topic Re: DASHED polyline not intersecting at corners in Modeling

DASHED polyline not intersecting at corners

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:33:31 GMT

Are dashed linetypes when used as a polyline still not automatically connecting at 'corners'? Has it changed in archicad 12?

Thanks,
Michele

Re: DASHED polyline not intersecting at corners

Eduardo Rolon — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:17:10 GMT

Still the same

Re: DASHED polyline not intersecting at corners

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:56:42 GMT

I assume you know you can get around this by using a chained line instead of a polyline? The individual lines that form the segments always start and finish with a whole dash. Use the magic wand to apply it to an existing polyline. Delete polyline after.

Even the tools in the pet pallette like offset edge, offset all edges and move node still work, provided you suspend groups temporarily.

Unfortunately, I feel we need both types of corner behaviour for both types of line depending on whether we are using a symbolic or a dashed line type. See the diagram below.

Ideally we need to be able to switch between the two behaviours whatever the tool as there isn't a simple workaround for other polygonal elements. I guess this would be best done by a simple 'continuous line spacing' checkbox option in the tools settings.

There is even inconsistency in how this is applied at the moment in AC11. Roofs, Slabs, Meshs and Polylines all join corners neatly, but Fills, Lines and Poly-walls do not. I'm not sure why?

This is why the problem occurs currently. Roll on AC13!

Re: DASHED polyline not intersecting at corners

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:25:47 GMT

Peter wrote:
I assume you know you can get around this by using a chained line instead of a polyline? The individual lines that form the segments always start and finish with a whole dash. Use the magic wand to apply it to an existing polyline. Delete polyline after.

... or just explode the existing polyline (with Auto grouping ON of course).

Re: DASHED polyline not intersecting at corners

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:33:10 GMT

s2art wrote:
... or just explode the existing polyline (with Auto grouping ON of course).

You could do it that way also!

(Real men don't take the easy route, by the way! )

Cheers Stuart!

Re: DASHED polyline not intersecting at corners

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:42:22 GMT

Peter wrote:
(Real men don't take the easy route, by the way! )

Lazy ones do.

Re: DASHED polyline not intersecting at corners

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:13:44 GMT

Sure explode lines but how about edges of slabs etc.. I don't want to send a message to Graphisoft that says OH don't worry about this because we can deal with it by exploding polylines. If we keep doing this then why don't they call it ArchiFudge. Make a polyline do what it can do in every other program... be a polyline.

DO the people who work on Archicad actually use the program becuase they have to be frustrated too.

I'm done with my rant,
thanks,
Michele