Hi Jean-Sébastien,
Very nice stuff. I've looked through your sample databases, and it
looks very good. I have a few questions:
* Is the representation of trees configurable? Some situations might
need only a billboard, others a cross of quads, others a more detailed
tree model (LODs with all three even?)
You can certainly place any object you like (see below concerning
building placement) and we are currently working on a billboard modifier
for automatic billboard generation. But we don't do automatic plant
generation, if you want a tree with LODs going from high-res over quad
to billboard, you will have to define this by hand.
* Why is the lowest LOD of your terrain a flat white quad? Couldn't it
be a quad with the terrain texture at least? Or even a very low-poly
version of the terrain, so we still get a general impression of the
hills... It looks a bit weird when we zoom way out and it becomes a
flat white plane.
I see your point. In general this quad should not be seen at all, as it
is only displayed when the last LOD is switched out. Normally there
should not be anything, but we needed a dummy object so that the pager
would start his work. We don't want to put the low-res LOD in the master
(as I think it is done in VPB), as our terrains might be very large.
There might be a better way to do this- any advice is appreciated.
* Are the building models configurable too? If we have an in-house
modeler, could he use his own building models (with LODs etc.) in
Trian3D Builder?
Sure you can place any objects according to various policies. You may
place objects as local geometries (make e.g. groups of 200 trees and
switch them in/out together) , internal reference (tree is in the file
but referenced), external reference (points to external file e.g.
airport). For building models with LODs you will have to use a reference
policy.
We (CM Labs) will have some people at I/ITSEC, so I've talked to them
and they will go check your stuff out firsthand.
Great I will write you another e-mail personally.
Regards,
Stephan
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