I am importing a 5M DEM.TIF surface file from GIS. They have already converted it from Meter to Foot, and fixed the Geo Coordinates. The surface should be the low 5000' Elevation, but I am getting it in the 16000'. I am creating Terrain from surface selecting the tif.
Think I got it the Storage Units vs the Working Units need to be changed. How do I change the storage units in Power Inroads SS4 08.11.09.904
Eeek!I've had the issue with mismatched Storage/Working Units before (international feet vs. survey feet) and it caused no end of issues. And changing storage units on a drawing that already has data introduced some scaling/size changes that I needed to anticipate.
But that was a few years ago, and I don't remember the process.
Storage Units for the DGN file should be found through the menu Settings -> Design File (same dialog and page as the working units - click the Advanced button).
MaryB
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
nowhere to change the storage units
Well...your units of resolution (otherwise known as storage units) and your working units are already the same, so there may be nothing to change there, unless you want to work in a different units system altogether.
Here's one discussion of this sort of thing: Convert DGN files from feet to survey feet
A couple of decades ago, it was explained to me that the units system is kind of like a pegboard. A storage unit (unit of resolution) is "one" peg distance. When I set my resolution, I am saying how many "pegs" make up a foot, or a meter or a survey foot. And within that pegboard (DGN model) everything is consistent. I can tell MicroStation that 12000 UORs make up a foot, I start drawing and Microstation keeps track of the rest.
Scaling & "True Scale" come into play when I am working with two different "pegboards". Then I need to be able to tell MicroStation how the units relate.