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11-27-2012, 04:11 PM #1Registered User Promoted
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Dimension like Revit
I own 2 license of chief and really love this software. I use Revit for most commercial work and I feel that their dimensioning tools are the best I have ever used. Also they have an "align"tool that works great. Chief needs these 2 tools. If I had never used Revit I may not know any difference, but those Revit tools are much better than chiefs.
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11-27-2012, 04:22 PM #2D. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
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11-27-2012, 04:36 PM #3Registered User Promoted
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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 .
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11-27-2012, 04:42 PM #4D. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
San Diego, Ca.
Chief X-5 w/ Win 7
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The videos we watch are not 100% gold, but if we find a gold nugget, the time spent viewing has a value.
We can please some of the people some of the time, but we can't please all the people all of the time..... but I will keep trying.
If you are interested in keeping abreast of any new videos, please subscribe to my channel at YOUTUBE...... channel is ds hall
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11-27-2012, 05:28 PM #5
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.Glenn
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11-27-2012, 05:33 PM #6
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 implementationD. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
San Diego, Ca.
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The videos we watch are not 100% gold, but if we find a gold nugget, the time spent viewing has a value.
We can please some of the people some of the time, but we can't please all the people all of the time..... but I will keep trying.
If you are interested in keeping abreast of any new videos, please subscribe to my channel at YOUTUBE...... channel is ds hall
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11-27-2012, 05:59 PM #7
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.Glenn
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11-27-2012, 06:01 PM #8
Thanks, I will check it out in he AM.
D. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
San Diego, Ca.
Chief X-5 w/ Win 7
Asus P6T X58 ATX Core i7
Intel Core i7 920
6GB (3X2) DDR3 1600
NVIDIA GeForce 580 GTX
The videos we watch are not 100% gold, but if we find a gold nugget, the time spent viewing has a value.
We can please some of the people some of the time, but we can't please all the people all of the time..... but I will keep trying.
If you are interested in keeping abreast of any new videos, please subscribe to my channel at YOUTUBE...... channel is ds hall
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12-04-2012, 09:05 AM #9Registered User Promoted
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I'm pretty sure I know what you're looking for with the align tool, and we already have one. Its called the "align/distribute objects" tool. If you click on one object, and then hold the control key and click on another (and another, and another if you wish) it will show up. Try it out and see if that does what you're looking for.
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12-04-2012, 12:02 PM #10
This tool works pretty well, but it could have been better. I was beta testing when it came out (in X3). I can't remember the programmer that was in charge of this feature, but I submitted feedback that is was a nice tool, but that the control of it was a little vague in some cases.
For example. If you select 2 polylines, and envoke the "align top edges" command, it will always pick the top-most edge of the selected items to align them to. In other programs with similar tools, the process is similar except that it will align the top edges to the object you selected first. Much better in that it is intuitive, and easy to align multiple objects to the edge of any object, I explained this to them. But, they responded that they could easily accomplish that, but didn't see the value in that extra control. Obviously, they only write the programming, and not use the tool in their work.
Unfortunately, I think this is the case with many of Chief's tools. So close, and then development to refine the tool stops because to the programmer, it is appears to be a done deal.Kind Regards,
Dave Pitman
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12-04-2012, 02:27 PM #11Grumpy Old User
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12-04-2012, 03:13 PM #12
Unfortunately, I think this is the case with many of Chief's tools. So close, and then development to refine the tool stops because to the programmer, it is appears to be a done deal.
Ron:
nothing to criticise here
it's a true statement.....
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12-04-2012, 03:37 PM #13
Dave,
There is another tool that will do what you want quite easily.
Select the lines you want to move.
On the Edit toolbar, select the tool on the end (it really doesn't have a name - but I think it is Align to Line, not the Align and/or Evenly Distribute tool that you have been using).
Select the other line that you want to align with.
The Align to Line dbx will open.
Under Alignment check Centers. OK.Glenn
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12-04-2012, 05:42 PM #14
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12-04-2012, 07:39 PM #15D. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
San Diego, Ca.
Chief X-5 w/ Win 7
Asus P6T X58 ATX Core i7
Intel Core i7 920
6GB (3X2) DDR3 1600
NVIDIA GeForce 580 GTX
The videos we watch are not 100% gold, but if we find a gold nugget, the time spent viewing has a value.
We can please some of the people some of the time, but we can't please all the people all of the time..... but I will keep trying.
If you are interested in keeping abreast of any new videos, please subscribe to my channel at YOUTUBE...... channel is ds hall