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Bolt Edge distance

The present snap options do not include bolt center (For Measuring the Edge distance and bolt spacing) Do I need to install any other plugins/ tools to enable …

3 months ago by Ananth Raman { "profileId":"058242c9-aedc-4c6c-bf76-687649affe7c", "displayName":"Ananth Raman", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"Gulf Turrets", "companyId":"4ac1fb68-5ac1-4b41-881b-1296ebd23c14", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":0 } , updated 3 months ago
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dimensions

how do i get dimensions

2 weeks ago by allen cairns { "profileId":"680d7928-a6db-4759-a63e-fba6a1a24c26", "displayName":"allen cairns", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"cairns industries", "companyId":"ed3fe86f-e9bc-48ce-b118-07e9105d9ec8", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":9 } , updated 1 weeks ago
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Mesure coordinates

Is it possible de mesure the coordinates of a point in a model with Tekla BIMsight ? I haven't found this function, and it would be very usefull. Thanks in adva…

3 months ago by JM V { "profileId":"70ed5051-62fd-46cc-9036-77854078407b", "displayName":"JM V", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"NECS", "companyId":"32f419b0-aa91-4cbf-a814-23e0079547dd", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":42 } , updated 3 months ago
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model dump

model dump

5 months ago by Roel Lopez { "profileId":"3c482ffc-9189-41b2-b44e-10dba37e50ce", "displayName":"Roel Lopez", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"Jacobs", "companyId":"e746e75d-b287-445c-a29c-ef41b378bfd8", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":27 } , updated 4 months ago
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Measuring to centerlines

I can dimension face to face or edge to edge, but I can't snap to a centerline of a column and check it's dimension to the next column. Edge to edge is not a ve…

1 years ago by Gary DelNero { "profileId":"473c8390-90f1-40cb-aef7-e2512c6fd59d", "displayName":"Gary DelNero", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"BlueScope Construction", "companyId":"5e582e8d-69c2-4692-b30b-c03755ed6581", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":9 } , updated 7 months ago
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working distance tool please

Thank you for wonderful program. There is still one simple thing that is not working at all: Measuring distances or anything. The distance tool snaps where ever…

1 years ago by Tomi Perko { "profileId":"b52b8f71-bdec-42b7-b9c9-b7a2413d1804", "displayName":"Tomi Perko", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"Arkkitehtitoimisto Perko Oy", "companyId":"82138df0-1d22-481b-ab1f-ca26786ffb05", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":9 } , updated 1 years ago
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measuring problems

further to uploading a 3d @ 1 to 1 model from AotoCAD why am I getting a scaling problem?

8 months ago by Ken Clewes { "profileId":"7ede5971-3187-4ada-9cfe-3c61f0096272", "displayName":"Ken Clewes", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"Odebrecht", "companyId":"8ecb387f-acdc-4b82-b589-a20606cec39b", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":18 } , updated 8 months ago
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Precision in Measure

I am using Inch for measuring distances. Can we set the precision to 1/16 ?

2 years ago by Lloydz23 - HSD { "profileId":"069abae5-f29b-40bb-bf63-34893ec0aaa3", "displayName":"Lloydz23 - HSD", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":"Project Manager", "companyName":null, "companyId":null, "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":0 } , updated 3 months ago
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Quantity Takeoff

I am an estimator and our biggest interest is quantifying the model, in addition to simply viewing it. Is this possible in BIMsight or is there a plug-in avail…

2 years ago by Sean Estill { "profileId":"4316f514-90e2-4075-b643-609981486115", "displayName":"Sean Estill", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"LSA", "companyId":"757c7c55-9a98-4e0c-904b-3d5ae86b536d", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":0 } , updated 2 years ago
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measuring

how do i measure on the tekla model?

10 months ago by Chris Parker { "profileId":"45b96984-a15e-4105-bc1d-dd03a6138e6f", "displayName":"Chris Parker", "profileImageUrl":"/images/anonymous.gif", "roleInCompany":null, "companyName":"Christopher Parker Architects", "companyId":"30a07425-9d85-4258-897a-6fae55d80da3", "homePage":null, "twitterFeed":null, "linkedInProfile":null, "isAdmin":false, "score":9 } , updated 10 months ago