to the dimensions post mirroring. It does work but it is not perfect… It is close …

Dimensions restore after mirroring the project

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Draxl_Andreas August 12, 2022, 8:11am 3

@chhabrat ,hi

i would delete the dimensions and recreate them… some workaround i would recomment.

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