topic Re: Guide lines in Modeling

Guide lines

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:21:41 GMT

Hi

How do I get in plan view the X and the Y axises to show has guidelines?
I also wonder how I can get The X,Y,Z axises to always wo up in 3D view.
Sometime i need to move big projects to reference point and it is much better to do that in 3D.

Re: Guide lines

Stress Co_ — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:17:12 GMT

nori0003 wrote:
How do I get in plan view the X and the Y axises to show has guidelines?

Not exactly "guidelines", but is this what your after?
Scroll down to Peter Clark's Post.

Re: Guide lines

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:12:25 GMT

Hi

No
that parameter is just ferry hard to work with.
I remember on my last office i did have y and X gide lines but I cant find tha now in this ofice.

Re: Guide lines

Barry Kelly — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:41:02 GMT

Do you mean the grid display?
Shift+G is the default shortcut.

Barry.

Re: Guide lines

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:51:32 GMT

Hi

I need all the poosible guidelines to show.
No I onely get one 45 angle guide line. before I use to get the X and Y + a lot of other good stuff like paralles and so one.
What am I doing wrong?

Re: Guide lines

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:52:09 GMT

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Re: Guide lines

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:53:01 GMT

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Re: Guide lines

Barry Kelly — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:09:30 GMT

Ah you don't get to see all the guidelines at once any more - not since version 15 when they changed.
You have to activate the guidelines and then select the one you want.

Here is one post I found that talks about the 'new' method.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=37976

Also look in the reference manual and on-line help.

Barry.

Re: Guide lines

0046247 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 08:28:38 GMT

Borrowing the thread:

Is it possible to have the guide lines i've made visible all the time? As for now they disappear as soon as i draw, rotate or paste something etc. I want them to show even after an operation. Been drawing a lot in sketchup lately and been using the guide lines there frequently and gotten used to it.

Re: Guide lines

Barry Kelly — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:21:10 GMT

No unfortunately the guidelines will delete once you have completed a command.

The only way you can do it is to have a layer that you can turn on/off as needed and place actual lines in it for your guides.

Make a wish in the wish section and you never no what might happen in future.

Barry.

Re: Guide lines

0046247 — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:05:04 GMT

OK. So what will I use the "Remove all guide lines" command to since they all disappear as soon as i draw a new line?

Re: Guide lines

Barry Kelly — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:30:25 GMT

You might want to remove them all before you complete your command and possibly place them again.
You can also right mouse click on a single guide line to remove just that one.

Barry.

Re: Guide lines

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 19:46:50 GMT

I'd like guidelines to remain when you go up / down a storey. Would be easier than turning trace ref on and off or copying / pasting an actual line.

Re: Guide lines

0046247 — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:27:23 GMT

Barry wrote:
You might want to remove them all before you complete your command and possibly place them again.
You can also right mouse click on a single guide line to remove just that one.

Barry.

"Place them again" - Think You lost me there. Can i turn them off, draw a line and turn them on again?

Re: Guide lines

Barry Kelly — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:54:06 GMT

0046247 wrote:
Barry wrote:
You might want to remove them all before you complete your command and possibly place them again.
You can also right mouse click on a single guide line to remove just that one.

Barry.
"Place them again" - Think You lost me there. Can i turn them off, draw a line and turn them on again?

What I meant was you can remove all the guide lines if there are too many or they are in the wrong positions. Then you can generate just the guide lines you need.

In earlier versions guide lines used to just pop up all over the place and you could easily end up with too many.
Now you only activate the guide lines you need so there is probably no need to remove them.

You can turn the guides off before you draw your line but of course you won't have them to help you place the line.
Turning them back on afterwards won't bring back the earlier guide lines because they would all have been deleted once you completed your line.

There is a wish that has just been made relating to permanent guide lines.
Add your vote there if you haven't already.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=47729

Barry.