offset with fraction

[dhnguyen]

how do I offset a simple line such as 3-5/8"? Everytime I try to offset something that's not a decimal, ArchiCAD doesn't do it right.

[Laszlo Nagy]

1. Select the Line (I assume this is a single LIne segment you are talking about).
2. Issue CTRL+D to Drag.
3. Click anywhere on the Line to define the starting point of Drag vector.
4. Move your cursor away from the Line. A Snap Guide will show you the perpendicular direction.
5. Hover your cursor over the perpendicular direction Snap Guide and just type the desired distance, then press ENTER.

[Barry Kelly]

LaszloNagy wrote:
5. Hover your cursor over the perpendicular direction Snap Guide and just type the desired distance, then press ENTER.

I think DNgyuen want to know how to enter the fractional inches as a fraction rather than as a decimal.
Being purely metric I am not 100% sure myself.

Barry.

[dhnguyen]

Barry, that's right. I can offset with dimensions. but with it comes to something that's like 6-3/4" or 6-3/8"ACAD doesn't seem to understand it. ACAD understands it when I write it as 6.75". Does anyone know how to do it without converting it into decimal?

[Laszlo Nagy]

dhnguyen wrote:
how do I offset a simple line such as 3-5/8"? Everytime I try to offset something that's not a decimal, ArchiCAD doesn't do it right.

If by 3-5/8" you mean 3 feet 5/8 inches, then type:
3-5/8
(you use the hyphen as a separator between the feet and the inches)

If by 3-5/8" you mean 3 and 5/8 inches, then type:
3 5/8
(you place a SPACE character between the full inches and the fractional inches)

[Barry Kelly]

I was just playing with this trying to work it out.

So 1-10 5/8 for 1 foot, 10 and 5/8 inches.
I find you can do it without the " for inches.
Must have - after feet, space after whole inches and then the fractional inch

That is so painful, so glad I am metric.

Barry.

[Laszlo Nagy]

You are right Barry, I have corrected my post above to take out the references to the " character.

[dhnguyen]

I see, I got it now, thank you. Coming from AutoCAD, i always had to enter it as the way i wrote it, 6-5/8", not 6 5/8".

[Steve Jepson]

best way is just to learn the decimal equivalents for the Inch in 1/8" multiples

.125
.25
.375
.5
.625
.875

And decimal equivalents for the Foot in Inches

1"= .083'
2"=.167'
3"=.25'
4"=.333'
5"=.417'
6"=.5'
7"=.583'
8"=.667'
9"=.75'
10"=.833'
11"=.917'

These should be reflex, as familiar as the alphabet for the sake of using a key board.

[Eduardo Rolon]

Barry wrote:
I was just playing with this trying to work it out.

So 1-10 5/8 for 1 foot, 10 and 5/8 inches.
I find you can do it without the " for inches.
Must have - after feet, space after whole inches and then the fractional inch

That is so painful, so glad I am metric.

Barry.

Typing 1'10 5/8 (with a space after the 10) also works.
Agree on the metric Barry.