https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Sun, 17 May 2026 01:43:56 +0000 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 20:58:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=12619 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619&PID=35628&title=z-coordinates#35628 Author: Kent Cooper
Subject: 12619
Posted: 07.Feb.2018 at 20:58

You can force any Object Snapping to ignore Z coordinates in AutoCAD, with the OSNAPZ System Variable.  That won't change any already-existing things with non-zero Z coordinates.  But you can't "turn off" Z coordinates like those -- for some things you can collectively change Z coordinates to 0 in the Properties box, but for others FLATTEN may be the only choice if you really need them all in the XY plane.  I agree with the question about what is causing things to be non-zero in the Z direction.  If you're getting drawings from other that way, you can't control that, but if there are careless procedures in your operations, you should be able to improve on that.

]]> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 20:58:41 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619&PID=35628&title=z-coordinates#35628 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619&PID=35626&title=z-coordinates#35626 Author: mcacic
Subject: 12619
Posted: 06.Feb.2018 at 23:51

to avoid having to flatten drawing and having new lines etc being drawn in 2d only without having a z coordinate and avoid having issues when filleting and trimming, etc.]]> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 23:51:03 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619&PID=35626&title=z-coordinates#35626 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619&PID=35625&title=z-coordinates#35625 Author: John Connor
Subject: 12619
Posted: 06.Feb.2018 at 23:41

Why?  What are you doing wrong that some of your entities have a Z greater or lesser than zero?]]> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 23:41:08 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619&PID=35625&title=z-coordinates#35625 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619&PID=35624&title=z-coordinates#35624 Author: mcacic
Subject: 12619
Posted: 06.Feb.2018 at 23:21

Is there a way to tun off Z coordinates?]]> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 23:21:42 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619&PID=35624&title=z-coordinates#35624