topic Object heights in Libraries & objects

Object heights

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:31:13 GMT

When I select a kitchen cabinet object - I want to place it on the wall from at 1300, height 800mm high (finishing at 2200mm from floor).

However, when I do this and view it in 3D it has been positioned sky high instead of the correct place.

Here are some screen shots (just to help my explanation make more sense):

First one is of the objects tool box and (in the next post) the second one is what happens after I press OK.

Why does it do this - I'm guessing I made an error somewhere (I do notice the numbers have changed after I press OK but that's not my doing, that's CAD doing it! Please help? I'm still learning how to use this software.

Thanks

Re: Object heights

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:32:06 GMT

Second picture:

Re: Object heights

David Maudlin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:31:26 GMT

kiwistudent:

Under Parameters, the first parameter is "Placement Height". You can use this to set the height of the cabinet above the story, or set it to 0 and use the "to Home Story" input under Preview and Positioning.

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David