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Beams size display on floor plan

vikass
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Hi Everyone,

 

Is it possible to see the beam sizes over the floor plan display? Similar to beam tags on revit. It will really make the beam modelling process less back and forth.

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Solution

Beam cross section is whether it is rectangular or round.

You want just 'width' & 'height' from the general parameters. 

 

BarryKelly_0-1695804571530.png

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
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Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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Solution

Sure.

 

BarryKelly_0-1695806377810.png

 

 

The label will associate to the centre of the beam.

If you have the leader line on, you will always just get a default leader line.

 

If you turn it off, you can control the position of the label a bit with the anchor point.

 

BarryKelly_1-1695806513687.png

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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Barry Kelly
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You can add a label.

An autotext label is probably the best, as you can format it to say exactly what you want.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Can you please elaborate? Adding beam cross section in autotext label doesnt show the beam X x Y.

Solution

Beam cross section is whether it is rectangular or round.

You want just 'width' & 'height' from the general parameters. 

 

BarryKelly_0-1695804571530.png

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Yes. Thanks

Additionally, is it possible to add autotext labels to all the beams at once in a floor plan?

As soon as you're done setting up one label, you can ALT + leftclick it to define it as your standard setting for upcoming labels.

Afterwards you can select all your beams at once with the beam-tool active plus CTRL + A or via Search and Select (CTRL + Shift + A).

Then use the label selected elements tool, which you can find here:

Document > Annotation > Label Selected Elements

 

https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/26/INT/index.htm#t=_AC26_Help%2F070_Documentation%2F070_Documentation...
https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/26/INT/index.htm#t=_AC26_Help%2F030_Interaction%2F030_Interaction-98....

https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/26/INT/index.htm#t=_AC26_Help%2F030_Interaction%2F030_Interaction-28....

 

ArchiCAD 27 GER / Win10
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Solution

Sure.

 

BarryKelly_0-1695806377810.png

 

 

The label will associate to the centre of the beam.

If you have the leader line on, you will always just get a default leader line.

 

If you turn it off, you can control the position of the label a bit with the anchor point.

 

BarryKelly_1-1695806513687.png

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11