topic Re: Multiple display in Modeling

Multiple display

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 13:19:22 GMT

I'm new to Archicad, and still trying to adjust from Autocad 2000....

is it possible to have two separate views up on the screen at one time? In Autocad, I could have two separate areas of a floor plan, with a split screen set-up, to match/copy/etc from one area of a plan to another.

Also, is there a 'measure' tool as in Autocad, (but not the coordinate boxes or technique) to measure distance from items? Without dimensioning the objects? Example...I want to measure location of a window frame from edge of wall?

Thanks-

Re: Multiple display

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:16:53 GMT

No help with the multiple views... still a wish. To measure either draw a line and esc before finishing reading the distance in the coordinate box or better use the option & shift keys to place a temporary origin and mouse over the point you need to measure and again read the distance in the coordinate box.

Re: Multiple display

Link — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:17:16 GMT

Hi Katherine!

You can have multiple windows open in ArchiCAD, just not multiple floor plan windows! Well actually, you can't have multiple 3D windows open either, but you can have as many sections, elevations & details open as you like! Although be careful, because each window will at take extra RAM.

The easiest way to measure in ArchiCAD is to relocate your user origin and then move your cursor and read the coordinates. Do this by clicking on the User Origin button in your coordinate box, then clicking where you want to measure from. Then simply hover your cursor on the node where you want to measure to, and read the values in the coordinate box. You can also copy and paste these values by hitting the X, Y, R, and A keys. To return the origin back to the project origin, simply double click the same User Origin button. Feel free to download the attached file and watch the Flash demonstration on how this is done.

Alternatively, you can hold down the shift and alt keys and hover your mouse over the node you want to measure from. This will position the user origin, then you release all keys and place your cursor over the node you want to measure to. This can sometimes be confusing to new users, as the cursor can tend to 'turn white', so try holding down the alt key, then hitting the ctrl key.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Multiple display

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:51:52 GMT

What I do is install 2 copies of Archicad. Then have each floor plan at whatever scale open in each monitor. Then do the copy and paste from one to the other.

Re: Multiple display

Djordje — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:24:15 GMT

Link wrote:
The easiest way to measure in ArchiCAD is to relocate your user origin and then move your cursor and read the coordinates.

Exactly for the reason of no confusion, I always preferred starting a line adn hovering its end over the other distance point to moving the origin. The one of the useful applications of ESC now is cancelling that line.

How was that one about old dogs ... ?

Re: Multiple display

Link — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:35:36 GMT

How was that one about old dogs ... ?

Can I presume that dog learnt this trick in AutoCAD, mate?

Good to hear from you.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Multiple display

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:05:37 GMT

Actually, I use a circle, and not a line.
This way you get the rad of the circle, which is the distance you want to find about, and you get a visual output: the size of the circle helps you to understand the dimension (after all, we are visual artists).

And no, I didn't learn it on the AutoCAD, it just seemed to me to make sense

Re: Multiple display

Link — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:08:02 GMT

Well you can read the radius of a line too, and read the same R value using the method I suggest, but if you find a circle works best for you, then that's what's important.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Multiple display

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:48:23 GMT

Link wrote:
Well you can read the radius of a line too, and read the same R value using the method I suggest, but if you find a circle works best for you, then that's what's important.

Cheers,
Link.

You are missing my point, Link. Unlike working with the origin and reading the data, and more than looking at a line and reading the data, the circle gives you a visual dimension. As I draw it, I can SEE the dimension, and not just read it in the bottom line.
Have fun

Re: Multiple display

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:58:45 GMT

Krippahl wrote:
.........the circle gives you a visual dimension. As I draw it, I can SEE the dimension, and not just read it in the bottom line.
Have fun

Where is this "visual dimension" I do not see a text, changing next to the radius inside the window. Maybe you could give a screen shot?
Thanks,
Joseph

Re: Multiple display

Djordje — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:02:49 GMT

Link wrote:
Can I presume that dog learnt this trick in AutoCAD, mate?

No ... there I used to (and still do when I have to) type DIST

DOS, remember?

Link wrote:
Good to hear from you.

Moving house, getting the connection, burnt video, setting up daughter's machine ... don't ask

Re: Multiple display

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:19:55 GMT

Joseph wrote:
Where is this "visual dimension" I do not see a text, changing next to the radius inside the window. Maybe you could give a screen shot?
Thanks,
Joseph

Er... This is the problem of communicating on a foreign language...
The circle itself is a visual input. I mean, unlike the line, the circle gives you a "feeling" for the dimension you are trying to measure.
It's a bit like using a 2x2m grid when you start a project, or placing some furniture, so you can get some visual input about the dimensions you are building. When we worked on paper, this was not a problem. You saw the dimensions, because you knew, from experience, that working on a 1/100 scale one meter was "ye big". This way you did not get lost. ut working on screen, with constant zooms, you get kindda lost about dimensions, speccially at the beginning of a project, when there is not enough visual information (said furniture).
So, when using a circle to measure something, you get the circle itself, which is what I call a visual input (not a numerical one).
sounds a bit BS I know, but like the man said, it works with me

Re: Multiple display

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:12:10 GMT

Krippahl wrote:
So, when using a circle to measure something, you get the circle itself, which is what I call a visual input (not a numerical one).
sounds a bit BS I know, but like the man said, it works with me

Thank You for the explanation and I am 100% with you, I am putting it in practice and love it. This is what I call thinking out of the box or innovational thinking. Thank you again for sharing such thoughts.
Joseph

Re: Multiple display

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:31:23 GMT

Joseph wrote:
Thank You for the explanation and I am 100% with you, I am putting it in practice and love it. This is what I call thinking out of the box or innovational thinking. Thank you again for sharing such thoughts.
Joseph

That's me, Mr. Outofdabox (hey, maybe i'll change my nickname...).
You are wellcome, Joseph