How to move cursor othographically?

[Anonymous]

How can I set the cursor so that it move orthographically?

I'm used to AutoCAD's looking so neat with all of the arrows from notes looking nice and parallel.

In Revit, the lines are always at some angle other than 0 or 90 degrees.

Any help out there?

Thanks -KLYPH

[safakgunes]

You mean like snaps configurations?

[Sahay_R]

In order to stack notes and text - create the text and move it around - you will see guidelines pop up showing you when the text lines up.

Normally Revit is pretty good about drawing in Ortho mode. Try holding down the Shift key when you draw.

Or you could play with Snaps settings to find what you are comfortable working with.

[Anonymous]

"Snap" in REVIT must mean something different that in AutoCAD.
I will check out "Snap" in HELP.
What I mean is that when I move the cursor right or left, the line is at 0-dregrees (or 180)
When I move the cursor up o down, the line is at 90-degrees (or 270).
Thanks for your quick reply -KLYPH

[Anonymous]

What I want is when I have a series of notes, I want the arrows to be horizontal, and all parallel with each other.

It's easy in AutoCAD.

In REVIT, none of the arrows area at "0" degrees, so, they all look crocked.

I've looked at SNAPS, but it doesn't seem to apply to Note arrows.

Any help out there?

[Sahay_R]

@Anonymous - for horizontal arrows - I would select the highlighted option while adding notes. This will give horizontal leaders with no angles

[Anonymous]

No, using that merely connects the arrow head to the note. It also ends up a little crocked.

You must have some setting which makes you horizontal lines truly at 0 degrees.

I can't find anyway in REVIT.

I noticed that in SNAPS, it won't let me enter "0".

I'm lost -KLYPH

[aRcHiTeCt.JM]

.... not the best solution 

... but I have been drawing reference planes to get to that

..... at least is fast and easy....

[RobDraw]

As @Sahay_R mentioned. The guidelines are quite useful for this.

[Anonymous]

Wait, wait, I'm getting lost.

I even adjusted my SNAP, but, now, I'm so confused that I can't even remember where one goes to adjust my SNAPS. The pressure comes from this Project's Due Date is today.

[cbcarch]

Manage Tab> Snaps

[Anonymous]

Thanks. I needed that help.

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous: Are you talking about Angular Snap Increments?  

[Anonymous]

All I want is that when I draw an arrow for a note, that the arrow line be level. That when the arrow line runs from left to right, the ends of the arrow should have the same "Y". It's easy in AutoCAD. It seems that in REVIT, everyone doesn't mind that off level lines. It's not really something one should have to spend time researching, but, no one has found an easy answer, or even seem to care.

[barthbradley]

...oops. Sorry @cbcarch. Didn't mean to step on your toes.  My bad.

[barthbradley]

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@Anonymous wrote:
 ...no one has found an easy answer, or even seem to care.

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If I were a lesser man, I might take offense to that statement.  I'm sure you didn't mean it that way.  Right buddy? 

[RobDraw]

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@Anonymous wrote:
All I want is that when I draw an arrow for a note, that the arrow line be level. That when the arrow line runs from left to right, the ends of the arrow should have the same "Y". It's easy in AutoCAD. It seems that in REVIT, everyone doesn't mind that off level lines. It's not really something one should have to spend time researching, but, no one has found an easy answer, or even seem to care.

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It is easy in Revit. If you are close to horizontal, Revit will snap to it, kind of like object snap tracking in AutoCAD. Revit doesn't show the tracking line though. Alternatively, you can get it to ortho after you draw it with a grip edit.

[Anonymous]

This would seem to be the solution, BUT down in the "Angular Dimension snap increments", it will not accept a "0.00" degree angle, nor a "180.0" degree angle.

[barthbradley]

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@Anonymous wrote:

This would seem to be the solution, BUT down in the "Angular Dimension snap increments", it will not accept a "0.00" degree angle, nor a "180.0" degree angle.

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Aren't those the defaults? Orthogonal.  X and Y.  

[Anonymous]

When I draw the arrow for a note, the line is level, BUT as soon as I click the end, it's no longer level.

In a series of notes, one arrow might rise to the right, the next goes slightly down, the next no one can predict.

It really looks sloppy.

I do not have this trouble with AutoCAD, but, I've only been using it since the 1980s.

The sensitivity of the mouse is probably the problem, but, how to fix it?