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mrmoo

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So in my Revit Training Class I ran into an issue: When I attempted to place a Dimension string, I found that there was nothing to snap to...  this upset me.  Not just because AutoCAD could do it, but because I began drafting on the board.  When board drafting you space annotations, dimensions and views in a rather mathmatical fashion.  It is technical drawing that we're doing here, not just an art project.  Dimension lines are spaced at a regular distance from objects.  Views are centered in their alloted space and so on.  When i brought this issue to the instructor, he simly brushed it off and said that i was being far too nit-picky.  But I ask you this:  What is the point of having dimensions that can snap to each other at a regular distance, when they can't do the same to the model?  It creates dimension strings at different distances on different axis with respect to the model.

Here's my thought...  Why not allow annotative objects and views to snap to / allign to reference planes or a similar "go between"? I realize that annotative objects and model objects are entirely different and that's likely why they don't commuticate to each other, but somehow there needs to be something to bridge that gap to create a level of consistency in a drawing.

I really appreciate how similar to board drafting Revit is, and how fluid and intuitive the interface can be, but these are things that one would not eyeball in any drawing done by hand; why would we allow a computer program which is designed to be more accurate than a hand drawn sheet guess on something that we would measure?

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I totally feel you MrMoo. The same goes for placing a view at a sheet. I would like to put a same kind of floor on the same place as the level above or underneath.

Off course I do know that the drawings aren't going to be better or worse if they are on the exact same position. But it's just a case of working consistantly, that is what I'm telling my new colleagues all the time.

If you do things at a certain matter (in stead of just dropping a view any place you want), in the end you will find out that your work is getting a better result.

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