topic Re: Custom Dimension Text Tip in Documentation

Custom Dimension Text Tip

Stress Co_ — Fri, 19 May 2023 14:04:36 GMT

Maybe this will save someone else the time I just wasted.

If/when your forced to resort to "custom text" instead of "measured value" for an associative dimension..... Change the text color in AC (to something like Red) ...so when you edit the model and the dimension doesn't change.... you'll know why.

Re: Custom Dimension Text Tip

Anonymous — Thu, 18 May 2006 20:57:14 GMT

Wouldn't it be nice if ArchiCAD did this automatically?

Re: Custom Dimension Text Tip

Anonymous — Thu, 18 May 2006 20:57:34 GMT

This is very important. I have been using this as a standard with my clients for years. It saves a lot of grief.

Re: Custom Dimension Text Tip

Anonymous — Thu, 18 May 2006 20:57:56 GMT

Brewer wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if ArchiCAD did this automatically?

Yes!

Re: Custom Dimension Text Tip

Barry Kelly — Fri, 19 May 2006 01:37:23 GMT

Brewer wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if ArchiCAD did this automatically?

But wouldn't it be even better if you could have custom text and a stretchy dimension.

"<> room name" for example - where "<>" represents the dimension in the custom text string.

Come on Graphisoft, much, much cheaper CAD software has been doing this since the early 90's that I am aware of.

Barry.

Re: Custom Dimension Text Tip

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2006 02:54:32 GMT

Barry wrote:
Brewer wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if ArchiCAD did this automatically?
But wouldn't it be even better if you could have custom text and a stretchy dimension.

"<> room name" for example - where "<>" represents the dimension in the custom text string.

Come on Graphisoft, much, much cheaper CAD software has been doing this since the early 90's that I am aware of.

Barry.

I assume you mean appending text to an associative dimension. This is another important wish (long standing I think). It is silly to have to make dimension text custom just to add "±" or "VIF".

I promise to push for these little tweaks to the old dimension tool along with my loud cries for a useful label tool in ArchiCAD 11.

Re: Custom Dimension Text Tip

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2006 04:02:12 GMT

Matthew wrote:
I promise to push for these little tweaks to the old dimension tool along with my loud cries for a useful label tool in ArchiCAD 11.

So it hasn't been included in 10 then?

Re: Custom Dimension Text Tip

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2006 06:54:28 GMT

s2art wrote:
Matthew wrote:
I promise to push for these little tweaks to the old dimension tool along with my loud cries for a useful label tool in ArchiCAD 11.
So it hasn't been included in 10 then?

No

But I am not too dismayed. The extent of the new features in 10 are still surprising to me even though I've been involved with it for almost a year and a half now. I guess I am just now getting out from the midst of the trees and beginning to see the forest again. I do think that it is a very impressive accomplishment, perhaps even "awe inspiring"