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How do I create a 3D mesh plane


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I've been using vector works for over 10 years and I still can't figure out an easy way to this.

Basically what I want to do is create a flat ground plane for a building, however, I want it to be a 12" x 12" gridded mesh where I can then adjust each vertex to create contours.

Its probably really simple but I just can't figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I am going to explain 3D Power Pack way to do this:

Create your ground plane by extruding a rectangle by 0 distance and convert the extrude to NURBS, thus creating a NURBS surface. Better yet, draw a rectangle and use Model->Create Surface from Curves to create a rectangular surface. Use the Create Contours tool to create a group of NURBS curves separated by a distance that you input. You can do this both in horizontal and vertical directions. You can ungroup the groups and with the NURBS curves selected, convert them to mesh or 3D Polys.

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