Dimension like Revit

[dmcnabb]

The align tool will let you select nearly anything with the first click and then the 2nd click (which you can also select just about anything)and it will move the item and align it exactly with the first item you selected. It will let you align walls to walls or cabinets to edges,etc. chief's pt.to pt. move is similar, but not as clean or as universal with the things you can align so cleanly.

The dimension tool is also a tool that will dimension nearly anything anyway. It's hard to type how it works, it's just a better tool than chief. I just got the 2 license of X5 and maybe these two items are better in X5, not sure. And it is very possible that chief can do these two things as well or better and I just have not discovered yet. Believe me, chief is my choice, but Revit has a few cool (slick) tools that I really like .

[dshall]

The align tool will let you select nearly anything with the first click and then the 2nd click (which you can also select just about anything)and it will move the item and align it exactly with the first item you selected. It will let you align walls to walls or cabinets to edges,etc. chief's pt.to pt. move is similar, but not as clean or as universal with the things you can align so cleanly.

I THINK I GET THIS, I WILL LET CA FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN TWO SEPARATE DIMENSION STRINGS............ AS OF NOW, I DON'T THINK I CAN, CA, PLEASE MAKE IT SO, THANK YOU.

The dimension tool is also a tool that will dimension nearly anything anyway. It's hard to type how it works, it's just a better tool than chief. I just got the 2 license of X5 and maybe these two items are better in X5, not sure. And it is very possible that chief can do these two things as well or better and I just have not discovered yet. Believe me, chief is my choice, but Revit has a few cool (slick) tools that I really like .

YEP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT WITH THIS STATEMENT AND SO I AM ASSUMING CA DOES NOT EITHER. I HAVE SEEN HOW REVIT DIMENSIONS WORK, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN HOW THEY ARE BETTER........... BUT DON'T KNOW FOR SURE

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[Glenn Woodward]

It's not clear what align even means.
Does it mean to match the rotation angle, align an edge vertically or horizontally, etc. More info needed.

You also need to be a bit clearer on what the dimensioning won't do.

[dshall]

It's not clear what align even means.........

You also need to be a bit clearer on what the dimensioning won't do.

Align in my case would mean (2) separate dimensions strings to align with each other and if possibly to join in one continuous dimension string. I sometimes create two strings separately but I may want them to meld into one string, at the very least to be in alignment.

And yes, I agree that to be clearer it is helpful to explain what CA does not do vs. what we want...... the clearer the request, the greater the chance of implementation

[Glenn Woodward]

D Dot Scott,

I can tell you how to align dimension strings, but I don't think that you can merge them.

Say you have 2 horizontal dim strings that have different offsets from horizontal.
Select both dim lines.
On the Edit toolbar, select the second icon from the end (Align and/or Evenly Distribute The Selected Objects).
In the Align/Distribute Objects dbx, check Mopve Objects Vertically to: Centers.
OK.
Done.

[dshall]

Thanks, I will check it out in he AM.