Rob Norris Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Hi, i have what i believe must have a very simple answer as is seems like such a basic function, but after hours of googling and searching the forums, i cant find nothin'!😬apologies for being an idiot: im not even sure if i have the correct terminology?  i create a section viewport and i would like to annotate it. i would like to use a tool and click on a point and it give me the elevation/height automatically eg is there something basic im missing or is this a time where its actually a little more involved than one might have thought. as a secondary thought i would also be good to label the materials autmatically. ' Any help welcome; advice or a link to a tutorial video or similar 🙂  ive also uploaded the file so you can see what ive acheived so far!  Rob  210511_hardscape test.vwx Quote Link to comment
ETUD Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 you can use elevation benchmark tool 210511_hardscape test.vwx Quote Link to comment
drelARCH Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Ok I see that there is already a post from @ETUD Yes, use elevation benchmark tool and callout /data tag tool.  See in attachment. 210511_hardscape test-modified.vwx Quote Link to comment
Rob Norris Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 Hi, thank you for your input, but i feel like i am missing somthing (im faily new and only get a chance to learn this program sporadically)  It seems to me that the elevation benchmark tool is fairly passive. if i move one of your elevation benchmarks, the elevation stays the same the only way to alter it is to mess with the settings/objectinfo. What i would like to do is be able to place, copy and move these labels so that the real world eleveation int the section changes with it.  Quote Link to comment
Rob Norris Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 quick update: i spoke to my supplier and he says that its a bug/issue in the current version of Vectorworks. so maybe thats why i cant get it to work for me. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rob Norris Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 OK: thank you both for your help, i now have the answer why it wouldnt work, which ill put here for future generations! 🙂  the main reason i couldnt get it to work was becouse id overlooked two important settings: 1-Section view port needs to be set in orthagonal projection 2-The elevation benchmark itself should have elevtaion display set to "Y value relative to reference elevation"  its a learning process every day! 🙂  3 Quote Link to comment
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