Hi there,
I am very new to Revit so apologies if this question/problem is abit mundane. I am trying to draw some elements in Revit using walls in the architecture tab. The elements are not orthogonal. Every time I want to check /rationalise a dimension the dimension of the line either snaps to another object or snaps orthogonal. I would like to get an aligned dimension so that I can edit the shape.
Is this a settings issue?
Please can somebody advise/help
I have attached a sketch to try an explain what I mean
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You have to use the TAB key on your keyboard to cycle through available items to dimension to. I hover over the corner point, hit tab a few times until it looks like nothing is selected (actually there is a tiny blue selection dot on the corner that's barely visible) and THEN click the mouse to select.
But I'm afraid Revit isn't going to let you alter the dimensions by typing the correct value as it does with orthogonal walls, because changing any one of them would require altering the others and their angles, and it doesn't know how to process that. So you're going to have to plan ahead and place some reference planes to get your layout correct the first time.
can't one assign global parameters to them (the aligned dimensions) then one can adjust...Or not?
I doubt that's going to work any better. The same limitations apply regardless.
To simplify the explanation...imagine you had a triangle and wanted to input a change in length to one side. Should Revit just change the angles of the other two sides or of just one of the other sides? Should Revit just scale the whole triangle evenly? It doesn't have any way to know, so it just doesn't make the dimension editable at all.
@Anonymous hello, just to follow up @chrisplyler suggestion, here is another way of dimensioning angled wall. thanks
Many thanks everyone for your solutions. They are all very helpful.
Still getting used this great new way of working and trying to unlearn AUTOCAD work flow!
@Anonymous hello mate. no worries glad to help. good luck and welcome to the Revit world. thanks
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