Supports and forces visually to large

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Permalink Reply by Michael Freytag on August 26, 2012 at 8:42pm

Hello djordje,

The size of the glyphs used to annotate the loads and restraints in Scan&Solve is proportional to Rhino's dimension scale setting.  You can adjust the scale setting in Rhino through the following menu sequence:

  Rhino 4: Dimension > Dimension Properties... > Global dimension scale   [ number  ]

  Rhino 5: Tools > Options... > Document Properties > Annotation > Model space text scale:    [ number  ]

Does this help?

~Michael

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Permalink Reply by djordje on August 26, 2012 at 9:12pm

Thank you for the reply Michael.
I am using Rhino 4 SR8.

At : Dimension -> Dimension Properties -> Global dimension scale, there stands value: "1.0"

So I need to change that 1.0 into something smaller?

How would that affect on my object?

I am asking this you because I still do not know what will happen. It takes around 10 minutes from the time I type "SnS" and choose the solid, until the Scan & Solve interface appears (loads).

EDIT:
Ok, I typed the "Sns", chose the solid, then waited for around 10 minutes, and the Scan & Solve menu appeared. Then I went to Dimension -> Dimension Properties -> Global dimension scale, and changed the value from "1.0" to "0.1". And nothing happened to my model in Rhino. Then I changed it to "0.01" and again nothing happened.

Do I need to change this value first, and then run the "SnS"?

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Permalink Reply by djordje on August 26, 2012 at 9:30pm

Ok I worked Michael, thank you.
I closed the Scan & Solve, File->Save in Rhino, Exit from Rhino, Turned it on again, and just loaded the "SnS" again, chose solid and everything was fine.

How does that "Global dimension scale" affect my model?
This is just for aesthetical purposes, and reflects only to dimensional lines, elevation lines, forces and support appearance? It just scales them, not the model?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Freytag on August 27, 2012 at 10:19am

The "Global dimension scale" is just a Rhino setting that controls the size of Rhino's annotations.  It does not affect the size or scale of the actual geometry, nor does it affect the Scan&Solve results.

~Michael

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Permalink Reply by djordje on August 27, 2012 at 10:31am

And force vectors and load support marks from Scan & Solve are Rhino annotations too?

Understood. Thank you Michael

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