ginger04 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Hi, does anyone know how to send to surface plants on NURBS surface I had created (nurbs surface was made from polylines-->3D polys because of better representation)? Or is it only the site model that works with send to surface command?? Thanks in advance! Janusz Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted December 13, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 13, 2012 HI Send to Surface works only on a Site Model. However, if you create a Site Model and change your Document Preferences to turn on Mesh Smoothing, you might get a better presentation AND get all the other benefits of a site model (presentation, cut and fill, model before, model after). Quote Link to comment
ginger04 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thank you! But in comparison to the mesh smoothing, drape surface and finally nurbs surface is best looking possible I think (smoothest surface). In that case I even prefer to add each plant individually, putting each Z coordinate for the plant (time consuming but looks natural to me). I just grouped all (five) of my site models. I've found out that it prevents from asking me every time I had put or modified each plant (it shows: choose site model). When you have plenty of plants it is very irritating. It is all because one site model wouldn't present the complicated terrain I needed ( a sample in attachment). Maybe next time I'll try your way of dealing with DTM - especially in large scale projects:) So, thank you very much! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted December 14, 2012 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 14, 2012 Why do you need FIVE site models??? Quote Link to comment
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