Dimensioning Details

[KGC]

We are having issues with being able to dimension in drafting views. Some of the details have been imported from autocad, but then redrawn in Revit. I thought that i could get away with drawings lines where needed, and then hiding them, but that will also hide the dimension.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Kenton

[Andre Carvalho]

We are having issues with being able to dimension in drafting views. Some of the details have been imported from autocad, but then redrawn in Revit. I thought that i could get away with drawings lines where needed, and then hiding them, but that will also hide the dimension.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Kenton

Can't you pick the DWG lines to dimension instead?

Ander Carvalho

[bpayne.126173]

I see what you mean, Have you tried using a Ref Plane instead. Do a test plot of that view with the option to "Hide Reference Planes" checked and see if it will hide them but keep the dimension.

If that doesn't work, you might have to draw in detail lines for the dimension string, and text on top.

Just a thought....

[dhurtubise]

One best practice is to NEVER dimension the linked DWG file. That will prevent for errors if the DWG is modified.
Any time you hide elements that are dimensionned, Revit will hide the dimension to (make sense to me)
So use ref plane or create full revit detail

[KGC]

The DWG lines were already converted to be detail lines in Revit

[Andre Carvalho]

One best practice is to NEVER dimension the linked DWG file. That will prevent for errors if the DWG is modified.

I agree, if it is linked. But if it isn't there's no problem, is there Daniel?

Andre Carvalho

[KGC]

Correct, the DWG is not linked. We didnt have time nor the personal to do some of the details in Revit, so they were done in AutoCAD, and now we are bringing them into Revit, and then converting them into Revit.

[dhurtubise]

No theres no problem but if you hide the dimensionned element obviously the dim wil disappear