[MSCE] Terrain Model - How to adjust the Elevation of Contour Lines?

Perhaps my question is silly, but I cannot find the workaround to config the beginning elevation of contour. It lets you to set Major and Minor Interval only.

Anyone knows the solution?

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  • Anthony,

    You could try the following as a workaround.

    1. Select the terrain model.
    2. Copy it vertically down by the desired base elevation interval distance.
      (In your example it was 0.700m)
    3. While it is still selected, use the Reset Popup menu to pick Displayset Set to isolate the newly offset terrain model by temporarily hiding all other elements.
    4. Enable the terrain model's contours and disable the triangles.
    5. Use the Drop Element tool with Application Elements checked to drop the terrain element. This will drop the contours to linestrings.
    6. Select all of the contour line strings and use the Add To Graphic Group tool to add them to a Named Group. (Give the group an appropriate name to such as Soil Nail contours Base Elev 0.700m)
    7. Move the new group vertically up by the base elevation interval distance (0.700m)
      This moves the contours back to the correct elevations,
    8. Use the Reset Popup menu to pick Displayset Clear to unhide all elements including the original terrain model.

    This will give you a set of contour linestrings to use for your Soil Nail drawing that you can Snap to and use Construct Array Along Path tool to place the soil nails.

    Regards,

    Ron

    Answer Verified By: clever_anthony 

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