SYSCAD - CAD for metal construction Start  back  next

Indication of altitude

Toolbar: SYSCAD programs -> Höhenkoten or Alternative Höhenkote

 

Ribbon: Programs -> Miscellaneous -> Höhenkoten

or -> Ribbon: Tools -> Dimension -> Höhenkoten or Alternative Höhenkote

 

 

The program is used to create vertical and horizontal reference dimensions, so called horizontal levels or indications of altitude.

Indications of altitude always refer to a reference point of your elevation or sectional drawing. This point is called BASE POINT.

All further level dimensions refer to this BASE POINT. You are free to define more than one BASE POINT in your drawing in order to define indications of altitude in your elevation and your sectional drawing.

Example:

Höhenkoten

The picture above shows a height dimensioning. The basis is the bottommost dimension (here with hight value "0"). All other dimensions can be positioned user-defined. The measure (dimension text) is calculated automatically by the program. You can edit the dimension text using the AutoCAD® function "edit text" (ddedit) and add an additional text.

With version 2000.10 the indications of altitude are adapted automatically when stretching, as long as there is no reference dimensioning within the dimensioning chain.

Hint:

The representation of the indications of altitude changes when changing the associated block (Settings in SYSCAD VARIABLE and LIST at HEIGHT LEVEL). The block HOEKOSYM is saved in the SYSCAD directory at TEMPLATES. Alter this block and save it as a new block with another name. Enter this name into the SYSCAD VARIABLE and DENOMINATION at INDICAT. OF ALTITUDE. So your block is used when dimensioning with indications of altitude. The block is scaled by the general scale factor of the dimensioning style set. You may assign a dimensioning style to your indications of altitude in SYSCAD VARIABLE and DENOMINATION at INDICAT. OF ALTITUDE. The decimal places and hiding of decimal places are also defined by the style.

 

The command "indication of altitude 2" Alternative height grade creates the elevation contour with separate settings, which were specified in the SYSCAD variable.

 

The option DELETE is used to delete the elevation contour dimensions. If you select the base measurement, you will be asked whether you really want to delete the whole elevation group.

 

By using an elevation block that consists only of the dimension number, coordinate dimensions are also possible:

koordinatenvermassung

 

 

Copy the block Hoekosym.dwg from the SYSCAD template directory and rename it e.g. to MyCOORDVM.DWG.

 

Delete the symbols from the block. It should consist only of the text "MASS".

 

In SYSCAD-VARIABLE, refer to the new block under Dimensioning -> Elevation Coordinate:

 

koordinatenvermassung-sysvar

 

The generation of the coordinate dimensioning is carried out in the same way as for the height grades.