topic Re: Grid short in wall section in Modeling

Grid short in wall section

Anonymous — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:54:46 GMT

Where is the setting that will adjust the automatic placement of the grid bubble? Mine always puts it in the wall.

Re: Grid short in wall section

Anonymous — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:10:32 GMT

Jeff,
Nice section!
The grids ALWAYS come in low. They need to be stretched up. Often it is hard to get the correct stretchy node. What I do is pull the grid bubble to the side as if to offset the grid because it is too close to another. Then you can see the correct node to stretch. It is the one where the grid bubble meets the grid line.

Re: Grid short in wall section

Laura Yanoviak — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:18:37 GMT

...or: I isolate the grid layer to simplify selection, and always select the bottom node. In order to manually reposition Grid Elements within the S/E window: 1) select the bottom of the element with the marquee tool to drag the element up or down, 2) select the hotspot at the bottom of the element with the arrow tool to stretch the line.

Re: Grid short in wall section

Anonymous — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:23:10 GMT

Jeff,
Laura's way is far better. Especially when you are trying to move lots of them, like in a building section.

Thanks for the reminder Laura!

Re: Grid short in wall section

Anonymous — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:48:47 GMT

Actually if you draw a marquee around the tails you can stretch them up. that is the fastest way I have found. I was just hoping there was a setting to move them up.
Like this
www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=0bz-QzxfaXs&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//img.youtube.com/vi/0bz-QzxfaXs/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskJxkT-n1y8znyEvr4-f-KHM

Re: Grid short in wall section

Jere — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:28:48 GMT

maybe a stupid question, but what are you using to automatically create the grids?

Re: Grid short in wall section

Anonymous — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:31:15 GMT

Grid tool.

Re: Grid short in wall section

Laura Yanoviak — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:57:09 GMT

jkoenig1980 wrote:
Actually if you draw a marquee around the tails you can stretch them up. that is the fastest way I have found. I was just hoping there was a setting to move them up.
Like this
www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=0bz-QzxfaXs&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//img.youtube.com/vi/0bz-QzxfaXs/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskJxkT-n1y8znyEvr4-f-KHM

(Actually, that's "dragging", not "stretching".) The setting that does exist is "Marker's distance" within the "Grid Tool" panel of the S/E dialog. This is the relationship between the "tail" and Project Zero (except it's the negative value, i.e., -24" will place the tail 24" above Project Zero). HOWEVER, once the S/E window has been activated via the Marker, this value cannot be reset.