Should (literally) be punishable by Termination.

Why not just draw it at the correct size? what's wrong with drawing accuracy?

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Two things should show you the door instantly, overriding an intelligent dim variable with a lie, and insert/explode of a DWG in a Revit project. There is NEVER a time for either. Even rounding is a no no, unless you use our special Rounded dim style, which is a dark rusty red. At least you can see where your model is jacked and needs to be looked at closer. I like to switch all Rounded dims to accurate dims after each major milestone. I will accept that you just need a clean dimension for that 100% DD set going out, but next week you had better find out how the model is jacked up and fix it.

NOTE: when dealing with things like variable heights, for example with a casework schedule, we DO override the dim value, with the text "H", and then provide a schedule of all the casework types, with a height column, and the column header overriden to say H. ALL intelligent data, and better than a "Varies" override any day of the week. But again, telling a bold faced lie with no mechanism for catching it when reality changes? Go get a job in a cad based firm if you want to play that game.

Gordon

How deliciously evil . Yes, I will waterboard anyone I find doing this in a fit of rightious fanaticism, but I'll spare an admiring chuckle afterwards.

To add to my previous statment:

From my experience... inacuracy comes from tracing over other CAD formats drawings. Why do people draw in say... Microstation. Only to convert to DWG and Import that into Revit then pick by lines????? Isnt it more cost effective to... ummm... draw in Revit first??? Plus Revit wont let you draw to 5/256" !!!!!!!!! and your drafters wont have to be thrown into a wood chipper for having a drawing that is all F*KED up!!

Oh BTW
<---- 900 posts w00t.

FWIW, I am glad Luke posted. This kind of stuff falls under "know the enemy" in my book. I know some really good people who still have a tendency to fall back to Acad habits as a knee jerk reaction to stressful deadlines. Now the question is, how do you police this kind of thing? Sure, if you get burned in the field you will find the problem, but I want a way to search the entire project for all dims with overrides, so I can quickly review and catch this. At, say, 95% CDs before it is too late. Sounds like a job for the API. Unless perhaps IdeateExplorer already handles this. Will have to look into that.

Gordon

Don't get me wrong here guy's, I am not condoning the practice or ever will, (just do it right is my attitude) but just throwing this out there for a bit of (sometimes heated) discussion.

Mark, you roused the rabble for sure.

Gordon

I would say to do this at 100% SD... or sooner. Being a drafter... it would be a nightmare if I have to adjust all my grids at 95% CDs.