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2006-07-17 11:06 PM - last edited on 2022-04-09 11:17 PM by Karl Ottenstein
2007-06-26 06:06 PM
Keith wrote:
(Compared with Archicad - Click on offset, trace the line, R, 1000, click on offset, trace the line, R, 1000 etc.)
2007-06-26 06:09 PM
Keith wrote:Uh... this is what the Offset command does. Why not just use it?
Everyone I've spoken to about has suggested a workaround of some kind or other. How do you create a wall parallel to one which is at an angle to the grid? Reset the grid to the angle, then drag a copy? How many steps is that? Why not just offset (a line or a wall)?
2007-06-26 06:18 PM
2007-06-26 07:52 PM
2007-06-27 03:46 AM
2007-06-27 11:34 AM
kliment wrote:Didn't work for me, Kliment. Maybe a click or two missing?
AC:
1. press "o" twice.
2. space-click on the object and drag.
3. type the distance.
4. press "enter".
5. type the new distance for the offset of the second object.
6. press "enter".
7. press "esc" to finish the command.
Jozzz wrote:So it's not just me, then!
I seem to have lost the offset icon/function in the new version. I'm not averse to setting up a new keyboard shortcut, but I can't find what I'm looking for.... Where is it?
2007-06-27 02:37 PM
Keith wrote:Yes,you would repeat steps 1-7, just as you would have to repeat steps 1-14 in Autocad. What case are you resting, the one that shows you refuse to accept that the Archicad way is less steps than the Autocad one, no natter how much evidence is offered?
And presumably if you want to offset from a second element then you have to repeat all the steps 1 thru 7. I rest my case.
2007-06-27 03:04 PM
TomWaltz wrote:No, in Autocad you would only repeat steps 5 & 6 (just 2 clicks). I suggest you guys get hold of a copy of Autocad and try it. You may be astounded!
Yes,you would repeat steps 1-7, just as you would have to repeat steps 1-14 in Autocad.
2007-06-27 04:08 PM
Keith wrote:I do have one. I was never impressed with it. I was a power user in that before I was one in Arris before I was one in Archicad. Autocad has never been an exciting product in any way. It just did for drafting what WordPad did for typing.TomWaltz wrote:No, in Autocad you would only repeat steps 5 & 6 (just 2 clicks). I suggest you guys get hold of a copy of Autocad and try it. You may be astounded!
Yes,you would repeat steps 1-7, just as you would have to repeat steps 1-14 in Autocad.
Keith
2007-06-27 04:41 PM