Re: WorldMachine and RS and Displacement and Height maps ...

[George Jenner]

Posted this earlier but didn't come through so I've reduced the size of 
the attachment.


"Did you try using the bitmap to displace a nurbs mesh?"  No not yet - 
over to you - A George tute addendum :)

Most things in 3d defeat  me but this one is dead simple.  Create a 
nurbs rectangle then in Tools>NurbsTools>Displace mesh select the bitmap 
file output from World builder.  You can specify the displacement to 
apply to the mesh.  The image will then make your mesh into a landscape.

The picture attached shows the example file in World Builder (I haven't 
tried the program yet) saved as an 8 bit bmp, then used to displace a 
200x200 mesh in Realsoft 4.2.  Dead easy but the disadvantage is you end 
up with objects with mucho geometry.

I just tried the 16bit tga and it gave very odd results.

Gotta go shopping.  Let me know if you need more explanation on this 
method.
George
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