Have you ever placed Giza furniture in your drawing and then when you look at your plan in 3D you notice some of the furniture is floating up in the air or at unexpected elevations?
Below are the two most common causes of this issue and how to correct it.
Incorrect 3D Placement Setting
When placing furniture in Giza, the 3D placement is determined by what setting you have enabled on the following toolbar setting.
Make sure your setting is on Normal unless you are specifically needing to place objects at a custom height using one of the other two placement modes.
- Norm. - (Normal) Used for placing symbols on the floor of your model (without a Z Height). This is the setting you should be using when placing furniture most of the time. This will ensure the furniture is placed on the floor or if the furniture object is programmed with a specific elevation value, that value will be used. For example, a worksurface from a manufacturers catalog may be pre-programmed to insert 30 inches above the floor.
- Surf. - (Surface) When this is selected, Giza will attempt to place objects on top of each other. For example, if you need to place an object directly on top of a worksurface or on top of another object. This should be used situationally and then switch back to Normal when done placing the required object(s).
- Z Ht. - Use the Z Height mode to set symbols a specific distance above the floor or its default height position. Use the arrows to the right of the box to change the value or enter a value directly. Use this if you need to place a series of objects at a custom height but remember to switch it back to Normal when finished.
XY Forcing enabled when snapping furniture
Having XY forcing enabled when snapping furniture objects together can cause items to elevate if the items you are snapping have a specified Z height value assigned to them from the catalog. It is a best practice to have the XY box unchecked when snapping furniture to avoid this possible issue.
Fixing Elevated Objects
If you discover after the fact that your objects are at undesired elevations, you will need to select them and manually elevate them back to 0' or their proper Z height value.
- Select the incorrectly elevated object(s) in the drawing, and then once they are selected, right click on one of them and choose Elevate.
- Enter the correct Z height value in the input box and press Ok.
- Check object(s) now has desired elevation.