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I'm running RAC 2009 with Windows Vista. Since I switched to Vista (only because I got a new PC) the offset command has been different. For example, when I want to draw a line offset by 3.5", in the offset box I would enter "0 3.5" (no quotation marks or apostrophe for the feet), but it would show " .50' 3" ". It seems that when I enter the inches, the first number goes to the inches as expected, but then anything after that goes to the feet. So I have to delete everything in the box and input it very slowly; sometimes it works that way and most of the time it does not. Most of the time it helps if I input it as " 0' 3.5" " (using the apostrophe) but sometimes not. Does anybody else have this problem?
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no you just simply type 0 space 3.5, with no other annotation. works perfect for me. If you want to type in inches you can type 0 space 48, and you will get 4'-0" offset
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Hi, Steve. Yes, that is what I've always done, typing in 0 space 3.5 with no annotations . When I do that, the box shows .50' 3". Weird....
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That happened to me when using 2009 also. (not Vista though) It seemed that if I didn't type fast enough, Revit would display the wrong offset. I know that sounds crazy too.
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guess you need to upgrade to 2011
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This happens to me occasionally. Usually if I select another tool for a while it starts behaving normally again. Sometimes, I have to type only one numeral for whatever dimension, let it reset itself, and then go in and edit the typed dimension in the little box. I don't think I've noticed this in 2011, but I think it happened in 2010 sometimes...
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Same number of keystrokes to type 3.5" as it is to type 0 3.5, less room for error, and your hand is right there by the enter key... Shift-apostrophe-enter is an instantaneous movement. ...I'm kinda weird about efficiency though. Also, I opt to not use feet for anything around and under 3 feet, and just do the inches. And my fractions... I trust computers to digest ".125" much better than "1/8".
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