Structural information

edsp

I'm testing out Bricscad trial at the moment, and I'd like to know whether it is possible to extract information on the length of a structural member?
For a vertical member such as a pillar, we can see the height component as sort of the length, but for a horizontal beam, it doesn't seem we can find out length of the beam.

Am I missing something or is this functionality not supported at the moment?

Michael Mayer

I have the same problem, I would like to be able to read out or check
the dimensions and position of any object at any time to check my
geometry for accuracy. I use :

1.
The "Distance" Tool to measure manually.

2.
I customized my Rollover Tips (RT) in Properties Tab and activated as
much Info about entity dimensions as I could find for the different
parts of entities to hover over.
Like UCS Elevation will give you some Z Information when you hover
your mouse over that element.

3.
Even with Default settings, hovering over an edge,
when edge Selection activated or temporarily forced by CMD/CTRL key,
Edges will show the Length in Quad/RT.
Everything more than 1D like Faces or Volumes will only show Area or
Volume.

edsp

Thanks Michael, I'll follow your suggestions for the time being.

My logic is as follows:
Because we can change the base profile of the structural member, then if the tool works by changing the profile shape > extrude over the determined length, then it is given that this length data is probably stored in some form somewhere?

If we can find out this data, I can see it being very useful for structural steel bill of material calculations.

Michael Mayer

Indeed, no Length Info in Property Panel at all.

And for me somehow "Length" display in RT was OFF for some reasons.
Not sure if Length OFF was Default or I screwed this up.

At least now RT shows Linear Solids Length when hovering an Edge.

edsp

Hopefully this can be added as a feature in future versions. For now measuring manually will do the job. It does get tedious when there are a lot of members to list out.

Piet

When an IFC export is opened in Solibri a length factor is shown, so the parameter should be there somewhere I guess.