CreateTerrainFromPreviewMesh
This command creates a series of terrain tiles from the preview mesh.
Using This Command
Select a terrain preview mesh or a face-set in the mesh and apply this command.
- Select a terrain preview mesh or a face-set in the mesh and apply this command.
- If you apply this command to a face-set in the preview mesh, the software generates local preview terrain tiles.
- If you apply this command to an entire preview mesh, the software generates a paged terrain database.
Figures
This command creates terrain locally in the scene graph or as paged terrain in the scene graph.
Figure 1.1. The preview mesh. This
preview mesh is linked to DEM-based elevation imagery and
GEOTIFF-based texture imagery. Notice the tessellation of the
preview mesh is currently 4×4.
Figure 1.2. Terrain built from the preview mesh.
Notice that 4×4 terrain cells are built. Settings in the preview mesh
construction history are used to generate terrain.
Figure 1.3. The preview mesh with a single face selected.
Figure 1.4. Terrain built from the preview mesh.
Figure 1.5. A closeup.
Figure 1.6. Another closeup.
Registration
Command registration information is as follows:
| Category Type | Information |
| Implementation | C++ |
| Module | GIS.DLL |
| Category | Mesh Commands |
| GUID | {1F9220F1-F612-46D4-A453-4B81096121A9} |
| Source Name | CreateTerrainFromPreviewMesh |
| Interface Name | Create Terrain |
| Core | No |
| Sample | Yes |
| Access | Modify [mesh/face] option on main menu or [mesh/face] command menu. |