Level Dimension Tool/Object for 3D documents?

[PB]

Is there any way of picking up and 'dimensioning' levels directly in the 3D document window?

The 3d document is an ideal method of communicating a complicated series of 'cascading' wall levels on intersecting walls......but I can find no way of doing so !......Am I missing the obvious (the standard level dimension tool does not work in the 3D document window)?

Please help.....

[Karl Ottenstein]

PB wrote:
Is there any way of picking up and 'dimensioning' levels directly in the 3D document window?

Just tested and Labels work fine in a 3DD, but as you say, the level dimension is unavailable.

In the library archives, James Murray has a Slab Elevation label (displays either top or bottom elev and relative to project zero, story, etc) and Geoff Briggs / Ben Hruska have a top of wall label. Both worked perfectly in the 3DD for me and responded to changes in the model as expected.

Might be good enough? See:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/object_depository.php?
in 01 General > Custom Labels

[PB]

Thank you Karl, for such a precise & rapid response - most appreciated.

I've downloaded the various dimension/level objects, but am having trouble:

BeArt level tool would be great, but I cannot get meaningful levels to show: The numbers that appear seem to relate to some arbitrary level...

Top of wall tool will not load - if I drop it onto AC16, I am informed of GDL script errors...

Anything I'm missing to get them working?

[Karl Ottenstein]

Not sure, PB. I'm in 16 and simply loaded the Slab Elevation and Top of Wall objects, and they loaded fine... assigned them to walls and slabs in the Label Tool settings, then selected walls and slabs in the 3DD and checked the box to show labels...

[rocorona]

If I'm not wrong about the request, use the Section/Elevation mode of the LINEAR DIMENSION tool. Not obvious at first, but absolutely the right one.

[PB]

You are absolutely right, Roberto !

Thanks very much to both you & Karl for your kind help.

Cheers, Patrice.

[Karl Ottenstein]

rocorona wrote:
If I'm not wrong about the request, use the Section/Elevation mode of the LINEAR DIMENSION tool. Not obvious at first, but absolutely the right one.

Absolutely! I've never noticed that option, Roberto... thanks so much for pointing it out. 🙂

[rocorona]

And you can also choose the round Marker, beside others.

[PB]

Well spotted !.......its turning out to be a most versatile tool......

[Anonymous]

rocorona wrote:
And you can also choose the round Marker, beside others.

Yeh!
Real cool man.
I have a level dim tool that I purchased and like a lot, but it gives goofy numbers in 3DD.
This is a great discovery for me too.
I really like the almost full set of options, with one exception.
I can't seem to control it's exact location except on a node and can't
seem to slide dim along it's axis.
But that's minor.
Thanks Raberto