Another use for "Special Point Constraint" control

[Stress Co_]

This maybe nothing new, but....

Use it to move an existing object (wall, line, toilet, etc.) a set distance away from another object. For a bad example: a toilet has been placed, and I want to move it...... so it's 18” from the centerline of the toilet, to the edge of the adjacent wall.

1. Select toilet.
2. Command D (Edit-Drag)
3. “D” (to activate “special point constraint”)
4. Select center point of toilet
5. Move pointer in direction of move.
6. Hit “R” & input distance (Shift before R if you want to “lock in angle”)
7. Return
8. Drag the cursor to the edge of wall.

Is there an easier to do the same? I used to drag “the object” to the “other object” and then drag it back away the necessary distance. This way I probably save 2.375 seconds out of my day, but I like that.

[Anonymous]

HANIEL wrote:
But is it not easier to 'drag & drag back'? ...and faster. Keying in two sets of numbers is probably slower. But it is interesting as a teacher of archicad to see how different minds work!

easier to place the object once, drag & drag back, faster than putting your cursor onto a known point, telling the program how far away from that point to place the WC once and hitting the Enter key... I think not.

Further, if you use the proper placement method (see attached) you don't even have to worry about the orientation of the object until the placement point has already been set in the drawing.

woodster