Hello everyone,
Is there any automatic way of inserting dimensions at certain distance from walls? It would help me to keep my drawings consistent.
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Are you talking about about Dimension Snaps? Nevermind ![]()
My Revit has always had some intelligence in that area. Seems to understand alignment.
@AlejandroSalasSierra wrote:
Hello everyone,
Is there any automatic way of inserting dimensions at certain distance from walls? It would help me to keep my drawings consistent.
Not that I know of. You can only keep the spacing between strings of dimensions consistent, but not from the dimensions to the hosts.
I think that would be a useful parameter to have, as it would keep the drawings consistent and it would accelerate the process, as it would place the dimensions at either side of the reference point automatically.
I wonder if something might not be right with your Revit installation. Are you talking about offset of the dimension row from the object itself, or the distance between each row of dimensions?
If the later, subsequent rows placed above or below, should be controlled by the "Dimension Snap Line Distance" under the Dimension Type Properties. If the former; Yes, that's always been judgement call for the drafter, and never really finalized until sheet setup time. It's always being tweaked; not based on Ansi Y14 Drafting Standards, but based on what looks good on paper.
Please, Autodesk, add this feature. At least to be able to stretch the dimension a certain distance.
@anielson wrote:Please, Autodesk, add this feature. At least to be able to stretch the dimension a certain distance.
What feature are we talking about specifically?
BTW: you can post suggestions/ideas here:
I second @anielson on that. It would accelerate dimension placing so much. Allplan already has such feature for many years. Or , at least, give a temporary visual reference of how far the dimension line will be to the wall. When drawing any line or object we get visual reference (distance) from other object(s), but not with dimension lines. No visual reference. Why?
On screen, distances between dimension lines and objects may appear a lot smaller than on paper. Far spaced dimension lines are very hard to read, almost out of sight.
@anielson @AlejandroSalasSierra @ipselute @barthbradley @ToanDN
Using the free "Align" plug-in from BIM 42, I found a way to position the first dimension a nominated distance from the host. The initial set up only takes a minute or two.
First Steps:
Using the Plug-in:
Finishing Up:
I have attached a 2023 file for improvements, reference or copying.
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