Sunday 18 March 2012

07. Contours



Step 1
Here I have imported the AutoCAD file with the contours on it. Sit's it was geographically set to the same space as the house it has come in aligned in the right space. What this means is that the house in both AutoCAD models has the same co-ordinates relative to the origin of the axes.

I should also point out that all of the contours already have heights set, and are not just flat contours.

Since the AutoCAD file was only a 2004 file, it has also important the contours as one group.


Step 2
Go into the group editor for the contours.


Step 3
Select all the contours within the Group, a "Ctrl+A" is probably the quickest way of doing this.


Step 4
From the top menu select "Draw -> Sandbox -> From Contours".


Step 5
You should have a surface created that looks like this.


Step 6
You can double click to select the individual contour lines, and then hide them within the group.


Step 7
The final terrain will look something like this.

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