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iamian33

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Greetings.

I have inherited a project that someone else began.  The model is well underway with a site (w/ toposurface).  The problem is that they drew the toposurface, tracing the CAD file, and manually moved it to the "correct" elevation ... by eye ???  The floor levels are set at 0 and not at true datum. 

I am now receiving actual suvey info and would like to perserve as much of the original Central File as possible. I have never had much success with moving toposurfaces so I am concerned.

I feel that I can relocate the balance of the model by locking all the levels to each other and editing the main floor to be at the correct elevation.  I will probably have to move a few things (hopefully).  But I'd like to keep all the split surfaces and such. 

Any ideas ??

Secondly, I'd like to keep the Levels reading relative to the project (Main Floor = 0).  I've never been a fan of absolute elevations.  Can the Level Marks be changed to "Relative"?

thanks in advance ...Ian

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iamian33

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I think that I've found a thread that addresses the building, but not the toposurface.  If anyone has advice on how to relocate the toposurface to the correct elevation, I'd like to hear ...

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Look in the help on how to relocate your project.

Yes, the level marks can be relative...0.00 for level one or whatever or absolute - your choice.

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vector23

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iamian-

you can move the surface to any elevation you want

relative to its original base.. but you can't move the

base without creating a whole new base.. that's just using

logic because i have no experience putting buildings

or sites in the wrong place to start.. somebody's

probably not going to like this answer but it's

the best i got and i'm thinking it could be helpful

in some way..

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itsmyalterego

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In an elevation view you shouldn't have any trouble selecting your levels and your toposurface and moving it upward, with the move tool.   If you move all of your levels at once, you won't have any conflicts.  You don't need to lock them--just select them all. 

Topo surfaces couldn't care less about your model or levels.  The move tool in an elevation view should work fine as well.   If you find that the topo points are at arbitrary numbers now that they were moved by eye, know that the bottom points are a good place to start -- move that to a level, and then up/down a rational distance. 

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