Terrain

Top of terrain: This sets the global Z coordinate of the top elevation of the terrain. You do not have to restart Modeling to see this applied. Terrain is shown in Modeling when the User and Site Options > Modeling > Modeling terrain color and Background color are different.

Top = -40-0	Top = 0	Top = 40-0

Tip: In many cases, you will want to enter an elevation that is equal to the bottom elevation of the lowest column in your model.

Thickness of terrain: This sets the thickness of the terrain. The color of the thickness of the terrain is the User and Site Options > Modeling > Modeling terrain color 2. Terrain is shown in Modeling when Modeling terrain colors (1 & 2) are different colors than the Background color. You do not have to restart Modeling to see changes in terrain thickness applied.

Thickness = 5-0	Thickness = 10-0	Thickness = 15-0

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