Mattheng Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I am creating a DTM from a third party survey. It seems accurate enough and there are plenty of points but the resulting DTM is "creased" and looks awful. There is a "smoothing" section under the properties of the DTM but this only seems to effect the 3d contours. How do I smooth out the mesh object? Matt Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Can you post a screenshot so we can see what you're talking about? Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 (edited) This may be same as Matt's, or not, but I am curious how to round out the flattened contours on the DTM. I highlighted a few of them on the DTM. Source data is rounded and has plenty of points. -B Edited March 31, 2013 by Benson Shaw Quote Link to comment
Mattheng Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 Sorry, my DTM now looks passably smooth and I'm not sure when it happened. I was working on some texture beds and I suddenly noticed the creases had gone. Maybe it takes a few "updates" to make it happen, maybe the "smoothing" did work. Sorry I can't be more helpful. I'm baffled but happy with the result. Matt Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 MATT - What was not smooth? Was it flattened/faceted contours? Or faceted surface? -B Quote Link to comment
Mattheng Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Basically it looked like a piece of paper someone had folded and then unfolded. There were sharp steps up where the changes in gradient occurred. Basically it was going to have to be camouflaged to get away with it.. But now it isn't and I still haven't got a clue why... Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted April 3, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 3, 2013 Have you turned on Mesh Smoothing on Document Preferences? That would smooth it. Quote Link to comment
ray isaacs Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 if mesh smoothing is not working, it could be an indicator that your model is too complicated. if that's the case, try simplifying the original site data. cheers, ray Quote Link to comment
Mattheng Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Tamsin, I did turn it on but it seemed to be saying that it only applied to the 3d contours. It certainly didn't make any difference to the mesh object. At least, not immediately. It seemed to work after a few more updates. And then stayed smooth after I turned it off again. I must say I don't understand quite what happened... Matt 1 Quote Link to comment
lisagravy Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'm having this same issue, turned smoothing on and I can see a slight difference in contours but not mesh model... hoping if I update a few more times something miraculous will happen!! Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) @lisag Post some images? Helps to visualize & work around problems -B Edited September 20, 2017 by Benson Shaw Quote Link to comment
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