Dimension with curved wall issue

[alex60]

Hi every one, I am dimenioning a curved wall respect to a straight wall and Revit dimensions do not take the end point of the curved wall. See the attached image. How can I put a dimension at the end of the curved wall? I used Tab to find out the end point, but Revit does not take that point.

thanks in advance, Alex

[Anonymous]

It does work--you just need to hover over the end of the curved wall, and a small dot will appear.

see attached.

[alex60]

Thanks Cliff, but my dimensions are taken to the face of core, not to the face of wall. When I try to dimension to the "face of core" the dimension is lost, even selecting the gray square dot at the end of the arc.

Could you try this option?

[Anonymous]

Just use Tab when placing the dimension--zoom in closely.

see attached.

Edit: Try using Wall Joins Tool, I used "Miter" option to get this to clean up.

[alex60]

Ok, I am down loading  the sample project for your review and evaluation. I do not take that point in this project.

[Anonymous]

Alex,

There is only one straight wall, with an arched opening in the file you posted.

No curved wall.

[alex60]

Sorry Cliff, It was the wrong file, but it is impossible to upload the project  because of the size.

Alex

[Anonymous]

Can you copy/paste just a couple of walls out of it into a new project and upload it?

[alex60]

I did, also purged all the families and left only two walls and the size is 1.7 MB, not aceptable to upload. I zipped the file and only got 1.6 MB.

Alex

[alex60]

Cliff, I am doing a house project that need to be mirrored. I created a new file, linked the original project file that represent the right hand unit, and mirror the project. The result is this mess. What is the best practice to flip a project in Revit?

[Anonymous]

There is a "mirror project" command. see attached.

[alex60]

I used that command. The geometry flipped fine, but the documentation is also flipped and I don't know how to solve this problem.

Thanks, Alex

[Anonymous]

Perhaps, instead of Linking the original project into a new project and then using "mirror project",

Do a Save-as of the original project, rename it, and then try the "mirror project" command.

( I do remember annotations sometimes not working as expected.)

cheers

[alex60]

I have done that already, but the problem is that this house has a lot of mouldings done with sweep command and the profiles are also flipped when the project is not linked.

I just could make a small project of the walls  and I can upload now. Just try to dimension from the wall to the end of the arc with the option of "face of core"

Thanks Alex

[fawhitaker]

Revit's dimensioning can be a little "finiky" sometimes, but there's usually a reason. When I get in a hurry, I'll place a detail line at the point where I need a dimension and then dimension to that line. When you do have time, it's always best to hit the F1 key and go exploring and experimenting.

[Alfredo_Medina]

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@Anonymous wrote:

...Just try to dimension from the wall to the end of the arc with the option of "face of core"...

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Select the curve wall. Do Disallow Join. Then do Allow Join. Try to dimension again.

[alex60]

I can dimension to the stucco layer end, but in my project I need to dimension to the concrete block layer end, and it is there where the dimension is not working. See the attached image.

Thanks, Alex

[Alfredo_Medina]

It works well here. Dimensioning by faces of core, to the point that you have indicated. (After doing the Disallow-Allow step)

[alex60]

Thanks Alfredo, it worked in the initial file, but I made similar sample of walls to see if it is the solution and unfortunately it did not worked in the second set of walls. See the attached project.

Thanks, alex