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    Quote Originally Posted by dshall View Post
    This is a three part test. You are to recreate the model pictured below

    Part 1: Build a 20X30 house.... easy peasy
    Part 2: Determine the ELEVATION OF THE TERRAIN PERIMETER
    you can use Doug Park average ht. method (this comes from this thread http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread....799#post423799)



    Part 3: Build the terrain as pictured below. Note the terrain contour callouts are automatic, that is part of the test.

    I am curious as to what everybody set there TERRAIN ELEVATION at.
    D. Scott,

    I have been away for a couple of days and come back to this very interesting conversation.

    Can you explain what you mean in the above by
    ELEVATION OF THE TERRAIN PERIMETER - is there such a thing?
    and TERRAIN ELEVATION - is there such a thing? Do you mean Pad Elevation?

    In your example I would set the Pad Elevation to 20' (relative floor level) - is that what you want to know?
    What are you trying to achieve?

    Haven't we been through this before?

    I think a lot of confusion arises because when you have a Terrain Perimeter with contours and you uncheck Auto Calculate Elevation.
    Under these circumstances Pad Elevation is the elevation you are setting for Chief's zero floor level to - it has nothing to do with setting terrain building pads or elevation regions under the house - or nothing else to do with shaping or modifying the levels of the terrain.
    It simply relates zero floor level to the terrain levels.
    Last edited by Glenn Woodward; 01-21-2012 at 05:55 PM.
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