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Matt Balaam

The dimension tool should be able to snap to snap guides when placing dimensions (see this discussion for more info). A common use of the dimension tool is to dimension from the corner of a building to an angled site boundary. Currently, this cannot be done directly in a sin...

Matt Balaam

I believe I already know the answer to this, but is there any way to directly place this dimension, at this angle, in this location, associated to the two nodes circled in red without needing to implement a workaround or extra clicks? My experience: Using the Any Direction g...

Matt Balaam · 2025-09-19

We have developed a custom addon for Archicad (V24 at this stage) and have noticed some behaviour we can't solve. When we update the addon and change the menu structure, then replace the apx file with the new version, Archicad still loads the old menu structure rather than u...

Matt Balaam · 2016-07-06

Does anyone know if it's possible for a custom window to read the Model View Options > Options for Construction Elements > Window Options model view options? I'm hoping to read the Show Opening Only and with Contours options but I can't find any documentation on reading thes...

Matt Balaam · 2014-08-13

Hi, I am making a custom label (single label object with multiple labels within it to use with the Label Elements option) and am having trouble trying to edit both the length and angle of a line at the same time using hotspots. I can edit the angle fine or the length fine in...

Matt Balaam

@Barry Kelly wrote: @Matt Balaam wrote: Yes, you can hover and use the snap guides to place a static dimension, but then you need to associate it with the line (extra clicks). No extra click, just a bit of hovering to bring up the guide points and lines (or use the keyboard ...

Matt Balaam

Thanks for the response @Barry Kelly, your comments highlight exactly what my point is...it's all workarounds. Yes, you can hover and use the snap guides to place a static dimension, but then you need to associate it with the line (extra clicks). Adding a node will let you a...

Matt Balaam · 2020-01-22

We are having exactly the same issues here, makes the wall profiles unusable in 3D meaning you can't snap an offset modifier to another element, you need to go back to doing maths and manually entering the offsets. Graphisoft, is this likely to be fixed soon? gpowless wrote:...

Matt Balaam · 2019-06-19

John wrote:To follow up on this topic, i received a reply with some explanation and workaround in PM from the tech support. i haven't got the chance to try the workaround yet and may not be able to for quiet some time, so i've asked the tech support to post it here, hopefull...

Matt Balaam · 2019-04-17

You can use GLOB_ELEVATION to find out the bottom offset of an object. This will give you the bottom offset that has been entered into the settings dialogue.

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Ability for dimensions to snap to snap guides when being placed

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