Exaggerated View for Surface Models

sbcad
sbcad
in 3D Modeling

Hi,

is there a way to display an exaggerated view the height differences in a terrain surface. This is very helpful if the slope is very soft, e.g. 1%.

Thanks

Comments

  • Terry Dotson
    Terry Dotson

    Currently you would need to scale your Z values and make sure everyone involved understands that it has been applied. Most of the time the exaggeration is applied to profiles and cross sections, not the surface itself. If you're interested in a tool to generate profiles and sections of BricsCAD TinSurfaces,, take a look at DotSoft's MapWorks for BricsCAD.

  • ALANH
    ALANH
    edited September 2021

    If you export The TIN as 3dfaces can redo a new TIN based on 3dfaces with exaggerated Z's. Have done in the past. Some of the add on software has a exaggerate factor for display.

  • Knut Hohenberg
    Knut Hohenberg

    Why not just xref your TIN model into another drawing, and then turn up the z-scale of the insertion until you get the desired effect (left: the original model, right: the model as xref with a z-scale of 20)?

  • Jason Bourhill
    Jason Bourhill

    It's possible to scale the z coordinates of a TIN surface in BricsCAD using LISP.

    Using the TIN Surface API for LISP we created a command called ZZTIN.


    You can download from here
    https://www.cadconcepts.co.nz/news/tin-surfaces-unequal-scaling

    Regards,
    Jason Bourhill
    BricsCAD V22 Ultimate
    CAD Concepts