topic Re: Moving a Building in Modeling

Moving a Building

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:05:45 GMT

Hey. Can I move a building, including all stories and roofs, at once? I need to move a detached garage relative to the principal building. Thanks.

Re: Moving a Building

Thomas Holm — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:13:48 GMT

marquee tool, the THICK option, selects on all stories at once. But backup your file beforehand.

Re: Moving a Building

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:18:51 GMT

with some well placed 'landmarks' you could also do the operation in the 3D window.

Re: Moving a Building

Da3dalus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:19:44 GMT

Also, remember to turn on ALL layers before moving it. I've done this before and only realized later that I left behind text, zones, gutters, hidden 3D operators, etc.
This is also great for adjusting building dimensions late in the design. I recently found a problem where my masonry building was 1 inch off of the 8-inch masonry module. I could just see the mason cutting the edge off of hundreds of blocks. I was nearly done with CDs, and I was able to stretch EVERYTHING 1 inch. No problem!

Re: Moving a Building

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:31:03 GMT

Thank you for your quick and helpful replies, but so far no joy. I make the heavier marquee around my garage, then go to "edit/select all in marquee", and then do the move. Only the active floor moves.

Re: Moving a Building

Da3dalus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:34:20 GMT

Another thing that could be holding it up is locked layers. So, you have to turn all layers on, unlock all layers, use the double-marquee, THEN move. I don't think I missed anything. Can't imagine why it wouldn't work.

Re: Moving a Building

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:19:26 GMT

You don't need to select items within the marquee (this will only select the current storey), just stretch. You can either do this with the Edit> Reshape > Stretch command or just click on any node and stretch will start, then move in the direction you want and enter your distance.

Re: Moving a Building

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:24:23 GMT

Got it, thanks a bunch!