2010-02-18 12:32 AM
2010-02-18 01:04 AM
2010-02-18 01:11 AM
2010-02-18 01:27 AM
ejrolon wrote:See image. Distance works from end of wall element (on reference line) but not from adjoining wall.
What's wrong with using the Distance parameter in the Control Box Palette?
2010-02-18 02:08 AM
s2art wrote:You can set the special snap points to work to the nearest intersection rather than the end of the wall (or line or whatever).ejrolon wrote:See image. Distance works from end of wall element (on reference line) but not from adjoining wall.
What's wrong with using the Distance parameter in the Control Box Palette?
2010-02-18 02:21 AM
Matthew wrote:True - but still requires the extra steps and pre planning to set up, the data is lost every time you need a different standard distance, and with that snap mode on, the rest of your editing experience is severely degraded (walls showing hundreds of divisions whenever your mouse passes over, massive display slowdown on large projects with trace reference on etc)s2art wrote:You can set the special snap points to work to the nearest intersection rather than the end of the wall (or line or whatever).ejrolon wrote:See image. Distance works from end of wall element (on reference line) but not from adjoining wall.
What's wrong with using the Distance parameter in the Control Box Palette?
2010-02-18 02:50 AM
2010-02-18 03:18 AM
Rod wrote:A good workaround - let the doors have the intelligence, if ArchiCAD does not - though I use CADimage doors, and so user customisation like this not an option for me, or many others I suspect.
Just completed a project with some 260 doors.
The wall types are all steel framed. Governed by frame module size
the framing manufacturer required that distances the frame be set off
a returning wall by a given minimum dimension.
In order to ease this process of correct placement I added hotspots
offset from the frame edge.
The parameters were to show/not show and distance.
Requires some GDL knowledge but relatively easy to do.
2010-02-18 04:06 AM
Paul wrote:Paul, it wouldn't hurt to ask Andrew Watson at Cadimage to add this.
/..... though I use CADimage doors, and so user customisation like this not an option for me, or many others I suspect.
2010-02-18 04:52 AM
Rod wrote:Will do - though I do think the best place is in ArchiCAD itself, to accommodate ALL users...
Paul, it wouldn't hurt to ask Andrew Watson at Cadimage to add this.
If you don't ask........