topic Re: working units problem in Modeling

working units problem

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:49:03 GMT

hello everybody
i'm new to archicad and probably this is funny
well i believe i started a project with the archicad defalut working units wich are millimeters, and, not being aware constructed it in centimeters( I considered columns are 100x100 units-meaning 1 meter wide)

the issue is that all the objects or stairs or whatever, are huge because their units are millimeters as well- editing them in the object settings dialog is not working very smooth, not to say that the stairs have fixed millimeters parameters so i can't set them ten times smaller than the default

and scaling is not an archicad thing... )

is there a way to solve something like this?

Re: working units problem

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:59:06 GMT

Niculae wrote:
and scaling is not an archicad thing... )
is there a way to solve something like this?

1. Set all layers to visible and unlocked
2. Place a multi-storey marquee around the entire project (with a thick line)
3. Use Edit > Reshape > Resize to scale the project to the correct size

Re: working units problem

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:40:41 GMT

well it works but only on the 2d axes and i get a squished model( i get resized floor plans but on the z axis the drawing keeps it's dimensions)
it's clearly a set-up problem from my part, but i worked a lot on the model and i don't have the time to rebuild it with another units altogether

? can i do the same thing in elevation and will it resize Z-way? haha(probably the program doesn't allow this kind of three axes uniform scaling?)

Re: working units problem

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:21:25 GMT

Niculae wrote:
? can i do the same thing in elevation and will it resize Z-way? haha(probably the program doesn't allow this kind of three axes uniform scaling?)

Hmmm - hadn't thought of that. Depending on the model complexity, that might not be too hard to fix manually. Otherwise, sorry - I don't have any other suggestions. Anyone else?

Re: working units problem

Erika Epstein — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:50:44 GMT

Could you merge the file into a new one and reset the scale in the translator?