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Is there a way to place a 3D symbol, like a car or tree, and have it automatically find the z-height of the surface it wants to be on. In DataCad Plus I remember having objects that would "Snap" onto a grade plane by just dropping it in the drawing view. I believe the 3D software that was packaged with Plus was called Arcon. Not 100% sure.

Arcon had some great features such as Raytracing. Light & Shadows of your model could be accurately rendered based on your location, time of time of day/month/year. Rendered sections of your model could be done (with rendered images of siding & finishes), Objects could be dropped into your model and automatically fall to the correct ground plane elevation/surface.

Love to see O2C have these capabilities.

Giuseppe

Giuseppe:

In an Ortho view, select your symbol and from the menu select Z-Offset. From within that menu, toggle on On Poly. Now just place your symbol (left mouse button) onto a surface defined by a Polygon and it will find the correct Z offset directly under your symbol's insertion point.

Dave

...toggle on On Poly.

Does that mean it won't work on Slabs, etc.?

That would be correct, at least for the time being.

Dave

Thanks David. Hope this can be implemented to all different types of entities from any view or angle. It would be great to have this feature act in a way that is similar to what Sketch Up does.

Thanks again,

Giuseppe