AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Feature Lines / Surfaces And Object Viewer

Jul 19, 2013

When I use Object Viewer to look at just feature lines and surfaces, the feature lines do not appear at the same elevation as the surface as I shift the view around.  Why is that- especially since I am looking at the surface I created from those same feature lines? 

is that a feature, intended to make it easier to discern the feature lines in Object Viewer?  Or a quirk of my video card?

Win 7E 64-bit, Intel i7, 12 GB
C3D 2012

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