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Stepping Stone Tools

Round Pond
Click the Advanced Splines edit button
Use this tool to draw a pond with to activate additional edit handles that you
rounded edges. See “Spline Feature” can use to reshape the stream. See
on page 1209. “Advanced Splines” on page 243.
Streams follow the contours of the terrain, so
Kidney Shaped Pond they may appear to flow uphill if they are not

This tool draws a kidney shaped pond. drawn correctly in the terrain. Try to draw
See “Kidney Shaped Features” on them so that they follow a downward course
page 1209. for their entire length.
Once drawn, Water Features can be selected
Stream and edited just like any other Terrain Feature.
Select the Stream tool, then click and Specify the material and set the height of
drag to draw a stream. Streams are Water Features in their specification dialogs.
drawn and edited the same way that splines See “Terrain Feature Specification Dialog”
are. See “Splines” on page 321 and “Editing on page 1225 and “Terrain Path Specification
Spline Based Objects” on page 239. Dialog” on page 1229.

Stepping Stone Tools

Select Terrain> Stepping Stone to Polyline Stepping Stone
place a walkway made of individual
stepping stones. The Polyline Stepping Stone tool
draws rectangular stepping stones. See
Stepping Stones are basically Terrain “Rectangular Features” on page 1209.
Features with material and height attributes
typical of walking paths. See “Terrain Round Stepping Stone
Feature Tools” on page 1208.
The Round Stepping Stone tool
There are two ways to draw Stepping Stones: draws stepping stones with rounded
• Click once to place a stepping stone with edges. See “Spline Feature” on page 1209.
endpoints that form a 1’ (300 mm) square Once drawn, Stepping Stones can be selected
at that location.
and edited just like any other Terrain Feature.
• Click and drag from end to end to draw a
stepping stone sized as needed. See By default, Stepping Stones have a concrete
“Rectangular Polyline” on page 317. material; however, you can specify the
material and set the height of Stepping
Stones in the Terrain Feature Specification
dialog. See “Terrain Feature Specification
Dialog” on page 1225.

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