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Dear all, The task is easy - I need to redesign rooms and can measure inside (interior) dimensions of walls. So I need to draw this room know only this figures. The problem is to automatically calculate wall sizes and to dimension it... That is common practice to do such a task? Or to dimension from corner to some appliance on wall etc... p.s. I use Revit 2009, I know about TAB key, it doesn't help 
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I read your question but, I its unclear what you are trying to accomplish and what the problem is...
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when drawing walls change the loc line in your options bar to finish face interior. then you are drawing with dimensions of the lengths of the interior face of walls. also make sure that you have the right dimensions to be working with. you are inevitably going to need the angles of those two walls to get the drawing right (especially if they are different angles) if they are the same angle and you know the wall between them is centered then you can use......easy math......
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lunchtrayrider, U see image attached in the first post? I need the exactly these dimensions, but dynamically changes with walls etc.
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"I read your question but, I its unclear what you are trying to accomplish and what the problem is..."
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Dimensions like that require 1 end of it to be a line. so picking two points in the corner in a plan view wont work. You could however make an elevation of it and then dimension it. (because you'll have two lines to dimension to) the other one (some sort of fixture?) you could put a reference plane in the family and then dimension to the reference plane and the point in the corner. if this family were wall or face based it would move with the wall and the dimension would dynamically adjust. so in order to create a dimension you'll need a line and a point or two lines.
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also you could creatively use linear dimensions to get something that would work
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I don't know why all the fuss. I draw a temporary line perpindicular to the diagonal wall somewhere inear the middle of it. Then I dimension from it to the point on both ends. Then I edit the dimension line removing the witness to the temporary line and delete the line. A little pain but easy enough to do.
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interesting work around wwhub, have you found this to be fully dynamic?
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I'm trying to find out some solution based on creation new family, or even Revit API - any thoughts? It's strange to me - very usual task for interior designers but so powerful tool has this pity weakness. Main Revit ideology - you should draw the same as you're going to build - the same sequency of steps etc. But it very natural to build wall and measure from room corner to some point rather than recalculate from X,Y positions...
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WWHub - nice solution, thank you. The only pitfall - in opposite to temporary dimensions I can't change wall size by modifying this dimension. Any workaround?
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The dimension can not be dynamic in that it will not act as a temporary dimension. The only way this dimension can change is to move one of the three walls.
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