topic Re: Distance Guides - Door dimension middle marker in Modeling

Distance Guides - Door dimension middle marker

RobiLMan — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:29:16 GMT

Hi, how can I change my default setting for door dimensions (distance from wall) to be set from middle and not from sites?

Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon

Re: Distance Guides - Door dimension middle marker

Barry Kelly — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:32:31 GMT

You can change the Distance Guides settings.

Although it may go to the centre of the door leaf rather than the centre of the overall frame.

I am not sure.

Barry.

Re: Distance Guides - Door dimension middle marker

RobiLMan — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:21:30 GMT

Thanks, its working... Is there a way to have is set to middle for doors and edges for windows?

Re: Distance Guides - Door dimension middle marker

Patrick M — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:23:51 GMT

in general, it would be awesome if distance guides were more cognizant of every elements reference point/line. The one that gets me is things like plumbing fixtures. Toilets are 16-18" center to face of finish. But the distance guides only go to the edge of the toilet, which is a reference no one cares about.
in general, I still use the "move it, then move it again" method; its 100x faster than trying to get distance guides or even the tracker origin reset to work.

Re: Distance Guides - Door dimension middle marker

Barry Kelly — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:54:48 GMT

@RobiLMan wrote:

Thanks, its working... Is there a way to have is set to middle for doors and edges for windows?

Not as far as I know.

You have to make the setting change yourself.

But you should be able to setup a keyboard shortcut for it in the Work Environment (I say this without having checked it myself).

Barry.