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I have been using the "Drilled Footing" tool to place piles on a project I am working on at the moment. The project requires straight piles (no bell end to them) so I have been setting the "Bell width" and "Bell height" to 0. All displays correctly but when I checked the length and toe level they are not correct. Example of 600mm pile with a toe level of -5000. 1. Create a new file 2. Select: Building Shell> Drilled Footing 3. Enter the following: x = 0 y = 0 z = 0 Rotation = 0 Diameter = 600 Bell width = 0 Bell height = 0 Top datum = 0 Bearing datum = -5000 Now check the top and bottom levels of the pile (drilled footing): Top level = 0 Bottom level = -5300 Measured length = 5300 The length should be 5000 but it has increased by 300 However if I set: Bell width = 600 (same diameter as the rest of the pile (drilled footing)) and Bell height = 0 the pile is now drawn and measures correctly. Is this the only way to draw a pile without the bell end; should entering a bell height and width of 0 give the correct length? It would useful if the ("z" /Top Datum) could be tied into the stories.