Spot levels

A spot level writes the height of a point: the top of a floor, a terrace or a step. In a plan, it is also the level marker that says what level the plan is at.

Placing a spot level

1. Pick the Spot level tool (in the Annotation group).
2. Click the point:
   • In a section or elevation, click a floor, slab or roof edge. A small triangle stands on the point.
   • In a plan, click a slab: the spot level reads the slab's top. Click anywhere else and it reads the plan's own level, as a level marker, drawn with a target symbol.
3. Click where its text goes.

The spot level follows what it was put on. Move the slab, or change its level, and the height changes.

What it reads

Select it and type a pattern in Reads in Properties. These words in braces are filled in:

• {elevation}: the height in the project's units, with its sign: +450.
• {m}: in metres to two places: +0.45. {m3} gives three places.
• {mm}: in millimetres: +450.
• {level}: the name of the level at or below the point.

{m} FFL reads "+0.45 FFL", and FFL {m} ({level}) reads "FFL +0.45 (Ground floor)". A new spot level reads like the last one made, so set the pattern once.

Moving and styling

With the Select tool, drag its text to move it. A spot level takes a style like a dimension. Spot levels are dimensions for visibility: a view that hides dimensions hides them too.