Hi guys, is there any chance of creating the dimensions for the holes (windows and doors) like the attached image?
Yes, you can create a tag style using a block (containing a horizontal line) here:
After you create the tag, you will need to define the content using the syntax “\n” between the two properties to show them in two different lines. For example, I defined my content like this: “%<element.width>%\n%<element.height>%”. In order to have tags vertical to the opening, you just need to to choose the “Vertical” orientation in the tag properties:
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Very cool. Testing this out in rhino 8 using imperial units and it looks like there is some werid alignment that happens between the block and the tag. The block tends to float a few feet away from the tag. I tried this with a few different blocks and it seems to consistently position it a few feet away.
Hi @arcus,
It looks like a bug… We will let you know when it is solved.
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Hi, is not solved yet?
Hi @Alessandro_Barbisan, this is a bug introduced in VisualARQ 3 Beta (still pending to be fixed), but it should work fine already with VisualARQ 2. Just make sure you define the middle point of the line as the block base point. If you have any cases where it doesn’t work, please share the file.
Ah ok, ,i thought was a bug in VisualArq 2, so i’ll test it and i let you know. Thank you!
Everything works! thank you! I would like to reduce the number of decimal places (from three to two) and change the ‘dot’ to a ‘comma’. I tried changing these settings in the Rhino’s dimension settings but it’s not working, how can I do it?
Hi @Alessandro_Barbisan the number of decimals in tags is determined by the Document Units Display Precison:
Unfortunately, it is not possible to change it by tag style or object. We have plans to improve this in future versions, so I’ll let you know when this is possible.
Ok thank you, and is not possible to change the “dot” decimal separator with the “comma”?
Hi again, I don’t know if that is possible.
VisualARQ takes the criterion of Rhino to use dots or commas in decimal numbers. And I believe Rhino takes the settings of Windows to use dots or commas. Or at least it should. I’ve tried to check my settings in my Windows (Windows Settings > Region…), but I already have commas as decimal symbol… and Rhino uses dots. So I might be wrong, but I guess Rhino is not aware of that setting and uses dots always.
I’ve tried to change some windows settings but nothing change on rhinoceros, hope ncneel will fix it.
Hi Alessandro -
I’ve never been able to resolve issues with the McNeel licenses for VisualARQ so I can’t really tell what’s going on here…
You can set the decimal separator for dimensions to comma’s in the annotation style. For text fields, you will need to use Python syntax to format strings. Something like the following will use a comma, use one decimal digit, and place a space to separate thousands.
%<format(Area("[ID]"),"03,.1f").replace(",", " ").replace(".", ",")>%
-wim
@fsalla @alfmelbev did you solve this bug? because in VA3 with Rhino8 doesn’t work and i don’t know how to solve it.
Hi @Alessandro_Barbisan which bug do you mean? the wrong alignment of the text with the line inside the tag?
This should work fine in VisualARQ 3. We have even added a Tag style for those cases (it’s called “Opening Dimensions with breakline”). It’s available in VisualARQ templates.
If it still doesn’t work for you, please share a file to test.
Good morning,
I didn’t know that you had included the dimensioning of windows/doors with that type of dimension display in the templates (I was using on VA3 the style I had created on VA2, but it wasn’t working). Now that I’ve used the new tag created by you, it displays the dimensions correctly. I just have one request: would it be possible to shift the text from the center of the dimension line? As I’ve shown in the photo I’ve attached.
@wim Awesome! Where do I need to insert this syntax? I don’t know how to use Python, that’s why I’m asking you.
Hi Alessandro -
As I wrote back then, that applies to text fields (and I would think mostly Area, CurveLength, and Volume) in Rhino. I don’t know how this applies to tags in VisualARQ.
-wim
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Yes! you can do that from the tag styles dialog, changing the Text alignment
If you set the “Annotation Style” to “by Object”, you will be able to edit the text alignment from the Tag properties panel.
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Thank you!!!