robert.248186
2010-11-04, 06:48 AM
the problem: how to use the daylight outer boundary of a corridor to "punch" a hole through existing TIN surface?
why do I want to do this? when making rendering and animations the existing grade TIN passes through the corridor surface. I have tried pasting corridor and existing grade TIN surfaces into the EDIT part of a new surface definition and it works okay...except the links are now coplanar with new surface definition, which makes the render look terrible. I have made a solution to this by targeting the corridor surface the underside of the all the pavements, soils, ect. This way I can still use code sets and links.
i feel that it would be less tricky and faster if i could just (somehow) enter the corridor boundary into the new surface definition. that way the hole would dynamically update every time the corridor was altered. and i wouldn't have to fuss with all these contrived topsoil and subsoil layers on non paved subassemblies.
why do I want to do this? when making rendering and animations the existing grade TIN passes through the corridor surface. I have tried pasting corridor and existing grade TIN surfaces into the EDIT part of a new surface definition and it works okay...except the links are now coplanar with new surface definition, which makes the render look terrible. I have made a solution to this by targeting the corridor surface the underside of the all the pavements, soils, ect. This way I can still use code sets and links.
i feel that it would be less tricky and faster if i could just (somehow) enter the corridor boundary into the new surface definition. that way the hole would dynamically update every time the corridor was altered. and i wouldn't have to fuss with all these contrived topsoil and subsoil layers on non paved subassemblies.