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Profile View Creation Elevations - Stuck On User Specified

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 19:52:24 GMT

C3D 2020

I am trying to create plan & profile sheets. The profile view screated are stuck on User Specified Elevation range, and this range usually starts at elevation 0. I can understand this being greyed out - you are creating several sheets and the elevation range depends on the individual sheet. But it should be greyed out on Automatic, I think.

I've looked at every setting I can find and nothing works. I found Profile View Creation>Specify Profile Elevation Range in about three different places and they are all set to No.

When I create the sheets, on the profile view tab it doesn't matter whether I choose Get settings from an existing profile or Choose settings (Profile View Wizard - PVW), the profile views start at elevation 0. in the PVW, at the Profile View Height dialog, the Profile view height settings are greyed out as described above.

What am I doing wrong? How do I get the profile view to show the profile and pressure networks 6 feet below that?

thanks

Re: Profile View Creation Elevations - Stuck On User Specified

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:25:35 GMT

see attached dwg

Re: Profile View Creation Elevations - Stuck On User Specified

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:28:27 GMT

oops, accidentally blew away the CL profile. attached dwg is complete. This has a pressure network in it - totally made up for testing purposes only.

Re: Profile View Creation Elevations - Stuck On User Specified

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 12:21:01 GMT

There seems to be some object with zero elevation affecting the profile view creation. If I use the profile view wizard and choose Mean elevation for the datum, it goes halfway between zero and the design which is around 1000. i recreated everything and got it to work. I understand why it has to use user elevation range instead of automatic, but i do not know why it is starting at zero in the first place.

Re: Profile View Creation Elevations - Stuck On User Specified

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:39:17 GMT

so if I check the box for Split profile view in the Profile View Wizard it gets it at least close enough that part of the profile and pressure network show up in the PV. Not all of it, but some of it - even though there are no split profile views created. It doesn't matter whether Minimum or Mean elevation is selected for the datum - the PV's start at the same bottom elevation..

If I do not Split the PV and use Minimum for datum, the PV starts at elevation 0. If I do not Split the PV and use Mean for datum the bottom elevation in the PV is around 500 for profile & pressure network that are around elev. 1000.

Properties of all profiles (2) and the pressure network reveal minimum elevations around 970. There is nothing in the data that indicates a zero minimum elevation.

Autodesk: Can you confirm this behavior? Can you suggest a remedy? All SP's are applied (release 2020.2)

Re: Profile View Creation Elevations - Stuck On User Specified

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:44:35 GMT

Having the same problem. Can not make heads or tales of how the automatic settings are chosen or how to manipulate them via the wizard. If I post process the PV's then the PV dissappears. REA doesn't bring it back. Laythawall does it but that's a royal pain. Would love to hear a solution to this issue.

Re: Profile View Creation Elevations - Stuck On User Specified

jflynnXCCQY — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:51:06 GMT

I too am having the same problem. What am I missing?

Re: Profile View Creation Elevations - Stuck On User Specified

Paul.GrafPZAZ7 — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:58:53 GMT

I am having the same issue.. The Plan Production tools need some serious attention from Autodesk.