Version 08.11.09.459
I'm experiencing the following issue with a 3D model:
My steel structure is drawn at Z= +53.30m but when I click to draw a line in the elevation, the starting point of the line is at 0.00m and not at the position where I clicked. In the attached image I have highlighted my startng point with a red markup.
I know that depth lock no longer exists in Microstation so could it be a setting within Accudraw?
Can someone point me in the right direction?
The points you are placing will be at the Active Depth set for the view you are working in. As Mike said the "Depth Lock" has been changed to "ACS Plane Snap" lock which will lock any points you place to your Active Depth for the View you are working in even though the points you are snapping to are at a different depth in the view. If that "ACS Plane Snap" lock is OFF, you can snap (using Tentative or AccuSnap) and place points on the elements at the depth they are located in the file but if just placing a point without locking onto an element the point will be placed at your Active Depth. Each View can have a different Active Depth. To set an Active Depth you can type in AZ=Depth (i.e. az=53.30) and tag in the view you are drawing in. There are tools in your View toolbar that can do it too Just follow the prompts. There are other ways to set the Active Depth and in 3D. Watch out for the Fit command It can reset the Active Depth. I highly recommend using the AccuDraw tool which can lick you into drawing in different planes (Front, Side, Top).
I Hope This Helps Someone Reading This! (Intergraph>PseudoStation>MicroStation user since 1980's)
Answer Verified By: J-Worker
To summarize:
ACS Plane Snap replaces Depth Lock and both only ever affected snap points. Enable to project snap point into ACS plane.
Un-snapped points are always projected to the view’s ACS, they don’t go to “active depth” and you don’t need to enable “ACS Plane” lock.
When possible points are projected into the ACS XY plane, but if the ACS is edge-on to the view than the YZ or XZ plane will be used.
The Set Active Depth tool still exists, but what it actually does now is create a view independent ACS.
ACS Plane lock affects whether the standard view rotations and AccuDraw shortcuts for T, F, S are relative to the design or ACS coordinates it does not affect data points.
AccuDraw overrides the view’s ACS, when AccuDraw is enabled, un-snapped points are projected into the AccuDraw compass XY plane.
Unknown said:Watch out for the Fit command It can reset the Active Depth.
You don’t need to worry about this anymore. There is no active depth, and Fit View won’t change the ACS that is setup for the view.
HTH
-B