Length of a line

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[TomWaltz]

There's also the Measure Tool.

[Anonymous]

TomWaltz wrote:
There's also the Measure Tool.

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

[TomWaltz]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[TomWaltz]

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.

[Stress Co_]

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

[Anonymous]

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.