Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_TextGap()
   ' This example creates an aligned dimension in model space and
   ' uses the TextGap property to increase the distance between the
   ' dimension line and the dimension text

	Dim dimObj As AcadDimAligned
	Dim point1(0 To 2) As Double, point2(0 To 2) As Double
	Dim location(0 To 2) As Double

	' Define the dimension
	point1(0) = 5: point1(1) = 5: point1(2) = 0
	point2(0) = 5.5: point2(1) = 5: point2(2) = 0
	location(0) = 5: location(1) = 7: location(2) = 0

	' Create an aligned dimension object in model space
	Set dimObj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddDimAligned(point1, point2, location)
	ThisDrawing.Application.ZoomAll

	' Read and display current dimension gap
	MsgBox "The dimension gap for this object is currently set to: " & dimObj.TextGap

	' Increase the distance of the dimension gap
	dimObj.TextGap = 0.5
	ThisDrawing.Regen acAllViewports

	' Read and display current dimension gap
	MsgBox "The dimension gap for this object is now set to: " & dimObj.TextGap

End Sub