TomWaltz wrote:... and anyway, we are not allowed to discuss features of AC10 unless they have been announced by GS .... perhaps you should ask these questions in the Beta forums?
Not to be mean, but if you have a Beta Version, why should we do your work for you? You can just look for yourself.
It's about a month later and I finally have the chance to sit down with AC10, but only because I forced my company to put me in an office far away from the design department, and I've stopped answering my phone. So here are my answers:
1 - Can it do details of details?
No, but the autotext feature
2 - Can a default color be assigned to layers?
No.
3 - Does dimension text have a background mask like regular text does?
No.
4 - Does the layout portion still use absolute paths to find external linked documents? It other words, if I link a Word document, can it look in my project's folder first, or does it always look for "Q:\ArchiCAD 9\......."?
Fixed! Oh, the joy! Relative paths rule!
5 - Does the Distance portion of the section marker still use some mysterious algorithm to select pens for the contours and fills? [http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=170&highlight=
Yes. The mysterious algorithm is still in effect.
6 - Is the Witness Line Offset specified in points, or is it still in inches?
Still in inches, and still must be set by hand for every scale.
7 - Does the Edit Selection Set dialog have more properties than just layer and pen? I'm specifically looking for Linetype, Material, Fill Pen, etc..
No. Still layer and color only.
8 - Is there an auditing function that can check the database for possible problems, and fix them? [http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=9287&highlight=
No.
9 - When you use a Reference Level, do the elevation dims still have that stupid text appended to the measurement? i.e. "(First Reference Level)" [http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=7364&highlight=
Yes and No, but mostly yes. It still automatically appends, but the first level text is now "(Sea Level)".
10 - Do elevation dimensions have a parameter for typing in the dimension target, such as "T.O.F.F."? [http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=7361&highlight=
No.
11 - Is the dimension text on elevation dimensions placed any better? [http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=7363&highlight=
Still a large gap.
12 - Does AC10 utilize double-clicking? [http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=2626&highlight=
Only on existing text.
13 - Can you sort the stuff in the Project Map by Reference ID or Name? [http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=3125&highlight=
No.
14 - When using text, can the Leader tool point to the MIDDLE of the top or bottom line? [http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=8277&highlight=
No!
I thought three of these (3, 6, & 9) would probably be fixed because they don't seem like that much work from a programming perspective. If we were lucky, I thought we might see four or five of them fixed.
Hopefully, these easy ones -- specifically 3, 6, and 9 -- will be solved by the next update. What do you say, Graphisoft?
1 - Can it do details of details?
No, but the autotext feature
2 - Can a default color be assigned to layers?
No.
3 - Does dimension text have a background mask like regular text does?
No.
4 - Does the layout portion still use absolute paths to find external linked documents? It other words, if I link a Word document, can it look in my project's folder first, or does it always look for "Q:\ArchiCAD 9\......."?
Fixed! Oh, the joy! Relative paths rule!
5 - Does the Distance portion of the section marker still use some mysterious algorithm to select pens for the contours and fills? [
Yes. The mysterious algorithm is still in effect.
6 - Is the Witness Line Offset specified in points, or is it still in inches?
Still in inches, and still must be set by hand for every scale.
7 - Does the Edit Selection Set dialog have more properties than just layer and pen? I'm specifically looking for Linetype, Material, Fill Pen, etc..
No. Still layer and color only.
8 - Is there an auditing function that can check the database for possible problems, and fix them? [
No.
9 - When you use a Reference Level, do the elevation dims still have that stupid text appended to the measurement? i.e. "(First Reference Level)" [
Yes and No, but mostly yes. It still automatically appends, but the first level text is now "(Sea Level)".
10 - Do elevation dimensions have a parameter for typing in the dimension target, such as "T.O.F.F."? [
No.
11 - Is the dimension text on elevation dimensions placed any better? [
Still a large gap.
12 - Does AC10 utilize double-clicking? [
Only on existing text.
13 - Can you sort the stuff in the Project Map by Reference ID or Name? [
No.
14 - When using text, can the Leader tool point to the MIDDLE of the top or bottom line? [
No!
I thought three of these (3, 6, & 9) would probably be fixed because they don't seem like that much work from a programming perspective. If we were lucky, I thought we might see four or five of them fixed.
Hopefully, these easy ones -- specifically 3, 6, and 9 -- will be solved by the next update. What do you say, Graphisoft?
Jay wrote:I see you believe in unicorns.
IHopefully, these easy ones -- specifically 3, 6, and 9 -- will be solved by the next update. What do you say, Graphisoft?
TomWaltz wrote:Oh yeah!Jay wrote:I see you believe in unicorns.
IHopefully, these easy ones -- specifically 3, 6, and 9 -- will be solved by the next update. What do you say, Graphisoft?
Still looking?
