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<p>Md5i: Spelling fixes</p> <hr /> <div>The Z-Axis is the &quot;third plane&quot;.<br /> <br /> It's easy to think of a graph, with a x-axis and a y-axis right?<br /> <br /> The X-Axis goes Side to Side, Left to Right...<br /> <br /> &lt;-----------------------------&gt; X AXIS<br /> <br /> The Y-Axis goes up and down!<br /> /<br /> / \<br /> |<br /> | <br /> |<br /> | <br /> | <br /> \ /<br /> \<br /> Y AXIS<br /> <br /> <br /> Thus, things with both axes are 2 dimensional, whilst things with a Z-Axis that goes through the middle of the two are 3 dimensional.<br /> <br /> In Dwarf Fortress, the Z-Axis is a fairly recent thing that allows players to dig holes, down into mountains, or up into mountains... allows them to dig ditches... etc. etc.<br /> <br /> The Default Key-Binding to change your z axis are Shift + Numpad5 Control + Numpad5 Shift + . (&gt;) and Shift + , (&lt;)</div>

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