Dimension marker size should be as small as text size

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

why the marker size can only go down to 0.5, while the text can be as small as 0.1? when dimensioning details can be very out of scale!

Thanks.

[Erika Epstein]

Who uses/can read .1 text?

[Stephen Dolbee]

For microfilm?

[Karl Ottenstein]

And, what would one do with a 0.5 size marker? From your other thread, I realize you are trying to place markers on layout sheets. Don't.

Cheers,
Karl

[Anonymous]

guys,
pardon my ignorance as im new to archicad...and already loving it...so u say that i dont need to change the sizes of text and markers if i change from a 1:100 drawing to a 1:2?...should it "auto scale" on the sheet? pls help!

[Anonymous]

PS: i mean if i do it on the model instead of the sheet

[Anonymous]

here an example...i set the dimensions on the drawing and on the sheet it shows like this...1:20(text size 0.5 and marker 0.5) is fine, but 1:5(text 0.1 and marker 0.5) the markers look too big...im probably doing it the wrong way...help?

[David Maudlin]

chinosch:

The most direct way is to set the drawing scale to the output scale before placing "paper" elements (text, dimensions, etc). In your example, you should have 2 layer combinations to handle the differing scales (and level of detail) between the two sections. As a minimum, there would be one layer for the 1:20 text & dimensions, another for the 1:5 text and dimensions, the appropriate layer visible with the correct drawing. You could have additional layers to show and hide details between the two views. This applies to sections/details as well as different plan scales, etc.

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David

[Laura Yanoviak]

David wrote:
As a minimum, there would be one layer for the 1:20 text & dimensions, another for the 1:5 text and dimensions, the appropriate layer visible with the correct drawing.

Just to clarify: you can have a single layer, shared between the two Views, that will display the dimensions correctly (i.e. the same size text and markers) at different scales.

[Anonymous]

Guys,

thanks for the replies and tried all options u gave me, but still hvng same problem...the current scale of the project is 1:100, and i place the drawings on the sheet at 1:100, then on the drawing selection settings of each window i change the scales to 1:20 and 1:5. but the sizes of the dimensions looks different as shown on the attached image...graphically speaking i want them to look the same size, even that the scales of their drawings are different.