Adding Dimensions to Model Views

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Adding Dimensions

Note: If you're dimensioning curtain walls, set the Detail Level for the view to MEDIUM or FINE. Claude may create dimensions to the mullion faces, and these are hidden in COARSE views (so the dimensions will be hidden too.)

Prompt	Tool Options 🟢 = Autodesk Asst 🔵 = Revit MCP 🟣 = Python + Dynamo
Add dimensions to the exterior walls of this building. • Use Aligned dimensions • Place one dimension measuring the total length of each wall from exterior face to exterior face • Place a second dimension measuring to the exterior face of each intersecting wall	🟣
Add dimensions to the structural grids of this building. • Place one dimension measuring the total length between the outermost grids in each direction. • Place a second dimension measuring the distance between each of the intermediate grids between the outermost ones.	🟣