I have a question for all of the ecosystem experts in this forum. I've got a job coming up that will require an extremely accurate representation of an existing terrain. I already have the CAD files with the contour lines - which I will have to clean up - so I can create the terrain model in Lightwave.

My questions are:

1. Is there a better way to create the 3D model of the terrain to import into Vue5I rather than to model it in LW? and...

2. Once the terrain is imported, can I use an ecosystem to populate the landscape with trees and assorted foliage? I haven't played with ecosystems at all and have no idea if you must use a terrain created in Vue or if you can import a mesh.

Any suggestions/advice/workflow would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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