topic Re: Automatic dimensioning in Documentation

Automatic dimensioning

Sandramuller — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 17:22:34 GMT

My walls have different thicknesses and brick columns in some.corners. this is what came out when I used the automatic dimensioning tool.

Not.perfect. wall thickness missing. Picking up points at the far end. Any tips?

Re: Automatic dimensioning

Ernest Atanasiu — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:58:30 GMT

Make sure everything is properly defined as core.

In my experience the automatic tool takes much longer to correct than placing each dimension manually.

Re: Automatic dimensioning

ferroms84 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:52:06 GMT

Check if the angles of the placed walls are orthogonal.
https://bimcomponents.com/GSM/Details/24687

Re: Automatic dimensioning

Sandramuller — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 05:07:16 GMT

It is an existing building so walls are not quite straight

Re: Automatic dimensioning

Barry Kelly — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 05:29:15 GMT

@Sandramuller wrote:

It is an existing building so walls are not quite straight

If the walls are not all at perfect right angle to each other and the wall is not perpendicular to the dimension line, it will not dimension the wall thickness as you have discovered.

The same will happen if you manually click the wall thickness to dimension it.

If the wall is not perpendicular to the dimension line, it will not dimension.

You have to manually dimension the exact nodes that you want.

Barry.