Placind Doors and Windows

[Srinivas]

Hai all,

In Archicad while placing doors and windows I use the distance snapping and relative construction method to place the doors and windows at the required distance in the wall. Is this the easiest and correct method of doing it?

I remember that in Revit while placing doors/windows a dynamic dimension will come and guide you to place the door/window at the required distance this will be much more easy to place the doors and windows and will increase the productivity.


Best Regards,
Srinivas
India

[__archiben]

Srinivas wrote:
I remember that in Revit while placing doors/windows a dynamic dimension will come and guide you to place the door/window at the required distance this will be much more easy to place the doors and windows and will increase the productivity.

sounds like a fantasic feature . . . you can acheive something similar in archiCAD by hovering your cursor over the node you want to measure from and typing in the coordinates ('x100+' and hit return to place the door 100mm from the node in the x direction for example).

but the example you've given of revit giving dynamic feedback as you place the door sounds good. go place it in the wishes forum!

~/archiben

[Steve Jepson]

Srinivas wrote:
In Archicad while placing doors and windows I use the distance snapping and relative construction method to place the doors and windows at the required distance in the wall. Is this the easiest and correct method of doing it?

If it works for you its good.

I don't worry about placing doors and windows in exact locations until they have been dimensioned. I don't usually even worry about the size or type until I can group edit them all at once if possible. Initially, they are just place holders for me until I get around to tweaking and locating them precisely. I do use the Favorites tool for this when ever possible.

[Anonymous]

The dynamic placement dimension feature of Revit and Architectural desktop is fantastic, and it's definately one of the things I miss.... I think we need to make a wish The nice thing about this, vversus typing in x1000+ is that it works on all walls, measured from the outside edge, so if you have a wall sitting at a 105 degree angle, it works just the same, where as x1000+ would not...

cheers,
dan

[TomWaltz]

Daniel wrote:
The dynamic placement dimension feature of Revit and Architectural desktop is fantastic, and it's definately one of the things I miss.... I think we need to make a wish The nice thing about this, vversus typing in x1000+ is that it works on all walls, measured from the outside edge, so if you have a wall sitting at a 105 degree angle, it works just the same, where as x1000+ would not...

cheers,
dan

When we demoed Revit (before we picked Archicad), I thought the input methods were really outstanding, since they showed both dimensions and ghosts of what it would look like after the element was placed.

[Anonymous]

r1000 will work if you put a user origin (alt+shift) on the corner node first



bill

[Djordje]

bill wrote:
r1000 will work if you put a user origin (alt+shift) on the corner node first

... and r1000+ will even if you don't.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Or after relocating the User Origin with ALT-SHIFT type r1000, then press ALT-r to lock the radius and by moving the mouse you can find the intersection of the Wall and the circle belonging to the radius.