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I've just started using revit yesterday and I did a search but couldn't find the answer to what I was looking for, so I'm posting it here. How can I make a dimension that goes from point A to point B, even if point A and/or B are not a line, endpoint, or any piece of geometry? I know in AutoCAD you can simply draw a dimension from anypoint to another point, regardless of if there's geometry or not. Is there a way to do this in Revit? Does this make sense? If not, let me know and I can try to explain it a bit more clearly.
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as far as I know you need to have something to reference to. In teh past i have drawn white lines and used those, that way they dont show up when you print. but then you lose the parametric beauty of the program...
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I'm not meaning to be rude or anything, but why would you want to?? I used to use ( lets call them fake dimensions for lack of a better word) in autocad but revit forces you to draw everything accurately and therefore dimension everything accurately.
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or create another dimension type and have it set to round up to the closest inch or whatever you need.
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i cant even think of an example of the last time i had to use 'fake dimensions' but i know i have had to do it. Oh maybe to overlay a hiddel line 3d view i would add dimensions once it was placed on a sheet, because you cant dimension in 3d like you can in sketchup. (maybe you can now i havent tried it for a few releases.)
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When we do it, we use a reference plane so we can still see what is dimensioned.
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I will try the whiteline option and see if that works out for me. On this topic, I need to draw a dimension down the centerline of some steel pieces, but there's no grip points to attach a dimension to in the center of the structures, so does this mean I'd have to use this white line technique, or is there another way? I included an example of the detail as it looks in AutoCAD I appreciate the help.
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In Revit, we would have a reference plane in the family (bm) that we can dimension to..... Do you really dimension to the center of the flanges? What country / standards to you use for that?
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We're a firm in the US. While I might be fresh out of college, the last 5 firms I've interned or worked at have done dimensioning like this in some form in at least one detail or drawing. I wouldn't consider this something absolutly insane or off-beat.
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I'm wondering if the new releases of Revit have brought some change to this inability. The reasoning I have for the need is to create our wall type schedule (attached as photo). Do I have to create this as a detail, with basic lines, rather than a legend that contains the literal wall type inserted?
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We use legend components but we add small yick lines for dimensioning.
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