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On the ArchiCAD Help Menu, beneath the first two items, you will find two lists of items.
The first list consists of links to PDFs, including the ArchiCAD manuals. The PDFs reside in the Documentation folder within the ArchiCAD folder. Any PDF placed in this folder will appear in the menu.
The second consists of links to web sites. The links reside in the WWWLinks folder within the ArchiCAD folder. Any link placed in this folder will appear in the menu.
What it does:
• Limits the area for a Find & Select.
• Limits the area for a Select All, or a tool-specific Select All.
• Limits the model displayed in the 3D window.
• Marquee-stretches. Elements wholly within are dragged, elements partly within are stretched. Groups off!
• Limits the elements to save as a module. With heavy marquee, makes it possible to save a multi-story module.
• Limits the print area, instead of resizing the window.
• Makes it possible to show section perspectives.
Remember that with a marquee placed, everything in side the marquee is selected for any purpose other than changing settings. All the transformations and copy transformations will work. Delete will work. Eek!
See Also:
ArchiCAD 10 Reference Guide pg. 56
Some are redundant. I will probably think of more.
• Use the 'Working Dims Plan' Layer combination.
• Option+click on existing strings to maintain witness line justification as you move in.
• To add one string's ticks to another, select the string to keep and Cmd+click on the string with the points to add.
• Use the arbitrary angle setting when dimensioning walls, for auto-orientation.
• Use the 'place, rotate, drop' construction method with the CL object.
• To graphically justify a group of witness lines: Select the ticks. With the dimension tool, click on the segment and drag it to the desired justification point. Useful for backing up a few witness lines where the plan is very near.
• When you select a tick, the element the tick is connected to will briefly show as selected. To maintain this effect long enough to actually observe it, hold the mouse button down on the tick.
• Ticks can accumulate at a single point. If you try to delete a tick and it stays put, keep trying.
See also:
Dimensioning, General Principles
When dimensioning, strive for stunning, perfect, complete, beautiful clarity. I'm serious.
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