Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
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I am new to 3D, however I should say I really loved the "Elevation" command.
But currently I find it limited to XY plane. And I would like to use is with XZ planes too etc. Is this something to do with UCS?. I mean if I set UCS to XZ then will "elevation" get me to work in another XZ plane?
Regards
IJR
But currently I find it limited to XY plane. And I would like to use is with XZ planes too etc. Is this something to do with UCS?. I mean if I set UCS to XZ then will "elevation" get me to work in another XZ plane?
Regards
IJR





RE: Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
select objects
from 0,0,0
to 0,25,0
shout give all selected objects an elevation of 25
RE: Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
thanks, but forgive my slow mind, do you mean if I have object in xY plane at z=0, then moving then a distance of 25 ft or metres ahead in Y direction(which means sliding in Y direction at Z=0) will get me to work in XZ plane at Y=25?
Sorry, assuming you havent got my point correctly, my question was, how can I force autocad to work in XZ plane at Y=say 25ft and so on.
Using "elevation" I can always force autocad to let me work in XY plane at Z=say 25ft.
If you visit here please elaborate.
regs
IJR
RE: Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
By the way you would use the 3D Rotate command
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RE: Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
Why rotate when you can simply set a work plane from plane to plane. Unless you tell me this is impossible in autocad, I have no alternative than arguing.
I mean you have a floorplan in XY plane at elevation 0.0 and similar plan at Z=5.00. Fine, I can use elevation here.
But you also have a wall in XZ plane at y=0 and a similar wall at y=5.00
Hasnt autocad figured this one out?
regs
IJR
RE: Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
or you could just preset the buttons but then if you have the need to change your Y elevation then you have to go in and edit the button macros
Hope this helps
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RE: Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
Keep the spirit up.
regs
IJR
RE: Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
Regarding the Elevation:
1. Elevation is a shortcut for z-coord. This much is fixed. Never x or y. elevation command is just a helicopter for the mice - still 2D - that cannot fly.
2. Which way z-coord points is freely adjustable. This is how you make use of elevation in any direction. And this is done by UCS - as Shadow said above.
3. Easiest way of UCS exercise is by View:
Choose a View - Isometric from any direction or Orthogonal from any direction, then
_UCS
by View (meaning the currently active view)
...
then set the
elevation 50
from this moment onward, new entities you draw,
either by picking points or by giving in x,y coords, assume automatically the z-coord 50.
Elevation has no effect if
-you pick points by Object snap or
-you give in all three (x,y,z) coords for each point.
UCS is the real tool but gets a bit of practicing to change it according to need practically. In all these years I still cannot do the visualizing of which axis is to turn which way. So, I use UCS either with View option or with Object option.
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Hope this is useful.
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RE: Does "elevation" work in Y direction?How?
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