Use the Vertical Distance command to determine the elevation difference between two points in the survey database.
To list the elevation distance in the Survey Command Window
- In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click a named network Survey Command Window.
- In the Survey Command Window, click Point Information menu Vertical Distance.
- Enter the point identifier of the start point.
- Enter the point identifier of the ahead point.
To list the elevation distance at the Command line in the Survey Command Window
- In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click a named network Survey Command Window.
- At the command line, enter:
VDIST [point 1] [point 2]
Command Line Example
The following example shows a valid entry using the Vertical Distance command:
NEZ 1 100 100 30.480
NEZ 2 200 200 33.528
VD 1 2
Vertical distance 3.048
This example determines the vertical distance from point 1 to point 2. A positive value indicates that point 2 is higher than point 1.