Multiple display

[Anonymous]

I'm new to Archicad, and still trying to adjust from Autocad 2000....

is it possible to have two separate views up on the screen at one time? In Autocad, I could have two separate areas of a floor plan, with a split screen set-up, to match/copy/etc from one area of a plan to another.

Also, is there a 'measure' tool as in Autocad, (but not the coordinate boxes or technique) to measure distance from items? Without dimensioning the objects? Example...I want to measure location of a window frame from edge of wall?

Thanks-

[Djordje]

Link wrote:
Can I presume that dog learnt this trick in AutoCAD, mate?

No ... there I used to (and still do when I have to) type DIST

DOS, remember?

Link wrote:
Good to hear from you.

Moving house, getting the connection, burnt video, setting up daughter's machine ... don't ask

[Anonymous]

Joseph wrote:
Where is this "visual dimension" I do not see a text, changing next to the radius inside the window. Maybe you could give a screen shot?
Thanks,
Joseph

Er... This is the problem of communicating on a foreign language...
The circle itself is a visual input. I mean, unlike the line, the circle gives you a "feeling" for the dimension you are trying to measure.
It's a bit like using a 2x2m grid when you start a project, or placing some furniture, so you can get some visual input about the dimensions you are building. When we worked on paper, this was not a problem. You saw the dimensions, because you knew, from experience, that working on a 1/100 scale one meter was "ye big". This way you did not get lost. ut working on screen, with constant zooms, you get kindda lost about dimensions, speccially at the beginning of a project, when there is not enough visual information (said furniture).
So, when using a circle to measure something, you get the circle itself, which is what I call a visual input (not a numerical one).
sounds a bit BS I know, but like the man said, it works with me

[Anonymous]

Krippahl wrote:
So, when using a circle to measure something, you get the circle itself, which is what I call a visual input (not a numerical one).
sounds a bit BS I know, but like the man said, it works with me

Thank You for the explanation and I am 100% with you, I am putting it in practice and love it. This is what I call thinking out of the box or innovational thinking. Thank you again for sharing such thoughts.
Joseph

[Anonymous]

Joseph wrote:
Thank You for the explanation and I am 100% with you, I am putting it in practice and love it. This is what I call thinking out of the box or innovational thinking. Thank you again for sharing such thoughts.
Joseph

That's me, Mr. Outofdabox (hey, maybe i'll change my nickname...).
You are wellcome, Joseph