abcdefgarin Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I work primarily in the entertainment/events industry, but have recently purchased some land and would like to develop my site plan with VW. I only have the Spotlight license and understand that the site model tools (among others) aren't available without Architect/Landmark. I'm trying to avoid the expense of an additional license for a one-off personal project. Does anyone have any good workarounds for creating topography of a site using more rudimentary tools? I don't mind a bit of added manual work to get it done. Many thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 If you are just interested in the surface topography you could easily model this as a series of 3d polygons from Locus point to Locus point. A Drape surface over this will give you a smooth curved surface 1 Quote Link to comment
abcdefgarin Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 I did a quick test and this worked perfectly. I didn't even have to connect the polys. Just drew them as a contours, set them at their various heights (as you would find on a topo map), and they draped perfectly. Thanks so much! @bcd A quick gif attached of the process in case it's helpful for anyone else. 2 Quote Link to comment
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