How do I make and render an object in AutoCAD when the components are not in the same plane?

I am trying to render a ship's hull, which has lots of curves and is not in a single plane. AutoCAD will not allow me to make this ship an object, or sections of this ship an object, because the components are not co-planar. Any suggestions?How do I make and render an object in AutoCAD when the components are not in the same plane?
Obviously since you are designing a 3D object not everything can be placed on ';0'; on the Z axis or else your boat would be flat. That being said, how did you design this ship? Are these components AutoCAD Solids? If so you shouldn't have a problem, it should simply render. If you want this to be one ';piece'; or object you could simply insert it into a new drawing as a block and it's automatically an object (block). BUT if these are not solids then I'm curious about how you designed this?





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You can try to put all objects at zero elevation ('z'). Problems like this are usually caused by objects having 'z' values other than zero. Unless you are building a 3d model it is best to have all objects with a 'z' value of zero. Just having a lot of curves should not cause you much trouble unless you are working with 3d objects if you set the 'Center Z' value to zero with in your properties menu.