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    <title>tema Re: Can you place a block on a tin surface and have the same z value as the surface elevation? en AutoCAD Forum</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;Would the Civil3D Forum be a better place to ask this?&amp;nbsp; I haven't worked with TIN files, so I don't know what they're like.&amp;nbsp; I assume their elements are surfaces of some kind that can be at least &lt;EM&gt;slanted&lt;/EM&gt; in the 3rd dimension, but can they also be &lt;EM&gt;non-planar&lt;/EM&gt; [i.e. &lt;EM&gt;warped&lt;/EM&gt;]?&amp;nbsp; Do you want to place Blocks out in the middle of an element where there is no endpoint or intersection or some such thing to Osnap to?&amp;nbsp; If the elements are all planar, I think there's a way to calculate where a vertical at a given XY position would intersect the surface, to get a Z value from.&amp;nbsp; But if they might be warped, I'm not so sure.&amp;nbsp; Might Civil3D&amp;nbsp;have a built-in capability to find the point on the element?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Kent1Cooper</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-10-12T16:37:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Can you place a block on a tin surface and have the same z value as the surface elevation?</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basically right now I am placing a lot of tree blocks on a plan and they all need to be at a specific elevation. Currently I am placing the block, adding the spot elevation, then manually changing the z elevation under each properties to match the spot elevation.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there a way to quickly place the block so that wherever it lands on the tin surface, its z value matches the exact elevation at that point on the surface?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I attached a pic for reference.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>martin.hong</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-12T15:50:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can you place a block on a spot elevation and have the same z value?</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;See the attached block. It shows a Y coordinate. So just redefine it to Z.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ВeekeeCZ</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-12T15:22:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can you place a block on a spot elevation and have the same z value?</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;INSERT command (which can be triggered from TPs and ADC and other methods) always asks you for a Z, you could just enter that info at that time.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="pendean_0-1697125245199.png" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1278538iB59D6617FF6642DE/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="pendean_0-1697125245199.png" alt="pendean_0-1697125245199.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Are you just eyeballing the x,y location? Then it's tough to eyeball the "z" from a 2D above view with UCS and PLAN set to all that flatness.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Also... much like placing blocks in x,y at a very exact location, to do it in x,y,Z you can also "osnap" to an element at the Z elevation you desire. That's one way to do it that is very quick.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;And... before block placement, you change your active Z elevation to what you need it to be first then drop it at the x,y you are eyeballing. Look up ELEV command.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:44:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>pendean</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-12T15:44:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can you place a block on a tin surface and have the same z value as the surface elevation?</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;Sorry, I'll try to edit my post - but I think the better question is, is it possible to place a block anywhere on a tin surface and have its z value set to the same elevation at that point on the surface?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:49:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>martin.hong</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-12T15:49:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can you place a block on a tin surface and have the same z value as the surface elevation?</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;Set OSNAPZ to 0?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Then use osnaps?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Also, if you need to take Z from s different spot then the final landing, you can type .Z pick somewhere else, then place it where you need.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:57:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ВeekeeCZ</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-12T15:57:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can you place a block on a tin surface and have the same z value as the surface elevation?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/can-you-place-a-block-on-a-tin-surface-and-have-the-same-z-value/m-p/12302012#M1117067</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Would the Civil3D Forum be a better place to ask this?&amp;nbsp; I haven't worked with TIN files, so I don't know what they're like.&amp;nbsp; I assume their elements are surfaces of some kind that can be at least &lt;EM&gt;slanted&lt;/EM&gt; in the 3rd dimension, but can they also be &lt;EM&gt;non-planar&lt;/EM&gt; [i.e. &lt;EM&gt;warped&lt;/EM&gt;]?&amp;nbsp; Do you want to place Blocks out in the middle of an element where there is no endpoint or intersection or some such thing to Osnap to?&amp;nbsp; If the elements are all planar, I think there's a way to calculate where a vertical at a given XY position would intersect the surface, to get a Z value from.&amp;nbsp; But if they might be warped, I'm not so sure.&amp;nbsp; Might Civil3D&amp;nbsp;have a built-in capability to find the point on the element?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Kent1Cooper</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-12T16:37:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can you place a block on a tin surface and have the same z value as the surface elevation?</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks for the suggestion, crossed posted this in that forum and the solution is the command&amp;nbsp;&lt;STRONG&gt;_AeccMoveBlocksToSurface.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for all your help!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:03:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>martin.hong</dc:creator>
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