Cross Section/Elevations Shift

[PitMan71]

This is the first time I have had this come up.... I have had to shift a detached garage on a plan both forward and over to fit on a lot. Being detached I have elevations of just the garage. After moving the garage around all of my notes/dimensions on the elevations are now not lined up. What is the best practice to get things lined up again? 

 

Thanks

[Joe_Carrick]

Use Labels in lieu of Notes or Text.  The Labels are automatically attached to the objects and when the objects move so do their Labels.

[robdyck]

1 hour ago, PitMan71 said:

What is the best practice to get things lined up again?

#1 Never draw a detached garage in the same plan file as another building. Draw the garage in it's own plan file. It just is the best option, even though there are reasons why we may want them together.

#2 To your original issue: If you don't remember or know the exact distance of movement, you can open an archive file and take note of the distance moved for the building. There will be 2 values: x and y. Take note of these values and it can be helpful to use polylines to assist with tracking the corner to corner movement of the building. In each elevation view, you can select all the annotations at once, begin the drag to move process and then press 'tab'. Enter the values of the distance which you would have copied to you clipboard (it will be positive for one side and negative for the opposite side). Further to the original concept of finding the exact coordinates, you can place a marker in the original plan view on a corner of the garage. Copy-paste-in-place into the current plan file and then copy to the new matching building corner. Draw a polyline from marker to marker so that you can copy the temporary dimensions to the clipboard for future use.

[BenPalmer]

46 minutes ago, robdyck said:

#1 Never draw a detached garage in the same plan file as another building. Draw the garage in it's own plan file. It just is the best option, even though there are reasons why we may want them together.

Agree with @robdyck this is how I handle these as well.

[PitMan71]

5 hours ago, robdyck said:

#1 Never draw a detached garage in the same plan file as another building. Draw the garage in it's own plan file. It just is the best option, even though there are reasons why we may want them together.

#2 To your original issue: If you don't remember or know the exact distance of movement, you can open an archive file and take note of the distance moved for the building. There will be 2 values: x and y. Take note of these values and it can be helpful to use polylines to assist with tracking the corner to corner movement of the building. In each elevation view, you can select all the annotations at once, begin the drag to move process and then press 'tab'. Enter the values of the distance which you would have copied to you clipboard (it will be positive for one side and negative for the opposite side). Further to the original concept of finding the exact coordinates, you can place a marker in the original plan view on a corner of the garage. Copy-paste-in-place into the current plan file and then copy to the new matching building corner. Draw a polyline from marker to marker so that you can copy the temporary dimensions to the clipboard for future use.

Thanks.... #2 This is pretty much what I ended up doing..... regarding #1, totally agree. This garage is attached by way of a breezeway. I should have been more clear on that.

Thanks to everyone for the information. This is all a great help.