Set the Elevation of a Line to a Single Elevation

Open a job in the Manage Earthwork Estimates screen.

Note: To open a job in the Manage Earthwork Estimates screen, click Estimating > Earthwork > Manage Earthwork Estimates in the All Tasks pane. Click Open Existing Job. Then select the job you want to open, and click OK.
Select the Takeoff tab, if it is not already active.
In the Active Layer field on the toolbar, click to select the layer for which you want to change the line elevations.
Click Single El on the speedbar.
In the Elevation field on the toolbar, enter the elevation to which you want to change a line.
If you want to set the elevation for multiple lines, in the Interval field on the toolbar, enter the interval by which to adjust the elevation after each line. The increment can be positive, negative, or zero.
Click on the first line whose elevation you want to change.
If you want to change the elevations of multiple lines, click on the next line you want to change.
Repeat step 8 until you have changed all the lines you want to change.
When you are finished, click Select on the speedbar.

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