dimensioning to wall exteriors

[ray salmon]

have wall to be placed at finish face exterior
but when dims are put the witness line goes to the center
have to keep draggin the extension line to the right place..

thot this supposed to be automatic.

r

[Scott D Davis]

Change the settings for Dimensions in the Options bar before placing them. Tell Revit if you want Face of Core(int/ext), or Face of Finish (int/ext), or Centerline.

[Firmso]

Change the settings for Dimensions in the Options bar....

Or, by pressing the Tab key.

[ray salmon]

Change the settings for Dimensions in the Options bar before placing them. Tell Revit if you want Face of Core(int/ext), or Face of Finish (int/ext), or Centerline.

still no see.

[Firmso]

still no see.
Wait, it keeps moving to the center or, you no see?

[ray salmon]

yep..

walls are set to finish face... but dim extensions go to center still

much tears

r

[Firmso]

Is this happening generally with dimensioned walls?

[Scott D Davis]

yep..

walls are set to finish face... but dim extensions go to center still

much tears

r

Setting the walls to Finish Face and setting the dimensions to Finish Face are two separate operations. One is for how you place walls, and the other is for how you dimension them.

Click the Dim tool from the Design Bar. Now before placing a dimension, look at the Options Bar, along the top of the drawing window. Change the drop-down at "Prefer:" to one of the other options besides centerline which is the default.