topic Re: Contoured site - best way to develop site? in Modeling

Contoured site - best way to develop site?

rob2218 — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:52:27 GMT

here's the deal.
I have a rectalinear site. basically, 100' Wide X 700' Long.
Along the length of the site, the property drops maybe 3' along the 700' length.

I need to create the site with either a "mesh" or a 'slab' object where I can place contours based off of closed plines.

What is the best way of accomplishing this task?

Re: Contoured site - best way to develop site?

rob2218 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:22 GMT

Come on folks...with all these experts here and with 24 views and no posts....???

come on, someone has to have a good explanation of how best to accomplish the task I've requested.

Re: Contoured site - best way to develop site?

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:35:40 GMT

Mesh is a better way to create contours
cheers

Re: Contoured site - best way to develop site?

Ralph Wessel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:17:01 GMT

rob2218 wrote:
I have a rectalinear site. basically, 100' Wide X 700' Long.
Along the length of the site, the property drops maybe 3' along the 700' length.
I need to create the site with either a "mesh" or a 'slab' object where I can place contours based off of closed plines.
What is the best way of accomplishing this task?

Yes, use a mesh. If you have a surveyed drawing with splines for contours and/or spot levels, you can:

1. Draw around the perimeter of the site with the mesh tool;
2. Select the mesh, select the mesh tool, and space-click on the splines to convert them to ridges on the mesh
3. Also with the mesh and tool selected, click on spot levels and set their height accordingly.

Refer to this topic for more info.