ionkin_DESIGN Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Been having A time to set terrain elevation to 60.58m as a base, so i can set proper grade as per " Specific walkout lot detail) in the plan reference. I've watched all the videos I could find on this and tried to get it to work with no success. I am trying to set terrain elevations and building TOJ elevation to "Specific walkout lot detail". If I have a baseline set properly then i can input metric elevations for heights. I still want to have main floor TOJ as 0 for building story pole elevations. 3. How can I have elevation points show on plot plan as points on elevation line? Any suggestions would be great to what I am doing wrong with the terrain sea level elevations. Plot Plan T5.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 You may need to clarify exactly what you are doing or trying to do as this is a Plan done in the Imperial Template , not Metric so I don't think it is possible to show the Contours in Meters automatically. A new one perhaps in X14, ( or I never tried it before, not sure? ) is if you enter Elevation Data in Meters ( add m to all measurements ) the Label seems to hold/remember meters not feet so perhaps you can turn off the Auto Contour Labels and draw you own contours at the req'd heights. the Storey Pole can use Meters if needed though......... or vice versa in a Metric Template it could use Feet/Inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 I am having trouble following your post but I think this setting may help. Can you reword your post so that it reads a bit clearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionkin_DESIGN Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 Here is the terrain i am trying to create: I would like to set terrain at 60.88m as the height point of elevation Input surveyor property line points. Having difficulty setting terrain elevation heights from surveyor given points as elevation lines and elevation regions have only one elevation value input. Need help creating terrain from the given various elevation heights. All grade elevations at the building had to be calculated manually. I was hoping these values can be displayed automatically after terrain is built and building is set. I thinks i am asking too much from the chief... Glennw: you are on the right track. I am trying to set terrain at 60.88m so i can input give terrain values without calculating the differences for each, but need the story pole dimensions of main floor TOJ to start at 0, so the terrain elevations aren't used in building heights dimensions. Kbird: I use imperial template so the building can be dimensioned in ft-in units, but our building department works in metric units, hence i am trying to create plot plan in metric units and keep the rest in imperial. I will play with turning off elevation labels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Set your Subfloor Height above Sea Level here: That should allow you to build your terrain based on real elevations. If you leave it at 0 then all your site elevations are based on values below the subfloor with no real sea level reference. Then when you need to do your story pole you can enter the same value there to bring the subfloor back to story pole 0 as Glenn referenced above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, Chopsaw said: Set your Subfloor Height above Sea Level here: That should allow you to build your terrain based on real elevations. If you leave it at 0 then all your site elevations are based on values below the subfloor with not real sea level reference. Then when you need to do your story pole you can enter the same value there to bring the subfloor back to story pole 0 as Glenn referenced above. That is what I did above too..... but in this case you just need to place those Points and and enter their Elevation as Meters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 16 hours ago, glennw said: I am having trouble following your post but I think this setting may help. Can you reword your post so that it reads a bit clearer. SIDE NOTE: It would be nice if we had Audo Fill defaults. Unless we do and I just dont know how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 49 minutes ago, ionkin_DESIGN said: Kbird: I use imperial template so the building can be dimensioned in ft-in units, but our building department works in metric units, hence i am trying to create plot plan in metric units and keep the rest in imperial. I will play with turning off elevation labels... Placing some of these Corner Points in Meters seems to work fine for me ...... you will need to play with Distance from subfloor to Grade mentioned above as Chief Uses the Center of the Building . and you can't set a Datum such as 60.68m to reference. I didn't place them all but it seems fine..... ( may need manual Labels/text boxes to display elevations for the Points....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionkin_DESIGN Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 I seem to have issues with references.. Nice CROWN is what i get when elevations points are set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, ionkin_DESIGN said: I seem to have issues with references.. Nice CROWN is what i get when elevations points are set. You need to place ALL the points not just the ones on the 4 Corners of the Lot .... In the Terrain Spec. you can turn off the auto labels ( numbers ) or un-display the contours entirely or just space them at 1m instead of 1 ft too. and it may still be a little "pillowy" as Chief's Terrain is like a BIG Waterbed push down in one area and it will pop up in another.... and vica versa.... most don't use points in Chief it at all possible as they are much harder to work with and control the Terrain. It seems Chief has removed this PDF from the KB for some reason but it may help you understand the "Waterbed" a bit better........ PDF : Terrain_how-chief-architect-interprets-terrain-lines.pdf Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionkin_DESIGN Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 Thanks for the attachment! I got it work with elevation lines and material regions for the front to back grades. How do i get left to right slopes to work with elevation lines and material regions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 20 minutes ago, ionkin_DESIGN said: How do i get left to right slopes to work with elevation lines and material regions? Don't drag them full width of the lot ....... copy in place and drag one copy each way to the sides and lower/raise ONE as needed to slope across ...Chief will smooth the terrain between the two. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 11 hours ago, Kbird1 said: I didn't place them all but it seems fine..... ( may need manual Labels/text boxes to display elevations for the Points....) %elevation.to_m% m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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