POLYLINES

NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DIMENSION POLYLINES OUT TO OUT NOT CENTERLINE TO CENTERLINE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO CONVERT THOSE TO AN ELEVATION LOOK.

 

Just make sure your 'snap' setting to End point is switched on (hit "E") then the dimension line should snap to it.

If you really were struggling, you could "Explode" the polyline and snap to each of the seperate line segments, but you shouldn't have to do that.

 

HEY GADGET,

THE DIMENSIONING IDEA DID NOT WORK, BUT WHERE I AM USING IT IS IN THE BUILDING WIZARD. IT SEEMS THAT IT IS EASIER TO USE EXCEPT FOR THE DIMENSIONING. IT DIMENSIONS TO THE CL NOT THE ENDS. IS THERE A WAY TO MODIFY THAT JUSTIFICATION.

WITH THE ELEVATIONS. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A WAY IN THERE TO SPECIFY WALL HGTS. AND MAKE THE ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE WITHOUT HAVING TO REDRAW IT. (MAYBE IN 3-D SOMEWHERE)

 

IT DIMENSIONS TO THE CL NOT THE ENDS. IS THERE A WAY TO

?? Do you mean that the "from" and "to" points snap to the centers, or that the text within the line is always centered?

The first one, you need to click on the start and end points, not just click on the line. The "snap toolbar" is usefull to tell you which snaps are on and off (and to turn them on/off)
{Note: the letters on each snap button correspond to keyboard shortcuts to toggle them}

The second one: the text will always be initially placed in the middle of the dimension line, but you can default it above, below or within the line ("Format Dimension" button on the interactive toolbar)
One the dimension text is in place however, you can double click on it, then move the text's anchor point wherever you want. (click on the main 'select direct' arrow to exit this mode)

Yes and no: Sketch is a 2D package. It works in 2D space like a sheet of paper and a pen. But in the same way as you can physically draw a 3D image on a peice of paper, you can use Sketch to draw a 3D image:
There are tools that will help in this: what you want to do is "Transform Top Isometric" (it's a button somewhere) and select your plan - this will squish it to look like it's on the top/bottom of a 3D box.
You then need to draw a vertical line from one of the corners whatever height you want the wall to be. (use the "Isometric Right" and "Isometric Left" with the "Isometric Grid R/L" to make sure you draw them on the correct plane.)
Then just copy that line to all the intersection points on your wall.
Once done, the "Trim Channel" is a usefull tool to knock out bits of lines that would be behind walls.

(There are lots of tips and tricks to doing this - if you get stuck on a particular thing, just ask)

Hope this helps

Gadget