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Separate elevations per direction

Give North-South and East-West runs different heights to avoid clashes.

Last updated July 19, 2026

Turn this on when you want North-South runs and East-West runs to sit at different heights. Where two perpendicular runs cross, they’re then on separate elevations and don’t clash — handy for coordinating with beams, ducts or other systems whose clearances change by orientation.

The Routing Manager with Separate elevations per direction turned on

When it’s on, the panel changes:

  • Only Overhead is available — Underground is disabled while this mode is on.
  • The single Preferred Routing Zone (R) is replaced by two inputs: N/S Elevation and E/W Elevation — the height of each direction’s band. The diagram shows them as two stacked bands (N/S and E/W).
  • The swap button (↕) between the bands flips which direction sits on top (N/S over E/W, or the reverse).

How ABR decides which band a conduit uses: vertical runs are treated as North-South, horizontal runs as East-West, and diagonal runs inherit the elevation of their nearest straight neighbour.