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Having trouble setting the active depth
Original Tip Date:
Sep 30, 2004
Having trouble setting the
Active Depth
?
If you're having troubles setting the active depth in a 3D file, remember that it can only lie between the front and back clipping planes of the display depth.
So....setting the display depth really 'deep' should resolve this problem. For example, take a look at the following video:
Keyin
create viewbox
to show current display depth and active depth of the top view
Note the elevations of the clipping planes and active depth in the message center
Delete the viewbox and try to set the elevation to a value of 0.
(Note that the elevation of 0 does not fall between the front and back clipping planes.
MicroStation sets the active depth to the back clipping plane...not what I keyed in.
Expand the display depth with the keyin
dd=-20,20
Create a new viewbox to show that the display depth is deeper
Delete the viewbox and set the elevation with
AZ=0
.
It works! Because it's between the front and back clipping planes.
Prove it by doing one last viewbox.
Note: The
create viewbox
keyin was removed in MicroStation V8 XM Edition.
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Created by
Nicholas Fuschino
When:
Mon, Jun 16 2008 11:49 AM
Last revision by
Inga Morozoff
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Wed, Jun 9 2010 12:00 PM
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