Roads to site model

[patrick king]

I have a site model with a complicated topography and was wondering whether i could place a road on this model that sits on top of this complicated topography and moulds to the site model. Can this be done ?? 

 

many thanks. 

[zoomer]

I am also interested.

 

I have seen a tutorial where they created a road from a path.

[J. Wallace]

4 hours ago, patrick king said:

I have a site model with a complicated topography and was wondering whether i could place a road on this model that sits on top of this complicated topography and moulds to the site model. Can this be done ?? 

 

many thanks. 

You should be able to do this with a texture bed. Otherwise the Nurbs road tool is your next best option.

[CipesDesign]

Nurbs Road, created from centerline/poly. It will take a lot of massaging, but it can be done. Suggest you play around in a copied file so you have freedom to explore and learn what the various tool settings can (and cannot) do. 

[zoomer]

I am also doing fine with texture beds so far.

But what I would like to have is a Road that is sideways with retaining edges

to modify those height differences beside the road.

And, more important, I would like to have optional walk ways at the same level as

the terrain and a road which is deeper at -15-20 cm.

[CipesDesign]

Texture beds work fine as long as a) the Site Model is fairly smooth/even under them and b) you don't zoom in too close or at particular angles which show unevenness.

[zoomer]

^ Yes.

 

I was lucky so far. Not too much slope and the terrain was mainly (re)modeled by hand.