Creating a 3D Grid from designed contours

Introduction

The ability to draw contours, create a ground model file and then a 3D grid is very important and is a great introduction to Key TERRA-FIRMA.

Video Tutorial

The Camtasia Studio video content presented here requires a more recent version of the Adobe Flash Player. If you are you using a browser with JavaScript disabled please enable it now. Otherwise, please update your version of the free Flash Player by downloading here.

Running time: 10min 59sec
File size: 16.0MB

Summary

Creating a 3D grid from designed contours

  1. Create a new layer and give it a suitable name.
  2. Draw contours using 2D Polylines.
  3. Give the contours an elevation using "Move Vertically To".
  4. Create a ground model (.kgm) file.
  5. Create a 3D grid.
  6. Set the visual style to "Realistic" for best effect.

Copyright David Watson 2005–2024
XHTML, CSS