anyone use multiline tools?

[neko]

i'm just getting ready for another year of classes and i'm reading through the new textbook. every year when i get to the section on multilines, i wonder if anyone uses it effectively ?

 

in twenty years of using autocad in an architectural environment, i have never come across anyone who works with it.

 

can anyone give me their feedback and/or examples of how you use it. i know how the commands work, i just don't see it being very practical.

 

please enlighten me......

 

cheers

[karl zacharias]

out of all the architects in my office,all the draftsman, and all the king's horseman...not once have we used the multiline tool...and now that we're moving into BIM tech...we never will.

[neko]

thanks karl - i'm happy to hear opinions of the same as well.

 

i agree that multiline seems to be a very generic form of BIM, and now that revit and others are taking hold, there seems to be no real place for it.

 

you either want a 2D drafting tool (autocad) or an intelligent BIM solution.

[chiquito]

Hi, I have been using Autocad for some years, and the only times I have used that Multiline tool was revising rare comands from books (like donut, trace, etc). Its not a very good tool. If you are looking into having walls drawn with thicknes, hatches, and already closed, all in one, check ADT. mline doesnt add much.

I dont know if it has evolved sice I last tryed it. if anyone has a good use for it, please share,

Regards,

Matin

[neko]

so, i'm guessing the underwhelming response indicates it's universally unused ?

 

surely someone will leap to the defence ?