connecting and joining linear diemension

[bheng]

hellos,

I have a string of individually drawn diemensions. can i join them together to become one single linear diemension?

[Steve_Stafford]

Sorry, no. You have to edit one string to add the other references. Delete the remaining.

[jcoe]

One thing to watch out for with continuous dimension strings is if you have a single dimension that requires a suffix or prefix, it will be added to the entire string of dimensions. My $.02.

[bheng]

in archicad, i could ctrl click linear diemensions to join them into a string, hoping there would be a similar feature in revit..
it's a shame.. hope it would be adressed in revit Archi 2008'

thanks guys!

[dpasa]

in archicad, i could ctrl click linear diemensions to join them into a string, hoping there would be a similar feature in revit..
it's a shame.. hope it would be adressed in revit Archi 2008'

thanks guys!

I would prefer to see more important problems solved, like replacing text in dims... After all, what Steve proposed won't take more than a few seconds of your time.

[twiceroadsfool]

I would prefer to see more important problems solved, like replacing text in dims... After all, what Steve proposed won't take more than a few seconds of your time.

Replacing text in Dims would be a huge liability in a model. Im probably in the minority, but i hope they never let us override dimensions with text.

[greg.mcdowell]

Well... there needs to be something to deal with this concern. Perhaps an option to move the model dimension beneath the line and enclose it parenthetically with the user defined text above. Something that can accommodate both concerns should be possible (though it's unlikely it'll still satisfy some).

[twiceroadsfool]

Currently we can add a prefix and/or a suffix. Id be sufficiently pleased if you could specify "Suffix below".

I remember at my old jobs working in AutoCAD, the first place id have to look when dimensions didnt jive, or didnt scale, or we got a call from the field saying something is wrong, was the Dim override. And once you found a dim that had been overridden, you had to second guess the rest of the drawing.

Even at situations where youre cutting through an barrel vault. The dimension may, in fact, vary (put in suffix). But wherever that live section is cut, there is STILL an actual dimension. :shrug:

Just my two cents. Dont take them for anything worth more than that. :)

[dpasa]

Replacing text in Dims would be a huge liability in a model. Im probably in the minority, but i hope they never let us override dimensions with text.

I agree 100% but my clients dont... They send me some property lines and coordinates that give me a wall of 3.82m long. They don't want that, they want it to be 3.80m because nobody will measure 3.82 when constructing the building.So, I do have to change them, using some small invisible lines and attach the dimension line to them. For these cases, I would be happy to have text override but generally, it would mess my drawings.

[twiceroadsfool]

See, but i have a problem with that. If they wont measure 3.82, then ill draw it as 3.80. If you cant fit what you want with the dims being 3.80, then they better well measure 3.82, or you arent getting the product you want anyway.

It is, or it isnt. I cant justify drawing something 3.80 and having it be 3.82. Its a recipe for someone not getting what they want. Maybe at .02 difference they wont notice, but maybe they will. :shrug:

[Scott D Davis]

In the case of .02, I would create a dimension type that is set to round off differently than the other dimensions.

[twiceroadsfool]

In the case of .02, I would create a dimension type that is set to round off differently than the other dimensions.

That was my first thought, until i noticed that he said he wanted it to say 3.80. I was thinking, number of places = number of accuracy, back from my high school days, lol...

I dont know, im just finicky and have a huge problem with overridden dimensions. An object either fits or it doesnt.