topic Re: 3D documents in Documentation

3D documents

Anonymous — Mon, 22 May 2023 22:01:38 GMT

In 3D documents are dimensions supposed to change when you change the length or height of something?

I don't understand the "Y" value in the tracker.
where is the 0,0 in a 3D document?
When i use my elevation dimension it gives the correct "Z" measurement, but when I hold my cursor over it there is no "Z" value (it is greyed out) and the Y shows as a different number than my dimension.

Any ideas?

Re: 3D documents

Chazz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:20:00 GMT

In my experience, the dimensions in 3D documents --like the 3D document functionality itself-- is a real disappointment. It's a shame: With a little vision and a more serious execution, it could have been so good. But because this is ArchiCAD nothing will change in the tool for eons until it is replaced by something marginally better but which you have to pay for in an "upgrade".

If you change the shape/size of a dimensioned element, the dimension may or may not update. You can't count on it. But worse is that if you change the view angle of the document, the dimensions go to complete crap. They just go haywire.

But the biggest disappointment is that the 3D doc menu relies on the old, nasty, slow internal 3D engine and cannot display materials/textures.

/sigh

Re: 3D documents

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:18:41 GMT

Jesikuh123 wrote:
In 3D documents are dimensions supposed to change when you change the length or height of something?

I don't understand the "Y" value in the tracker.
where is the 0,0 in a 3D document?
When i use my elevation dimension it gives the correct "Z" measurement, but when I hold my cursor over it there is no "Z" value (it is greyed out) and the Y shows as a different number than my dimension.

Any ideas?

I think that the dimension should update if it is an associative dimension point.

Re: 3D documents

Arcadia — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:14:41 GMT

like the 3D document functionality itself-- is a real disappointment.

Funny how your view of things depends on your perspective. Only recently coming from 2d CAD I think 3D documents are a revelation and awesome! The ability to be able to put a 3D document into a set of plans has been great. I don't generally dimension but use them mostly as a way of clarifying a complex detail or structural arrangement or just to provide hidden line external perspective drawings of the building.