Line attributes

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to find out how long a line is after it is drawn? When I draw a line, all the attributes are shown on the toolbar i.e. length, angle, etc. Once I deselect this line, is there a way to reselect it and find out the length without drawing another line on top of it??

[Jefferson]

Oh Yeah! NO MORE MEASURING!! I have sorely missed this from Vectorworks. Just select and you know all about what you're looking at............

I just found this out and have been looking for this all along. Turn on your element information, in windows>floating palettes>. Set to the information you want displayed. I have mine set for second button in and the rest off.

This should be in the info box straight up but it's not a perfect world. Short suit is it seems to be limited to 1/4" increments..............

[Anonymous]

Thanks Jeff, but it appears that I can't do this with 6.5 We just got our upgrade to 8.1 today, so hopefully it will be there for us. We miss this in Ashlar Vellum, it is such a simple program to use, if only it was compatible with AutoCad a little more, we would keep using it. This sucker here is a whole other ball of wax and is taking some real time to learn more than just the basic uses of it, but were trying.

[Anonymous]

Steve - until you get your upgrade installed, the easiest way in 6.5 to tell how long something is would be to set a new user origin at the beginning of the line using shift-option/alt.

Then move your mouse, and the coordinates pallette will show you your relative distance from the origin (x,y,radius, angle)

saves a little time and eliminates the potential for adding millions of extra lines...

with 8.1 (as others have said) use element information. I seem to have a small problem with it, though... The pallette won't immediately update to show the selected information for a new selection. I have to unselect and reselect the box for 'length' or 'area'

I still tend to use the shift/option method most often

wes

[Jefferson]

Steve,

Keep at it. 8.1 will feel like a big raise once it starts to sink in. If you continue to feel "up against it" call in some help, Link Ellis comes to mind.

ArchiLINK.net

You have a big investment there with ArchiCAD, make it pay for itself. I'm not having the same experience as Weston, I am getting an immediate update??

[Anonymous]

Weston wrote:
...I seem to have a small problem with it, though... The pallette won't immediately update to show the selected information for a new selection. I have to unselect and reselect the box for 'length' or 'area'

It appears I've got the same issue. It acts as if only the first button is selected. Bug?

I still tend to use the shift/option method most often

Yeah, it's worked for me reliably so far except for the fact that I have different keyboards installed and whenever I use that key combination it switches my keyboard layout. It's been the cause of some frustrating moments... (why are things not working NOW?)