Dimension to corner of angled walls

[PhilvK]

Is it possible to dimension to the inside corner of angled walls like shown below without having to add reference lines? I cannot seem to snap to either endpoints or intersections.

 

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

You can do it, but it takes finesse.  If you press the tab at the that inside corner, it'll cycle to a very small green dot. That's the point to select.  Begin dimension from the corner return and find the inside corner point last.  

If Revit refuses to cooperate, then lay down a Ref. Plane at that inside corner and dimension from the corner return to that Ref. Plane.   

[PhilvK]

Thank you! I thought that was the answer but have not had any success
tabbing to the green dot.

[PhilvK]

Got it! Thanks!!

[barthbradley]

This will help too: disallow automatic joining, dimension, and use Join Geometry tool to hide the visible edges where the wall intersect.  

[PhilvK]

Already got to the green dot without any further measures. Thanks again.

[rmc9WR3X]

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@barthbradley wrote:

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Begin dimension from the corner return ...  

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Can you explain what you mean by "corner return", or screenshot one?

Thank you for posting about the tiny green dot. I wonder how many years I could've gone without ever noticing that thing. So tiny.

[rmc9WR3X]

I got it. You cut the corner of the wall with a longer corner than you want. To dimension it you grab the tiny green dots on the outside cut. Once the angled dimension is in place you grab its handles and drag them to the inside cut's tiny green dots. Now you can resize the cut of the wall however you need it (if you try to go too small the outside corner won't automatically change to a right angle, so you'll have to play with wall thickness or some other trick).

[PhilvK]

I usually just use reference planes nowadays like @barthbradley suggested above.

[ToanDN]

Sequence of picking.

[rmc9WR3X]

The tricky part is dealing with an interior wall angle.

[ToanDN]

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@rmc9WR3X wrote:

The tricky part is dealing with an interior wall angle.

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Not necessary.  Just use TAB generously at those corners until you see a blue dot.

[rmc9WR3X]

Ah, thanks. It's the second "dot" in the Tab sequence. I have good vision and a good monitor and I can't see them at all unless I'm focused on the nearly imperceptible shift in pixels that occurs after Tabbing near the intersections (while knowing that a shift is going to occur). Arcane knowledge is fun but it doesn't scale very well.