Newbie question: placing dimensions with a given step

[Anonymous]

Hello!

I'm a newbie, please help me with archicad. I have an irregular-shaped area. I need to place dimensions with a regular given step. I.e. i want to place horizontal dimensions on a regular vertical "grid"... I hope I asking well. Please ask additional questions if something is not clear..

Thanks in advance.

Milena.

[Gerald Hoffman]

You could place hotspots using the multiply command at your regular step locations and dimension to them.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Or, you could use the structural grid tool, with the option to automatically insert dimensions...

The Structural Grid has 'issues', but works for many situations ... see this thread:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=10220


Karl

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much!
Could you, please, write me step-by-step instructions? How to achieve this?

I attached a file with screenshot what I need...

[Petros Ioannou]

-place a hotspot on the lower point.
-Select the hotspot
-Edit ->Multiply->Drag/spread/spacing(define the distance)/OK
-click on the plan->move vertically and press shift->the hotspots are copied
-use them as reference points for the dimension tool (click on them) as Gerald suggested.


HTH
Petros


PS read the manual!!! (C:/ProgramFiles/Graphisoft/Archicad9/GraphisoftDocumentation)

[TomWaltz]

On using Multiply, see my attached PDF (from one of my seminars)