topic Dimensioning in Documentation

Dimensioning

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 13:22:54 GMT

I've been told that we're able to display the dimensions in feet/in AND in metric at the SAME time.

Is this true? And if so, what settings do I alter?

Thanks in advance!

Re: Dimensioning

Steve Jepson — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:25:28 GMT

Yes.

It depends some on what version of ArchiCAD you are using.

You could do this in Layout similar to using ghost stories in Layout.
Two views in the same place.
One view with imperial dimensions and one view with metric dimensions only.

There are other ways as well.

Re: Dimensioning

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:21:50 GMT

Archicad 10

I've searched for help and is think the secondary dimensions (add-on)

Does anyone know how to set that up?

Thanks,

Re: Dimensioning

Link — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:28:08 GMT

Oreosh8ke wrote:
I've been told that we're able to display the dimensions in feet/in AND in metric at the SAME time.

Is this true? And if so, what settings do I alter?

Thanks in advance!

Dimension Standards (Options>Project Preferences>Dimensions...) are saved with each view (View Map).

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Dimensioning

Link — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:38:57 GMT

Oreosh8ke wrote:
Archicad 10

I've searched for help and is think the secondary dimensions (add-on)

Does anyone know how to set that up?

Thanks,

Ah yes, secondary dimensions will give you what you want. Assuming you have the add-on loaded (you will see it under Document>Document Extras>Secondary Dimensions), you simply dimension your model in one format (eg. imperial/metric), then convert them all to another format. You can select specific dimensions if you just want to convert a select amount. This will add the other format to the existing string. If the model changes, you will need to 'refresh' these converted dimension strings to make sure the extra format updtaes too, as it is not automatic, even if the dimension is associative.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Dimensioning

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:28:46 GMT

Thanks a lot! Got it!