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Creating Landscape Mesh with Multiple Surfaces Types

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:47:58 GMT

Hi, I'm having trouble creating a mesh with multiple surface types. ie - asphalt, grass, concrete. I have the mesh created and I'm using solid element operations to subtract with an upward extrusion from the slabs of the different grass and pavement surfaces. This process works well when I'm only using two surface materials, but I can't figure out how make it work with more than that. Does anyone know how to do this?

Re: Creating Landscape Mesh with Multiple Surfaces Types

Lingwisyer — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 01:20:36 GMT

Can you make an image of what you are trying to achieve?

Re: Creating Landscape Mesh with Multiple Surfaces Types

Barry Kelly — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 01:49:21 GMT

A single mesh can't have more than one surface material.
Unless you use the SEO work-around inheriting the surface material of the operator.

Otherwise you will have to split the single mesh into multiple meshes.

Barry.

Re: Creating Landscape Mesh with Multiple Surfaces Types

Carstenem — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 23:08:20 GMT

Using SEO works in certain situations. It is still better and more flexible to create several meshes for grass, pavement, roads etc. Check out this landscape tutorial, that will help.

Re: Creating Landscape Mesh with Multiple Surfaces Types

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:49:14 GMT

thanks everyone! multiple meshes seems to be the way to go.