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Ground Plane work position

Postby rhankc » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:10 am

When constructing building models, I typically let the ground plane in SU equal roughly the floor elevation. I see there is only minor visibility situations when drawing below the work plane, therefore I am wondering is it better to leave as is and draw below the work plane, or turn all elements on and lift the entire drawing above the plane, or is there a 'move ground plane down' selection in SU somewhere?
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Re: Ground Plane work position

Postby boofredlay » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:10 am

rhankc wrote:...or is there a 'move ground plane down' selection in SU somewhere?
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Just move the axis to a lower elevation and there you go.

I typically run into visibility problems if I draw stuff below the ground plane so I would suggest moving it up. That is just me though.
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Re: Ground Plane work position

Postby RonS » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:11 am

I would recommend the same as Eric.
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Re: Ground Plane work position

Postby Krisidious » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:11 am

I actually move my model to it's real life elevation height. for instance... if the home's finished floor level is 2200feet above sea level, then that is where I move my model... then when importing into Google Earth or exporting your topo from Google Earth you end up right in the area that it should be.
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