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Subject: Transpose AutoCad Contours to Vue Terrain

cmckenzie opened this issue on Jun 27, 2010 · 5 posts
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cmckenzie ( ) posted Sun, 27 June 2010 at 11:17 PM · edited Wed, 05 February 2025 at 8:01 AM

Can anyone help me with a workflow to create Vue Terrains that conform to contour data exported out of Autocad or conversely is there a way to sculpt using an imported object as a reference.

I am an Architect the abilitiy to create accurate terrains is important. I have tried importing DEM data but the scale is to large for a site specific file. I have tried using the Terrain editor but I cannot find anything similar to Sketchup's drape function which would be perfect for what I am looking for.

Any ideas would be welcome

Thanks

SHONNER ( ) posted Mon, 28 June 2010 at 3:39 AM

What size of terrain are we talking about?  A county? A city block?  A house lot?

SHONNER

cmckenzie ( ) posted Wed, 30 June 2010 at 5:34 AM

A fairly large terrain...about 100 acres

andyjw86 ( ) posted Fri, 18 February 2011 at 12:57 PM

cmc - I just "friended" you through Renderosity. I was trying to send you a message, but this is just as good.  I am also an architect and this topic is of particular interest to me.  Did you get anywhere with what you were looking for? 

alexcoppo ( ) posted Fri, 18 February 2011 at 3:13 PM

Continuos terrain altimetry from contours? not in Vue, at least currently. The only programs I know that can handle this vital task are GIS programs.

GIMP 2.7.4, Inkscape 0.48, Genetica 3.6 Basic, FilterForge 3 Professional, Blender 2.61, SketchUp 8, PoserPro 2012, Vue 10 Infinite, World Machine 2.3, GeoControl 2

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