topic Re: Length of a line in Documentation

Length of a line

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 13:22:50 GMT

Does anyone know how to tell the length of a line without having to dimension each time. I am working on a plumbing layout and would like to be able to highlight a line and figure out how long it is.
My brain still has the Autocad garbage in it and I can't seem to figure this out.
thanks

Re: Length of a line

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:45:34 GMT

JohnDorsay wrote:
Does anyone know how to tell the length of a line without having to dimension each time...

John,
Use the Element Information palatte. Go to Window/Palattes/Element Information. This will do exactly what you need.

Dan K

Re: Length of a line

TomWaltz — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:53:22 GMT

There's also the Measure Tool.

Re: Length of a line

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:41:26 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
There's also the Measure Tool.

what is the measure tool?
i usually count a length with the line tool

Re: Length of a line

TomWaltz — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:12:33 GMT

It is a new feature in Archicad 10. Check out the New Feature guide for more detail.

Re: Length of a line

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:51:39 GMT

keyboard shortcut is m.
it's lovely to say the least

Re: Length of a line

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:22:08 GMT

I still prefer to relocate the user origin and find my measurement in the coordinate box.

Re: Length of a line

TomWaltz — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:38:43 GMT

Mike wrote:
I still prefer to relocate the user origin and find my measurement in the coordinate box.

I do too... it's just a little harder to explain sometimes.

Re: Length of a line

Stress Co_ — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:38:40 GMT

A tip:
If you need to total the length of a series of lines.... trace them using the polyline tool... then use Element Information.

Re: Length of a line

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:41:03 GMT

For this situation, the Element Information works really well. No extra measuring and the information is always present and changing.
I didn't know about the measure tool and it works really well. Thanks for everyones help.