Surface Inferencing

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Blue diamond on pink surface
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White rectangle with end points equal to surface value
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Surface Inferencing.skp (153.6 KB)

Hello,

Today I “discovered” something I call surface inferencing.

In image #1 every colored shape has a different elevation.

I held the Line cursor over the pink surface & got a blue diamond that represents the location of the surface relative to the green axis. (It is -1’ 3 7/8".)

Then I held down the shift key while drawing the white rectangle you see in image #2. Every end point of the white rectangle has a green axis value of -1’ 3 7/8".

My question is this: will someone please give me a link to a video about this fascinating concept?

Peter Enns

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You are making progress.
Holding the cursor on) hovering over something (face, edge or the like) and then holding down [Shift] lets you miracles.
The first picks up the inference (here ‘OnFace’), the second locks while performing an operation (here drawing the rectangle).