Only one wall offset option - is this correct?

[barathd]

I am accustomed to having the option of offsetting walls from core face to core face (id or od) seems like Revit only allows you to offset center of wall to center of wall. Is this correct or am I missing something?

Thanks

Dick Barath

[beegee]

It depends where the loc line of the wall is located. The offset works from loc line to loc line.

[barathd]

I meant to say - "without having to go to a d... dialogue box and change the setting." For how intelligent Revit is .... it is equally as dumb.

Regards

Dick Barath

[Scott D Davis]

If you offset a wall 24" from centerline to centerline. Isn't that the same as 24" from outside face to outside face?

[barathd]

Scott:

It certainly is - 24" is 24" no matter what.

Please follow me - here it is in ADT. Start to layout a building - draw one exterior corner. Offset from outside of wall by positioning cursor and then offset opposite outside wall (i.e. 40'). Now pick the outside wall and draw office. Position cursor on inside face of outside wall and offset wall (wall style of your choice) to interior dimension (i.e. 12'). Basically the cursor allows you to choice which type of offset you want no messing with dialog boxes.

Wish the ADT and Revit brains could get together (I realize the programs are totally different) and gleam out the gems that exists in both programs and come up with the better METHODOLOGIES.

Regards

Dick Barath

[aaronrumple]

I think you'll find most Revit users just sketch without paying too much atention to getting the dimensions perfect. I know you do this in ADT because changing things later is too much of a pain. In Revit, I'll sketch, push things around a bit until I'm happy with the design. Then I'll run a string of dimensions and adjust the building using the dimension strings. I find this much faster than trying to get everything right on first placement and better mimics the iterative process of design.