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1 Please Note: If you're new to Revit, you may be interested in my " Beginner's Guide to Revit Architecture " 84 part video tutorial training course. The course is 100% free with no catches or exclusions. You don't even need to sign-up. Just enjoy the course and drop me line if you found it useful. The full course itinerary can be viewed here Welcome to this Revit Zone article on Dimension types. In this article we are going to take a look at all the various types of dimensions that are available to you within Revit. For each dimension type, we will describe it s type and take a look at an example of it in use. In a separate article we will take a look at how you can customise the look of your dimensions (overriding the automatic values, for example). Please also note that this article focuses on permanent dimensions- as opposed to temporary dimensions, which will be discussed in a separate article. The dimension tools available to you can be found on the Annotate menu, in the Dimension tab.. 1 / 13

2 Aligned dimensions The first dimension type that we are going to look at are Aligned Dimensions. The key thing to note about Aligned Dimensions are that they can be placed between 2 or more parallel references or 2 or more points- wall ends for example. The dimensions in the image below are all Aligned Dimensions. 2 / 13

3 One important thing to note here is that when you select Aligned to start dimensioning, the Options bar presents you with some important choices that will aid you in creating your dimensions. You will see above that you have a choice as to what Revit snaps to when dimensioning. The Place Dimension drop down box contains Wall centrelines, Wall faces, Centre of core and Faces of core. The second choice you have when placing your dimensions are Pick. 3 / 13

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5 Angular dimensions As you may expect, Angular Dimensions are used to measure the angle between two reference points that share a common intersection. Quite simply click on the first reference element (be it a line, wall, etc) and then on the second one. Radial dimensions Radial dimensions are used for measuring the distance from an arc to it s centre point. In the case of Walls, you can measure either to the wall centreline or the wall face. Pressing the tab key when defining your dimension will toggle between wall face and wall centreline. 5 / 13

6 Arc Length dimensions Radial dimensions are used for measuring the distance along an arc segment. This could be a line or wall. Again the Tab key will toggle between centrelines and faces, in the case of walls. 6 / 13

7 Baseline and Ordinate dimensions Two other linear dimension types that are available to you (but not obviously evident) are Baseline and Ordinate dimensions. These are basically two different types of Running Dimensions. In order top use these, you will need to first create the dimension types. This is really easy to do- just pick the default Linear (or Aligned) dimension family and duplicate it (renaming it of course). Once you have a copy of the family, you can go into it s properties and Edit Type.. 7 / 13

8 You will notice that the first parameter in the list is Dimension String Type. This is the parameter we are interested in. If you activate the drop-down menu for this parameter- you will see that you have a choice of Continuous, Baseline or Ordinate. Go ahead and change the parameter to Baseline. This results in a dimension like this. And if then produce a second dimension family with the Dimension String Type set to Ordinate, this is what you get. 8 / 13

9 On you the will face see that of it this each looks dimension just like value a standard is measured aligned back / linear to the dimension. base point But of if 0. you look closely Spot Dimensions. There are 3 types of Sot Dimensions: Spot Elevations, Spot Coordinates and Spot Slopes Spot Elevation dimensions Spot Elevations are used in elevation, section, plan and 3D views to display the absolute (or relative) heights of reference points. They can also display the upper and lower height values of an element with thickness (eg a floor), in plan views. 9 / 13

10 Here is a Spot Elevation in a section view, telling us the height at the top of the wall And here is a Spot Elevation in a plan view. This time it is displaying the bottom and top heights of a floor plate element.. 10 / 13

11 Spot Coordinates dimensions Spot Coodinates display the North / South and East / West coordinates of the reference point it is placed at. It can also display the elevation at that height too. Spot Slope dimensions 11 / 13

12 And finally.. Spot Slope Dimensions! As you might well expect, these are used for displaying the angle of slope on various surfaces and elements. They can be placed in section, elevation and plan views. Here is one being used on a roof slope in a section view.. You have a choice of an arrow or a triangle for the symbol- we have obviously chosen the triangle symbol in the above example. And that concludes our introductory look at Dimensions in Revit. In other articles we will go onto to look at how we can manipulate and customise the look and operation of these various dimension types. 12 / 13

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