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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

display in floor plan view. See “Elevation A variety of tools are available to help you
Data Tools” on page 1203. adjust the perspective of your 3D views. See
“Editing 3D Views” on page 1066.
Chief Architect can produce both primary
and secondary contours. They are on two
different layers so you can control their Building the Terrain
display separately. Contour line labels use When terrain is generated, Chief
the Text Styles assigned to the “Terrain, Architect gathers all elevation data
Primary Contours” and “Terrain, Secondary that has been added to the model and creates
Contours” layers. a terrain surface. The program interpolates

By default, all contour lines are set to be the data to produce smooth contours.
primary, but you can specify secondary A terrain perimeter with no additional
contours, frequency and other attributes of elevation data drawn within it generates
contour lines in the Terrain Specification terrain that is flat at the elevation 0' - 0", or
dialog. See “Contours Panel” on page 1217. sea level.

Terrain and Road Labels By default, the terrain is automatically built
before a 3D view is generated and when a
Labels for terrain objects - including the sun shadow is created. This process takes a
Terrain Perimeter, most Elevation Data variable amount of time, depending on the
objects, Terrain Features, Terrain Modifiers, amount of elevation data and number of
Terrain Paths, and Roads - display in floor terrain features in the plan. The Building
plan view when the “Terrain Labels” layer is Terrain progress dialog displays as terrain is
turned on. Labels for all but Elevation Data, generated, sometimes only briefly, indicating
Terrain Modifiers, and Road Markings can the progress.
display in cross section/elevation views, as You can turn off Auto Rebuild Terrain in
well. See “Object Labels” on page 681.
the 3D View Defaults dialog for 3D views
The Automatic Labels for terrain objects are and in the Sun Angle Specification dialog
blank; however, you can specify a custom for sun shadows, and rebuild the terrain
label using text in their specification dialogs. manually only when needed by selecting
Terrain> Build Terrain . When Auto
In 3D Views Rebuild Terrain is turned off and the terrain
In order for objects such as Terrain Features is not up to date, the Rebuild Terrain icon
and Roads to be visible in 3D views, they displays near your mouse pointer. See “3D
must be drawn within the Terrain Perimeter. View Defaults Dialog” on page 1046 and
Any portions of these objects drawn outside “Earth Data Panel” on page 1101.
of the Terrain Perimeter will not be seen in
3D views. See “Terrain Feature Tools” on Terrain and 3D Drawing Time
page 1208.
Terrain is typically large with many surface
triangles, which often increases the drawing

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