Use the Datum command to change the elevations of selected drawing points.
Updates points that were set, according to an assumed elevation, to a benchmark elevation. If a point has no elevation value, its elevation is not adjusted.
To change the elevation of points
- In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, click the Points collection to display the Points list view.
- In the list view, select the desired points. For more information, see Selecting Items in a List View.
- Right-click and click Datum.
- In response to the prompt, specify a change in elevation by doing one of the following:
- Enter a change in elevation. To specify a decrease in the elevation, use a minus sign (-) before the value.
- Enter R, for reference, then enter the old and new datum elevations. The points will be modified by the differences between the two values.

