Newbie Dimensioning Question

[Mightyquinn]

Hi,

I just purchased VW12 Designer after years of frustration with Archicad.

Here's my question: when dimensioning walls with components, I see that the dimensions won't associate (i.e. move with a wall) unless I dimension to the outside of the wall.

If my wall has 2x4 studs + 1/2" plywood + 1" stucco, I don't want to dimension to the outside of the stucco. However, if I offset to the edge of the 2x4s and plywood - where one would want to dimension normally - the dimensions won't move when I move the wall.

How do people get around this? When dimensions don't move with walls, it's an invitation to mistakes and busy-work try to double check and redimension properly.

Thanks

Mightyquinn

[Jonathan Pickup]

when you use the associative dimensioning, you have to snap your mouse to a corner of the wall. Along the face of the wall is not enough, you have to snap onto a corner of the wall. The same applies to all other objects. It?s not enough to snap onto the edge of the object, you have to snap onto the corner of it.