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To all,

I concur with Debbie on this, it would be good if it could be located on the smart walls new interface somewhere as well. Perhaps it's all part of a master plan to be updated & linked into smart floors sometime.

Over & out,

Clayton.

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Hello Debbie,

> Thanks Neil and AJ - almost identical answers. I'd never worked with z
> height and finding the z height setting was troubling me - finally found it
> buried under settings under 3d. Seemed to me that it was so important that
> it should have been on a main toolbar somewhere or at least under one of the
> main drop down menus.

Just hit the Z key, and then enter the Z-base (often 0) and then the
Z-height. This can be done universally, or By Layer -- check in
the Tools/Program Preferences for this option.
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Sincerely, Neil.

Hello Clayton,

For smart walls, if you open the entity properties (with the optional double click), then you can change the Z-base and/or Z-height that way, too. Alt-C Change Z-Base/Height is the way that we have had to change Z values all along, so, it makes a lot of sense to me to continue to use.

If you set the Z values by the Wall Type -- then you would be forced to have a different Wall Type for each height of wall; since changes to the Wall Type affect all the walls of that type. No, I think it is better to set the Z values for individual walls.

Clayotn,

I agree with Neil on this. Z heights being part of the wall would mean that a 2x4 wall at 8-foot and an 2x4 wall at 9-foot would be 2 different types. Considering how many different wall heights you could have this would be unmanagable. As it is you can have a 2x4 wall and set it's height to anything on the fly, 4-foot, 8-foot, etc...much more flexible.

I am with Neil and Tony on this one at least to the degree that the height of the wall should not be tied to the wall type in general. However, I would like to be able to set the z-heights of individual lines of the wall definition for creating wainscots, etc. I believe this is something that is supposed to be coming in a future update along with increasing the allowable number of lines per wall type. I assume that this would not affect the overall wall height but I wonder that if we do get this feature would we then have to set the z-height of all of the lines in the wall type?

Hello Clayton,

For smart walls, if you open the entity properties (with the optional double click), then you can change the Z-base and/or Z-height that way, too. Alt-C Change Z-Base/Height is the way that we have had to change Z values all along, so, it makes a lot of sense to me to continue to use.

If you set the Z values by the Wall Type -- then you would be forced to have a different Wall Type for each height of wall; since changes to the Wall Type affect all the walls of that type. No, I think it is better to set the Z values for individual walls.

Ditto, except you can't change the Z-base in the entity properties, only the Z-height.

Alt-C gets you to the change Z-base/Z-height menu, but that one won't set the Z-height for a smart wall since it's in the entity settings. It would be nice to be able to grab a bunch of smart entities and change them all at one time.

Alt-C gets you to the change Z-base/Z-height menu, but that one won't set the Z-height for a smart wall since it's in the entity settings. It would be nice to be able to grab a bunch of smart entities and change them all at one time.

Alt-C can change the height, you just have to "change" the base too. Let's say you drew a bunch of smart walls with a z-base of 0 and a z-height of 8. After drawing you decided you really wanted all of them to have a z-height of 9. Go to Change and set the new z-height to be 9 but also set the base to be 0 and then select all the walls. Think of it as reinterating the base. This will then change the walls to be 9-feet tall and maintain the same base you had before.