Pools and ponds

[Alek Sutulov]

Has anyone done any pools and ponds as a part of the site model. What would be the general procedure.
Alek

[sbrown]

just split the surface and change the material to site-water or whatever you want.

If you want to get fancy split and area around it that is dirt. if you really need realism make a second topo surf under the water surface that is dirt or rock in the shape of the pond with depth.

[PeterJ]

I have modelled a dip and then either applied a pad or an inplace family, I can't remember which now, to get the water, this way if you need to section through it - if your building abuts the water's edge you get some sense of what is going on.

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[christopher.zoog51272]

moving to general.....

[robmorfin]

create a pad where the bottom of the pool is, create the walls of the poll in this digged hole, then create a floor of the total depth of the water, assign a water material which would be transparent and reflective, this way it looks very real and can be used in sections also.