Exercise 04 (tutorial)

Insert satellite image on the terrain

NOTES:

• This exercise is carried out on the .3dm file resulting from Exercise 03;

  • This file must include, at least, the finished terrain in its own layer (for example, "FINAL Terrain") and the 2D boundary of the terrain ("AUX" layer of the original file);

  • Caso não tenham o limite 2D, poderão fazer 'bake' do código .gh do EX03;

• For this exercise, you need to download the satellite images, available in the "Downloads" section of the website;

• At the end, you should save the final result as EX04-STUDENTNUMBER-STUDENTNAME.3dm (replace the data with yours);

STEPS:

1. Modify the material of the layer where the terrain is inserted (for example "FINAL Terrain");

   1. In the bar where the layers are shown, select the desired layer and click on the ball that appears in the 'Material' section;

   

2. Select 'Image' as the material type (Type > Picture);

3. Choose one of the available images;

4. 'ApplyPlanarMapping' command to correctly apply the image;

   1. Select the terrain > press 'Enter'

   2. Select the lower left corner of the 2D Limit square;

   3. Select the top right corner of the same square;

   4. "UV" > 'Enter'

   5. "1" > 'Enter'