Temporary dimensions

[Anonymous]

Hi, Roger here, I'm evaluating Archicad.
I have been using Autocad and Chief Architect for some years, and am looking to change to possibly Archicad or VW.
Hope you don't mind if I ask some questions to help me along.
I am trying to move walls into a new position after they have been laid out, normally I would do this by selecting the wall I want to move, this brings up a temporary dimension which I then type in the required distance and hit enter.
How do I do this in Archicad?

[Julio C Freitas]

Commenting in 2022 to say that there is still no temporary dimensions or something close to Archicad, and for me it seems like something very interesting, especially for a quick check of the dimensioning of the walls, without having to use the ruler tool

Maybe it really is a matter of habit, I started studying Archicad recently.

[Barry Kelly]

There is really no need to use the ruler tool.

Make sure you tracker is active., then just drag your element from the point you want to measure to, to the point you want to measure from.

Yes you are moving it, but you can see the distance in the tracker.

If you are happy, just cancel - the element will go back to where it was.

If you want it moved to a different distance, just type the figure in the tracker followed by + or - (depending on the direction you want it to go - as explained in the previous posts).

This way you can measure any element from any point to any point.

I am not sure how it works in other software, but I assume the points the temporary dimension is measuring is not so customisable?

Barry.

[jl_lt]

If Revit didnt have this temporary dimension thing it would be basically unusable, so, good for them!

Would it be nice to have in Archicad too? yes.  But its not a deal breaker at all. 

[sikho]

I've been using both Revit and Archicad for the last 3 years, and I have to agree that the Revit temporary dimension tool is a lot easier and faster to use than Archicad's system. The Temporary dimensions also have added features. For example the dimensions have an 'eq' button that will move the dimensioned items so that they are evenly spaced,