9 ft and 3500mm Measuring Stick jpg

Hi Conrad,

Old time Transit Rod is where the idea came from.

When inserting Members you can adjust where they are measured to in the Details tab.

To make navigation a bit easier, create Section at the area you want to measure with the Stick.

Switch to Rendered Outline to see materials and Stick dimensions.

By using a Section, when you move in out, up down, around, you are always dead on level with the Sticks dimension reading.

Jack

zimmerdesign.com

Heres another use Conrad.

When you slope the terrian , some Landscape items fall on terrian but are not pitched to slope, members are also not following the slope. Of course some items fall on location setting , independent of terrian.

So you can use the Measuring stick to figure how high to raise / lower and how much to pitch,

This example uses a Deck Table but a car on a pitched drive is a better example. Raise one point of the object to grade height, pitch it to made slope.

First picture shows Pitch of one foot on left side of pad, shows table level and member level and two columns the Red one raised base on Stick dim.

Second image shows I need to raise table 1′ 6″ and in Properties make X Axis 3 deg pitch. (I write that down for the Member pitch)

Third image shows I have member to level of 2′ , I enter the 3 degree tilt, it drops down 2′ to level, below the grade so I elevate 2 ft to get it up to 2′ above grade.

Fourth Picture shows the right click / adjust to plane, switch to degrees enter minus -3 degrees, it is level and need to be raise 2 ft to match grade and another 2′ to match original stick height or Elev 4 ft.

thats all.

Jack