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Figure Tool...?

Anonymous
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Anyone know how to use the figure tool?
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Anonymous
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Hi, the figure tool is used similar to the drawing tool, with some difference, check this link, it will help you to understand the difference and when to use it.

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/tips/archicad/documentation/difference-between-drawing-and-figure-t...
Mats_Knutsson
Advisor
Old topic but I'm rewriting some of our internal tutorials and trying to find an IRL case where Figure is the correct choice of weapon. I come up with pretty much nothing. If I have a lot of photos that I know will not be changed I might opt for Figure but otherwise...!? Anyone using Figure more regularly and is so for what?
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Stress Co_
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If your using a photo to "Align View" a camera...
It's gotta be brought in as a "Figure.
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Barry Kelly
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The figure tool can be resized on X or Y axis.
The drawing tool is locked so both are proportional.
Drawings can be set to auto or manual update and can also be set to show as grey scale (and when placed on layouts can be set to use any pen set).


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Mats_Knutsson
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Barry wrote:
The figure tool can be resized on X or Y axis.
The drawing tool is locked so both are proportional.
Drawings can be set to auto or manual update and can also be set to show as grey scale (and when placed on layouts can be set to use any pen set).


Barry.
Yes I know these. I've done a simple table with the differencies. I can't figure of any IRL need for the figure tool (haha).
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Mats_Knutsson
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Stress wrote:
If your using a photo to "Align View" a camera...
It's gotta be brought in as a "Figure.
Ah...one I've missed....because I never use Align View.
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David Maudlin
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Mats:

Also, the Figure Tool has the Transparency option.

David
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Stress Co_
Advisor
Mats_Knutsson wrote:
Stress wrote:
If your using a photo to "Align View" a camera...
It's gotta be brought in as a "Figure.
Ah...one I've missed....because I never use Align View.
It's a must use for me, to do a photo/model montage.
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

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