ArchLand00024.pngSetting Site Model Properties

Site Model Properties

The site model object can be copied, cut, pasted, rotated, and deleted like other objects. In Top/Plan view, the 2D Display selected for the site model is shown; if both existing and proposed models are selected for display, they are superimposed. In any 3D view, the 3D Display selected (if any) is shown.

The site model can be textured from the Render tab of the Object Info palette. The texture is applied to the surface of the site model, and is scaled to fit the site model bounding box.

To see the original source data that were used to create the site model, select Modify > Edit Site Model, or select Edit Site Model Source Data from the site model context menu. Changes can be made to the source data, and the source data can be validated (see Validating 3D Source Data). Return to the site model by clicking Exit Source Data at the top right of the drawing window. Click Update from the Object Info palette, or select Update from the site model context menu, to reflect any source data changes in the site model.

Select the Create Drape Surface command to create a “smoothed” version of the site model contours (see Creating a Drape Surface).

After generation, the site model is cached by default so that updating occurs more efficiently; however, large file sizes can result. See Document Preferences: Display Tab for information on changing the default setting.

In addition to the Site Model Settings dialog box, you can change many parameters of a selected site model from the Object Info palette.

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Updating a Site Model

Cropping a Site Model

Reshaping the Site Model

Editing Contour Labels

Creating a Site Model Snapshot

Sending Objects to the Site Model Surface

Creating the Site Model

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