Thanks, Guitta.... I understand the idea of using the grid, but it seems like a major workaround when if it were possible to see a rendered top view of the terrain the process would be a lot simpler.... I need to place objects relative to the elevations on my terrain. If I give the terrain a color, the wireframe of the terrain would all be the same color, right? So if I wanted to place a bush in an exact position next to a depression in the terrain, what would allow me to see the depression from the top wire-frame view? I did figure out how to see different objects, trees, etc. relative to one another, but not relative to terrain details. I have used Bryce for a long time, and it works in many ways as Vue does. You can render the different viewports (Top, side, etc.) in Bryce and then superimpose the wireframe of your terrain over the rendered image. This allows fairly precise placement of objects according to the terrain details. Is it possible to render any view other than the main camera view in Vue, and keep it rendered while you place objects over the image... or perhaps import an overhead render as a guide on a background layer to arrange objects to? There are some other issues in Bryce that I am hoping will be different in Vue. Thanks for your very kind help.

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