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Pline?

Anonymous
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In AutoCAD, when you create a Pline, you can have it give you the total length of the line. Is there something similar to this in ArchiCAD 9? I mean, yeah, I can add the segments together, but trying to figure out a bunch of egress distances would be a lot easier if there was something like this.


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Anonymous
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Sounds like a good candidate for the wish list. Would be a cool tool.
Karl Ottenstein
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crose wrote:
In AutoCAD, when you create a Pline, you can have it give you the total length of the line. Is there something similar to this in ArchiCAD 9? I mean, yeah, I can add the segments together, but trying to figure out a bunch of egress distances would be a lot easier if there was something like this.
Doesn't the Element Information palette display what you want? (See screenshot.)

I have it mapped to a shortcut key for ready-access (since it doesn't dock).

Karl
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Anonymous
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Thanks....that does exactly what I want.
Anonymous
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WOW! Cool Karl.

I guess it's still true about learning something new everyday.
TomWaltz
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Matthew wrote:
WOW! Cool Karl.

I guess it's still true about learning something new everyday.
I thought you showed me that!
Tom Waltz
Anonymous
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TomWaltz wrote:
Matthew wrote:
WOW! Cool Karl.

I guess it's still true about learning something new everyday.
I thought you showed me that!
Could be. There's always the chance that I've forgotten more than I know.
Stress Co_
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Pre AC11 I used this method to measure exit travel distances. The new and improved Measure tool does a quicker job.
Marc Corney, Architect
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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
Stress wrote:
Pre AC11 I used this method to measure exit travel distances. The new and improved Measure tool does a quicker job.
Good point about the measure tool, since it now allows multiple clicks and summing!

But, plines still have their place if there are lots of exit paths (on their own layer) to keep track of and the project is either in flux so paths might be edited, or if you need a legal record of the paths.

Cheers,
Karl
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