Paul, The Gridded Black Square to which you refer is the terrain grid - it can be independently disabled/enabled, and the size of the grid changed through the ...
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kimeyuk
Dec 1, 2004 1:13 pm
Thanks Adam. I realise, as you say, it's the DEM directories. Fixed. regards Paul...
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 1, 2004 4:52 pm
I am going to composite a bridge modeled in Max 6 with a terrain exported from Max into WCS. It has been three years since I did this. Back then I used...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Dec 1, 2004 5:03 pm
... Yep. Also, you can can use a dedicated compositing tool like Combustion to work with our RLA files and Max's RPF files. This is more interactive, but using...
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Adam Hauldren
nlightuk
Dec 1, 2004 5:13 pm
... You've been with us that long? :O LOL! ... Correct... ... If you have v6, yes.... ... The difference is negligable. ... You shouldn't need the ZBuffer file...
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Scott Cherba
rscottcherba
Dec 1, 2004 5:41 pm
... The last "Getting Started with VNS 2" tutorial, Post Processes (Part 10), explains the process and workflow starting with Step 16. The Interactive...
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 1, 2004 8:12 pm
Thanks for all your help, guys. I did get it to work and it looked pretty good. To answer Adam's comment, "you've been with us that long?", well I've been with...
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Mindy Bieging
mindybieging
Dec 1, 2004 8:15 pm
... Look forward to seeing it Mike. Great to hear 3DNA information sticks with you for so long even without using the product very often. Mindy -- Mindy K....
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 1, 2004 9:01 pm
I have a folliage effect with 2 Spruce trees selected in the Foliage Objects list. This is assigned to a vector with three vertices... In the viewport, I see a...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Dec 1, 2004 9:25 pm
... Universal Entropy. You've hit heads three times in a row. Each 'stem' location randomly decides which image it gets. Try jittering each vertex a smidge in...
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 1, 2004 10:03 pm
Nudging the verts did the trick! As I scooted each one in the planimetric viewport, I could see the tree updating in size, flip and image. ... From: Chris...
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 2, 2004 1:42 am
I'm looking for sagebrush or desert bush images like Scott Cherba used in his Upper Sonoran-Pinyon Zone ecosystem. This e-mail and any files transmitted with...
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 2, 2004 5:42 am
For the proposal I'm working on, I'll have 3 camera views and 4 different bridge types. Each WCS composite rendering will take several hours. Is there still a...
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Adam Hauldren
nlightuk
Dec 2, 2004 11:15 am
... The ones Scott used in that particular ecosystem ship with WCS and VNS and are called "Bush1.iff8" and Bush2.iff24" I also have a number of hires sagebrush...
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Adam Hauldren
nlightuk
Dec 2, 2004 12:05 pm
... Dunno about Max, but you can do this in WCS ;) ... Yep :) ... True. I have tried a test here for you using 2 RLA images - 1 of terrain from WCS, the other...
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Katy Appleton
angelhawk_uk
Dec 2, 2004 1:38 pm
A while since this thread began, I know, but I had to devote my time to a different project for a bit. ... Yes, they were enabled for rendering. ... This was...
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Hans van der Maarel
hans905
Dec 2, 2004 2:38 pm
Hi there, Does anybody know what the steps are for importing SRTM30 data? I've tried to go through it with the documentation that comes with the data, but no...
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Adam Hauldren
nlightuk
Dec 2, 2004 3:48 pm
... Should be straightforward. The steps necessary are on the ZPE CD if I remember correctly. Check the PDF on merging terrain using the DEM Merger - the...
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Hans van der Maarel
hans905
Dec 2, 2004 4:04 pm
Adam, ... Yes, but that was the 90-meter SRTM. This is the SRTM30 (30 arc-second I believe), which is a much less detailed dataset. It's supposed to replace...
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Adam Hauldren
nlightuk
Dec 2, 2004 4:28 pm
You are, of course correct about the SRTM30 data, Hans...my brain was on a "go-slow" when I replied to your post. I'll take a look at one or more of the files...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Dec 2, 2004 4:35 pm
... This is sort of a side-effect of trying to cram vector data into a conventional 3d format like 3DS. ... I don't have a great solution for this yet. And I'm...
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Hans van der Maarel
hans905
Dec 2, 2004 4:38 pm
... Well, since the format is the same, the basic steps should be the same, but with different parameters. No worries. ... I'm still trying to get into that...
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 2, 2004 5:51 pm
My river bank has pebbles on it. These are very small 3d boulders in and Ecotype on the Overstory of my beach material. I want them to only be rendered in the...
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Graham, Kevin
gaia_kg
Dec 2, 2004 6:10 pm
I would change Out Low to about 5m and make your Out Low % be 100%. I would then change the out high to around 15m and make the out high % 0. With these...
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Adam Hauldren
nlightuk
Dec 2, 2004 6:14 pm
... Good call... ... You know that the Input High and Low are in meters, so that suggests that they are distance based. The Dynamic Parameter is one of...
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 2, 2004 7:55 pm
Seems like every time I save, it takes 5 minutes till my patience wears thin and I click the mouse on one of the windows. Then all of the WCS windows turn...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Dec 2, 2004 8:08 pm
... I'm not sure why it would be taking so long to save, or crashing during saving. Have you tried letting it go a little longer and see if it's really crashed...
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Michael
michael32766
Dec 2, 2004 8:20 pm
Hi, I don't rember if this is in WCS or not. I rember someone showing me a tool to create Craters in terrain. Has anyone heard of such a tool? Thanks, Mike...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Dec 2, 2004 8:21 pm
... The DEM painter could probably be used for that. Also, I think there are a couple of Terraffectors (linear and area) for making craters. ... -- Chris...
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Mike Mundy
visgroup3d
Dec 2, 2004 8:28 pm
Fortunately, WCS is saving the file! Otherwise I would be in a straight jacket already. I'm using WCS 6.3 I am using the Wildcat II 5110 card. I have set ...
