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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

In a plan with a foundation present, the not been modified, and you find that this
Subfloor Height Above Terrain distance will unnecessarily slows down the generation of
equal the exact terrain elevation at the 3D views, consider turning this behavior off
building footprint center point, plus 6” (150 in the 3D View Defaults dialog. See “3D
mm), plus the thickness of the floor platform. View Defaults Dialog” on page 1046.
• In a plan with no elevation data, the ter-
rain is assumed to be at sea level and this Clear Terrain
Subfloor Height Above Terrain distance To remove the generated terrain
is 6” (150 mm) plus the thickness of the contours, select Terrain> Clear
floor platform plus any treated sill plates Terrain. When the terrain is cleared,
when a foundation is present. contours do not display in 3D and contour
• In a plan with flat terrain at 100’ (30 m) lines do not display in floor plan view.
and a foundation present, the Subfloor
Height Above Terrain distance is 100’ 6” Clear Terrain does not remove the
(30.468 m) plus the thickness of the floor terrain perimeter, elevation data, or terrain
platform. features from the model. Rather it deletes all
program-generated 2D contour lines and 3D
Once terrain has been built, the Subfloor contours.
Height Above Terrain distance is stated in
the Terrain Specification dialog. You can The Terrain Perimeter has a variety of
specify a custom value to produce a daylight editable properties, including many that
or walkout basement. See “General Panel” affect the appearance of the terrain in 2D and
on page 1216. 3D views. See “Terrain Specification
Dialog” on page 1216.
Note: When no foundation has been built, the
distance from Floor 1 to the terrain is 12” (320 Terrain Surface Triangles
mm).
Chief Architect generates 3D terrain surfaces
Build Terrain by dividing them into triangles. The size of
the triangles determines how detailed
Select Terrain> Build Terrain to contour lines and terrain surfaces in the 3D
generate the terrain surface based on
the provided elevation data. Build Terrain model can be. You can specify triangle size
in the Terrain Perimeter Specification
also updates the Building Pad Elevation dialog. See “General Panel” on page 1216.
value in the Terrain Specification dialog.
See “Building the Terrain” on page 1214. Increasing the triangle count decreases
triangle size, yielding more detailed contour
Auto Rebuild Terrain lines and a better 3D approximation of the
terrain. Smaller triangles demand longer
By default, terrain will automatically build terrain generation time and increased
any time a 3D view is created, ensuring that memory requirements. If you select a large
the terrain in the view is up-to-date. If your
terrain is large and/or highly detailed and has

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