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    Default Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    Anyone put there found a easy way to remove the z co-ords from lines etc without having to use the flatten command. I tried flatten and it sent the machine into overdrive and still didn't complete the job properly.

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    Default Re: Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    change the z elevation in the properties palette

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    Default Re: Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    change the z elevation in the properties palette
    But change elevation only works with objects having the same Z value . if your object having different Z values u'll need the flatten command

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    Default Re: Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    Quote Originally Posted by ccowgill
    change the z elevation in the properties palette
    Quote Originally Posted by a_meteni
    But change elevation only works with objects having the same Z value . if your object having different Z values u'll need the flatten command
    Not necessarily.
    For example, the z-value for each end of a line can be altered in the properties manager.

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    Default Re: Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    Quote Originally Posted by glyn.ratcliffe
    Anyone put there found a easy way to remove the z co-ords from lines etc without having to use the flatten command. I tried flatten and it sent the machine into overdrive and still didn't complete the job properly.
    You might want to try this:

    Code:
     (command "._move" (ssget) "" '(0 0 1e99) "" "._move" "_P" "" '(0 0 -1e99) "")
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    Default Re: Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    Land Desktop has a "Flatten Z Values" command. This question comes up so often, maybe we need a Wishlist item to move this command from LDD to Vanilla Autocad?

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    Default Re: Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    Simple - do what I do.
    At the command line:
    change>properties>all>elevation>0>enter

    I always seem to get hit with "lines are non-coplanar" messages, so that always does the trick!

    Hope it helps!
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    Default Re: Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    I agree w/ CadKitty. Or just a plain "move" command will work. move items from 0,0 to 0,0,0. For us civil geeks, this is an easy way to lift or lower grade lines one foot. Rich

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    Default Re: Flatten Z cords without using the Flatten command.

    I apologize for another post, but I just remembered that someone came to me last week because he couldnt get the flatten command to work and the line he snapped too had a z elevation of .00006 so sometimes moving to just "0" doesnt help, you might have to change the unit precision or put a lot of 0's after a decimal point. Rich

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