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jonesy

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(Microstation) "flatten my drawing"
« on: April 16, 2007, 06:32:17 AM »
Hi ladies and gents

I have a Microstation drawing that has many different z heights (not true 3d entities) I need to flatten the drawing so everything is at a z=0.

Any suggestions as to the best way to do this please

Many thanks
Tracey
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Arizona

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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2007, 08:13:49 AM »
check this out...

"Move all elements to a the same elevation (or common Z-value)"
http://www.askinga.com/article.asp?ArticleID=123&pageNum=
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CADaver

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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2007, 09:51:07 AM »
Export to 2D in Microstation.
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ElpanovEvgeniy

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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2007, 11:52:03 AM »
It is a pity, but I do not know this program...
But I can advise. Try to knock a ceiling.
Select all = objects> lift on height 1е99. => omit all on height 0.
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kindra

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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2007, 11:56:21 AM »
I've only had to do this a couple of times, but I'd go with CADaver's suggestion of exporting it to a 2D. It's always worked for me.....good luck, Jonesy!
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jonesy

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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2007, 04:48:03 AM »
As far as I can see with Cadavers suggestion, is that it turns the file to a 2D file. The file has to stay as a 3D file, but with all unknown z heights as 0 (currently some zs are -14000 and more, and theres no way a train line will be that steep ;-) )
Thanks for the suggestions
I'll have to keep searching :-(
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Arizona

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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2007, 06:47:18 AM »
Did you check out that utility (to set objects to a common z value) at Askinga.com?
It's free :-)
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CADaver

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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2007, 09:03:03 AM »
Quote from: jonesy on April 17, 2007, 04:48:03 AM
As far as I can see with Cadavers suggestion, is that it turns the file to a 2D file. The file has to stay as a 3D file, but with all unknown z heights as 0 (currently some zs are -14000 and more, and theres no way a train line will be that steep ;-) )
Thanks for the suggestions
I'll have to keep searching :-(
What version are you using?
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jonesy

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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2007, 10:07:25 AM »
V8 (with the added complication of projectwise which controls all our drawing files)
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Re: "flatten my drawing"
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2007, 01:54:40 PM »
Quote from: jonesy on April 17, 2007, 10:07:25 AM
V8 (with the added complication of projectwise which controls all our drawing files)
Then you really ought to check out the link Arizona provided to AskInga
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