Decent terrain

Rick Eloy · November 20th, 2007

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SHORT TITLE FOR SUGGESTION/BUG/ENHANCEMENT REQUEST
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Terrain should be able to create more accurate meshes.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF YOUR REQUEST
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Maybe I'm missing something, but doing terrain in Max with the Terrain tool was really awful. I really would love to see a parametric terrain feature, where you could control the terrain lines at anytime, modify, add and delete them and get a smooth, quad mesh instead of that tri-thing. Also, a way to add curbs, roads and other interferences would be much appreciated.

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WHY THIS REQUEST IS IMPORTANT TO YOU
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It would make it faster (we could use the original topography we get from the clients) and modifying the final terrain wouldn't be such a pain (and I wouldn't have to BM all my terrains anymore

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Matt Clementson · November 20th, 2007

Agreed, some decent terrain creation and editing tools would be great.

nauticus27 · November 21st, 2007

I'm actually in the middle of a pile of site / terrain work right now. These tools would be a huge benefit. A big 'ol plus vote from me for this one.

Brian Cassil · November 21st, 2007

Been shouting for this since Max 1

daveb867 · November 22nd, 2007

would civil 3d combined with map 3d provide an answer, gps data can be imported to produce landscapes according to the co-ordinates of that data and can then be exported out as .3ds file, as far as i am aware anyway??? maybe worth a look

alias_marks · December 21st, 2007

Big vote from me!

blowback · December 21st, 2007

Terrain. YES.

brightlight · December 22nd, 2007

That's a very big YES from me!

Timbur · December 22nd, 2007

Yeah very big improvements is needed! Terrain tool is now quite useless because of so awful mesh.. This tool could save a lot of time

acad-gatsu · December 26th, 2007

That would be sooo helpful!!

November 20th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
Rick Eloy Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: São Paulo, Brasil Age: 31 Posts: 2,386 Name: Ricardo Eloy	Decent terrain ---------------------------------------------------------------- SHORT TITLE FOR SUGGESTION/BUG/ENHANCEMENT REQUEST ---------------------------------------------------------------- Terrain should be able to create more accurate meshes. --------------------------------------------------------------- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF YOUR REQUEST --------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe I'm missing something, but doing terrain in Max with the Terrain tool was really awful. I really would love to see a parametric terrain feature, where you could control the terrain lines at anytime, modify, add and delete them and get a smooth, quad mesh instead of that tri-thing. Also, a way to add curbs, roads and other interferences would be much appreciated. --------------------------------------------------------------- WHY THIS REQUEST IS IMPORTANT TO YOU --------------------------------------------------------------- It would make it faster (we could use the original topography we get from the clients) and modifying the final terrain wouldn't be such a pain (and I wouldn't have to BM all my terrains anymore ). __________________ Rick Eloy reb digital - Really, I'm doing it for the kids...

November 20th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
Matt Clementson Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cardiff, UK Age: 37 Posts: 218 Name: Matt Clementson	Re: Decent terrain Agreed, some decent terrain creation and editing tools would be great.

November 21st, 2007	#3 (permalink)
nauticus27 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 24 Name: Scott Dombrowski	Re: Decent terrain I'm actually in the middle of a pile of site / terrain work right now. These tools would be a huge benefit. A big 'ol plus vote from me for this one.

November 21st, 2007	#4 (permalink)
Brian Cassil Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut. Age: 36 Posts: 2,017 Name: Brian Cassil	Re: Decent terrain Been shouting for this since Max 1 __________________ "writing notes is quieter."

November 22nd, 2007	#5 (permalink)
daveb867 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 22 Posts: 743 Name: Dave Buckley	Re: Decent terrain would civil 3d combined with map 3d provide an answer, gps data can be imported to produce landscapes according to the co-ordinates of that data and can then be exported out as .3ds file, as far as i am aware anyway??? maybe worth a look

December 21st, 2007	#6 (permalink)
alias_marks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver, CO Age: 25 Posts: 327 Name: Michael Brown	Re: Decent terrain Big vote from me! __________________ www.DownTownMikeBrown.com

December 21st, 2007	#7 (permalink)
blowback Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Age: 35 Posts: 572 Name: Christopher Kowal	Re: Decent terrain Terrain. YES. __________________ When we open the box, there is a 50% chance that the cat is alive and a 50% chance that the cat is dead

December 22nd, 2007	#8 (permalink)
brightlight Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Perth Posts: 40 Name: Jim Buchanan	Re: Decent terrain That's a very big YES from me!

December 22nd, 2007	#9 (permalink)
Timbur Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kuopio, Finland Age: 21 Posts: 37 Name: Timo Muraja	Re: Decent terrain Yeah very big improvements is needed! Terrain tool is now quite useless because of so awful mesh.. This tool could save a lot of time __________________ http://www.3dims.net http://koti.mbnet.fi/tmuraja/

December 26th, 2007	#10 (permalink)
acad-gatsu Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: los angeles Posts: 5 Name: jose negrete	Re: Decent terrain That would be sooo helpful!!

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