7 replies to this topic

[Dennis Hilborn]

This really frustrates me to no end.  Something that should be so freaking easy takes 45 to an hour and still can't figure out how to do it.

I have a building on a site.  and the building is at a 60 deg. angle.  I want to move the building 15' horizontally on the site which is 60 deg. off the building angle.  I CAN NOT window the whole building due to the complexity of the site.  So when I try to move the building the cursor rotates to match the building.   That's not what I want.  How do you lock the cursor angle????   Or how do I move the buliding in a direction that is not perpendicular to the walls???

 

 

[Henry Buckner]

Press F12 to unlock the cursor, then you can move it wherever you want.

[Dennis Hilborn]

Press F12 to unlock the cursor, then you can move it wherever you want.

Sorry, that does not solve my problem.  No matter what angle I set the cursor to, when I pick on my building that is set at 60 deg. the cursor resets to 60deg and I can't move the building at 90 deg. 

I don't do math so I can't figure out what the 60 deg then 30 deg move would equal 15' horizonatlly.

[Gary McKeon]

I hear you Dennis. It can get verrrryyy frustrating sometimes. For lack of a better method what I do is put a line or a construction point where I want the building to move to. I make that line long so even if I grab a bit of it that line won't move. I then block move whatever it is I'm trying to move and snap it to the end of my line. Crude but it works.

[Dennis Hilborn]

I figured out a work around (but why was this necessary).

I drew a horizontal line, then ctrl picked the building, then ctrl picked the line.  Then picked MOVE.  That fooled the cursor into locking on the correct angle and I moved the building 15' horizontally JUST LIKE I've be trying for the last two hours.  Why is such a simple and common operation so hard????

[Mark Petri]

It's pretty much the only way to move something in the x or y direction if it sits at an odd angle. I often use a small line or some shape that is oriented in the direction I want to go. You could even go as far as drawing a line the exact length and direction you want to go and then snap to it's ends. It would be nice if we could set a cursor direction lock when moving such things, but the work-around isn't too bad.

[Michael Collazo]

There is a difference when you use move block vs selection set move. Move Block will not use anything other than x and y coordinates. 

I found the trick with site plans it to put the building and everything that goes with it on a group. That is easy to do in the very beginning. However, you can selection set everything you want to move and then assign to a group as well. I understand that this does not solve exactly what your are going through. But ti solves most other issues.

[Warren Ducote]

I do my site plans a little different. Maybe not the best way but it has work for me for many years. When I have a house plan, I draw a line around the perimeter of the house and any patios and porches. I put these line on their own layer (Foundation Outline). I then hide everything on the drawing except for the layer "Foundation Outline". Now I go to System Library and turn this layer into a symbol. I can then place this symbol in my site plan and can manipulate it anyway that I need to.

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