topic calling out wall heights on plan in Documentation

calling out wall heights on plan

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:11:46 GMT

Is there a way to have a live marker that calls out wall heights in plan? I have a roof plan that I want to call out what the parapet heights are that will update automatically when the wall height changes.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Re: calling out wall heights on plan

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:14:50 GMT

Hello,
I have an object (actually a window) that when placed
in a wall displays the wall height and if the wall height
is changed the wall height marker displays the change.
The object was made in AC 8.1 and works in AC 10 and
I expect it to work in your version.
Put the object in any folder in an extracted library but it
will be listed in the window tool directory.
If you are interested, give me your e-mail address
and I will send it to you as an attachment.
Peter Devlin

Re: calling out wall heights on plan

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:21:06 GMT

So there isn't a tool that does it? Like the dimension tool? I thought I understood that the Level Dimension tool was supposed to be able to do this. However when I tried it, I would get the same height on different walls that I know are different heights.

Re: calling out wall heights on plan

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:54:51 GMT

To use the level dimension tool you have to use "Gravity" control.
"Gravity" works with the level dimension tool and on, slabs, roofs, and meshes but not on walls. That is why I made this library part.
Peter Devlin

Re: calling out wall heights on plan

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:58:46 GMT

Thanks Peter. I sent you a private message with my email address.

Re: calling out wall heights on plan

NCornia — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:40:19 GMT

doober922,

There is another option, which is built into ArchiCAD. Go to an Elevation and double-click the Dimension tool in the Toolbox. Set the Dimension Type to the "Elevation Dimensioning" setting. The dimension can be placed at the top corner of a wall and remains associative as the wall height changes.

Help Center - Linear Dimension Tool Settings

Best regards,

Re: calling out wall heights on plan

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:57:02 GMT

I saw that and we are using that for our elevations. We need something for our roof plan.

Re: calling out wall heights on plan

David Maudlin — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 13:04:53 GMT

doober922:

Use a Label: Label the Wall with the Dimension Label 17, and under Settings check the Show Elevation of Top option.

David