Exaggerate Contour 3d Geometry

[907Trekker]

I am having a problem while trying to exaggerate the elevations of my contours.  When I edit my surface style under the contours tab, 3d Geometry, and select "Exaggerate Elevations" and use "3" for example and apply the changes nothing happens.  I can exaggerate my triangles with no issues but I can't exaggerate my contours to match.

Does anybody know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Mark

[tcorey]

On the Display tab of Style Editor, are you sure Contours are on for Model view, not just Plan view?

[Anonymous]

contours when exaggerated vertically do not look any different from a top down view.    The only way you can see that the contours have been successfully exaggerated is to switch to a 3d model view and see if they lie on top of the 3d triangles.

the software works, you just have to know what your looking at.

[peterfunkautodesk]

Just looked at this... In the surface style go to the Contours tab and under 3D Geometry use the same Exaggerate Elevation factor that you used for triangles.

Cheers,

Peter Funk

Autodesk, Inc.

[907Trekker]

Hi Peter,

I am setting the exaggerate factor in two tabs, "triangles" and "contours" like you say.  The triangles will exaggerate as expected but the contours remain at surface elevation. Also nothing happens when I use the flatten to elevation command.

And of course I am looking at this in a perspective view...

I opened the same drawing on a different computer and everything worked as expected.  Is there some computer specific variable I might have set wrong?

This is the second strange issue I am having that is specific to this computer, the other deals with material section hatching.

Mark

[AllenJessup]

I'd suggest you post the computer specs. Especially the video card.

Allen

[907Trekker]

Allen,

Here are the computer specs, including the video card:

Thanks,
Mark

225-0420    1     OptiPlex 990 Minitower
317-6591    1     Core i7-2600, 3.4GHz, 8M, VT-x, 95W, Optiplex 990
317-6782    1     8GB,Non-ECC,1333MHz DDR3,2x4GB,Dell OptiPlex 990
331-2024    1     Dell USB Entry Keyboard, No Hot Keys, English, OptiPlex
320-8438    1     Dell P2210,Widescreen,22.0 Inch Viewable Image Size, OptiPlex
320-1860    1     512MB AMD RADEON HD 6350 Graphics Dual DVI, FH,OptiPlex 990
342-2453    1     250GB SATA 6.0Gb/s and 8MB Data Burst Cache,Dell OptiPlex
469-0261    1     Windows 7 Professional, No Media, 64-bit, Optiplex, English
330-6228    1     Windows 7 Label, Optiplex, Fixed Precision, Vostro Desktop
421-2262    1     Windows 7 XP Mode,Opti/PWS/Lat/Vost
330-9458    1     Dell MS111 USB Optical Mouse,OptiPlex and Fixed Precision
331-1136    1     Intel Standard Manageability, Dell OptiPlex 990
318-0546    1     16X DVD+/-RW SATA,Data Only,Dell OptiPlex 990 Desktop or Minitower,Black
421-4539    1     Roxio Creator Starter,No Media,Dell OptiPlex, Latitude and Precision Workstation
421-4370    1     Cyberlink Power DVD 9.5,No Media, Dell OptiPlex, Latitude and Precision Workstation
331-1133    1     Heat Sink, Performance, Dell OptiPlex 990 Minitower
318-0319    1     Internal Speaker, OPtiplex 990
342-2287    1     OptiPlex 990 Minitower Standard Power Supply
421-5078    1     Dell Data Protection Access,OptiPlex
330-7422    1     Enable Low Power Mode for EUP Compliance,Dell OptiPlex
331-2480    1     Regulatory label, Mexico, for OptiPlex 990 Mini Tower
330-1711    1     Power Cord,125V,2M,C13,Dell OptiPlex
331-2030    1     Documentation,English,Dell OptiPlex
341-8036    1     No RAID, Dell OptiPlex
330-4817    1     Dell Energy Smart Power Management Settings Enabled Optiplex
313-3673    1     No Resource DVD for Dell Optiplex, Latitude, Precision
310-6719    1     Chassis intrusion switch, DellOptiPlex
310-9444    1     No Quick Reference Guide,Dell OptiPlex
331-1268    1     Shipping Material for System,Minitower,Dell OptiPlex 990
410-0560    1     Adobe Acrobat X, includes Serial Key Card, FI, ENG/FRN
421-3950    1     Microsoft Office Starter 2010,OptiPlex,Precision and Latitude
421-3957    1     Microsoft Office Professional 2010,English,OptiPlex,Precision and Latitude

[AllenJessup]

I don't see the video card on the Certified Hardware list. Does the computers that display things correctly have a certified card? I'm not saying that's the answer. But it's my first guess.

Allen

[907Trekker · Accepted solution]

I finally figured this out.  It will not draw the contours at an exaggerated elevation when you are using contour smoothing!  Turn off contour smoothing and everything works okay. 

I guess I just needed to forget about it for a while and then look with fresh eyes.