misterwiley Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Can Chief Architect create orthographic details with dimensions like the follow image? If so how would you add the dimensions? If not in Chief then what software would you do a simple detail like this in and then import into Chief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Sketchup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterwiley Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Thanks, yeah sketch up is probably my best bet for something like this I’d guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 This is a good example of just picking your poison. Yes, you can use another program, but then again, you can also just do it all in Chief. There are several tricks to do so, but the easiest (especially considering your B&W line drawing example) is probably just to take an Orthographic 3D view>CAD Detail From View and just draw dimension in manually. You could also optionally use Plot Lines and manually insert the desired dimensions in Layout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 11 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said: This is a good example of just picking your poison. Yes, you can use another program, but then again, you can also just do it all in Chief. There are several tricks to do so, but the easiest (especially considering your B&W line drawing example) is probably just to take an Orthographic 3D view>CAD Detail From View and just draw dimension in manually. You could also optionally use Plot Lines and manually insert the desired dimensions in Layout. Thanks. In terms of duplicating the B&W example shown, is there a way to force the camera view to standard isometric angles? Also can the extensions of an angled dimension line be made vertical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterwiley Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said: This is a good example of just picking your poison. Yes, you can use another program, but then again, you can also just do it all in Chief. There are several tricks to do so, but the easiest (especially considering your B&W line drawing example) is probably just to take an Orthographic 3D view>CAD Detail From View and just draw dimension in manually. You could also optionally use Plot Lines and manually insert the desired dimensions in Layout. When you say manually entered dimensions I assume you mean manually type out the dimension as text rather then use the built in dimension tools. I just did a test using the method you suggested which worked great but the dimensions are all wrong because Chief can't really dimension 3D objects like sketchup can. The attached image shows a 24" base cabinet, a 45" upper cabinet, and a wall height of 8'. All the dimensions are slightly less then the actuals. For simple details typing the dimensions out as text might actual still be faster then using a 3rd party program though. Thanks Micheal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 46 minutes ago, misterwiley said: When you say manually entered dimensions I assume you mean manually type out the dimension as text rather then use the built in dimension tools. Yes. This could be done entirely from scratch using CAD objects OR by editing the dimension text and just suppressing the dimension value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Chrisb222 said: In terms of duplicating the B&W example shown, is there a way to force the camera view to standard isometric angles? Yes. 3D>Isometric Views 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Chrisb222 said: Also can the extensions of an angled dimension line be made vertical? I personally think these types of views are best done by just drawing the extension lines using CAD and then using a Point to Point Dimension. Here's a quick example... ...also note that if the view is set up properly using the Isometric View tools that you may not even have to manually modify any of your dimension values. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said: Yes. 3D>Isometric Views Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 SU is super quick at this, and there's a snapping feature for text alignment that's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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