Elev

Changes the elevation and thickness.

Accessing the Command

command bar: elev

: elev

Prompts you in the command bar:

New current elevation <0.0000>: (Enter a new value, or press Enter to keep the current value.)

New current thickness <0.0000>: (Enter a new value, or press Enter to keep the current value.)

Command Options

Option

Description

New current elevation

menu bar: Settings | Elevation

toolbar: Settings |

Specifies the elevation; enter a negative value for a negative elevation.

The elevation is reported on the status bar as the z coordinate.

The elevation is the height of the xy plane in the z direction.

New current thickness

menu bar: Settings | Thickness

toolbar: Settings |

Specifies the thickness; the thickness begins at the elevation; enter negative values for thicknesses that are drawn downwards (negative z direction).

The thickness is the extrusion distance (in the z direction) of non-3D entities, such as points, lines, polylines, arcs and circles.

When thickness is not 0:

Points become lines.
Lines and open polylines become planes
Arcs become curved surfaces.
Circles become cylinders.
Closed polylines become tubes.

Related Commands

Flatten - flattens 2D objects with thickness and allows to convert splines to polylines.

Change - changes the elevation and thickness of entities through the command bar.

Properties - changes the elevation (z coordinate) and elevation through a palette.

Settings - sets the default elevation and thickness through the 3D section of the Settings dialog box.