Spot Elevation Floating Leader Hypothesis [Archive]

Buffalo Pot Pie

2006-03-12, 05:11 AM

I've noticed that some people have had a complaint about the spot elevations used with footings. Specifically, that the leader has to attach to the edge of the footing or wall, as opposed to "floating" within the footing or wall. In my first RS project (image attached) I was able to place spot elevations on the footings with the leaders floating within the footing. I accompllished this without any effort or realization of what I had done. I just assumed it was the default. Now that I am in my second RS project, I find that I the spot elevation leaders will not "float" within the footing, but only attach to the edge. At first I thought that maybe I wasn't holding my mouth right (didn't help). So, I starting comparing the two models to each other to find the one difference that was causing/allowing my problem. What I have concluded is that the spot elevations will only attach to the edges of foundation items until (here comes the kicker), until you create a slab/floor over the foundations, and then (kicker no. 2) turn OFF the visibility of the slab/floors. At this point you can now attach spot elevations with the leader "floating" within the footings and foundation walls. However, if the slab/floor visibility is turned ON, then the spot elevation leader attaches itself to the top of the slab (finish floor).

But, then again, it may be that I just willed it to happen.

Either way, if someone could verify, or disprove, my Spot Elevation Floating Leader Hypothesis, it would be greatly appreciated.

Buffalo Pot Pie

2006-03-12, 05:46 AM

One more item/quirk/feature that I have just run across. Not only must the visibility of the floor/slab be turned OFF, but the Model Graphics Style must be set to "Hidden Line".

So, all that stuff I said in the original post, just ignore it. It appears that the trick is to view the plan in "Hidden Line" mode, as opposed to "Wireframe".

Then again, maybe I'm just not holding my mouth right.