Elevate DP

Shift the drawing origin in the Drawing Plane direction.

Icon	Command	Shortcut Key	Toolbar
	ELEVATEDP		Drawing Plane

This function allows you to set the drawing plane origin to a new position, either Absolute to the current origin or Relative to the current drawing plane origin, using the Elevate DP settings.

Absolute sets the DP origin a specified distance from the designated world origin (0;0;0).
Relative sets the DP origin a specified distance relative to the current DP origin position.

Procedure

The diagram below shows the drawing plane origin set to the world origin position of (0;0;0).

To set the drawing plane origin to a new position, either Absolute to the current origin or Relative to the current drawing plane origin:

Select View ► Drawing Plane ► Elevate DP or click the icon in the Drawing Plane toolbar. The Elevate DP window displays.

Select the Elevate By option and type in the distance to move the drawing plane.

In the first example below, you set an absolute value of 100.0 for the drawing plane.

In the second example, you are set the drawing plane to 100.0 units relative to the current drawing plane (which is 0).

In both instances, the drawing plane has been elevated 100 above the world origin as you are working from the same current drawing plane of 0.

Now, you can change the elevation of the drawing plane by 40.

In the first example, the drawing plane is changed to an absolute value of 40 i.e. the elevation is 40 above the origin.

In the second example, the drawing plane has been changed from 100 to 140 by applying a relative change of 40.

The difference is shown below, where the Absolute elevation has moved 40 above the world origin; whilst the Relative elevation has moved 40 relative to the current DP origin position.