Anyone using Hotspots?

[Anonymous]

Hi all

Just trying to get an idea of what people are using the hotspot tool for, if anything? Seems like a bit of a legacy tool, but I just wonder if I'm missing something good?

Hunter.

[Anonymous]

another one which is created by ArchiCAD is when hot spots are generated to show u an intersection point of two elements without actually getting them intersected . mmm .. not that clear ... here is a pic

lets say we have a wall , and a line and u want to see where these 2 elements intersect without stretching any ... select the wall and activate any other tool ( any tool except for wall tool ) then ( ctrl+ click the line ) , not that important because now we have guide lines

[Brad Elliott]

Similar to Barry I also put them on my Master Layout as a registration point for my plans so they are all located in the exact same place on the sheet. Wandering plans in a set of drawings is a pet peeve of mine.

[Djordje]

whatever wrote:
another one which is created by ArchiCAD is when hot spots are generated to show u an intersection point of two elements without actually getting them intersected . mmm .. not that clear ... here is a pic
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not that important because now we have guide lines

That stay on forever and can be referenced at any time?

Forget the fashion ... know the roots.

[Anonymous]

Besides all of the layout uses, I have used them for my cut sheets that our company creates. I have tragically found that if I dimension to a point on a wall (window for example) and for whatever reason that window changes, Things disappear, and then I gotta start over . Using hot spots allows me to make static dimensions that are not truly static. I just have to double-check that my hot spots are correct, but that is a small price to pay compared to losing a whole wall worth of work . I included a screen shot of this as an example. I have a hot spot at each opening and at The log wall corners.

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

Similar to the use of hotspots in objects, I use them to show the origin and any other reference point in modules.

In modules you can send them together with the module geometry to the A-ANNO-GEOM layer, so as to make them show only while placing the modules or checking overall project geometry.