Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Terrains ("Professional" edition only)

Introduction

• Objective of this section
  • To learn how to get 3D Points from elevation services, create 2D or 3D Contours and create Terrain 3D models

• Topics in this section
  • Obtain elevation 3D Points in the drawing from elevation services for any earth area
  • Create 2D or 3D Contours from 3D Points
  • Set Contour options such as density, colors, layers, labels, etc.
  • Create Terrains models from 3D Points and select object type for new Terrains (AutoCAD 2010 and upper)
  • Configure any 'Background Map' and related options to project and fit it on one or more Terrains (AutoCAD 2012 and upper)

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How can I get elevation 3D Points, create Contours or Terrain 3D models?

Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD includes the 'SPMTERRAIN' command that allows you to create Terrains and other related objects. There are available 3 options when you execute this command:

• 1 Elevations, which is a shortcut to get 3D Points in your drawing from Internet elevation providers in any earth area
• 2 Contour, which is a shortcut to create 2D or 3D Contours in your drawing from 3D Points. Below you can review available options for this function
• 3 Terrain Wizard, which

'Terrain' wizard window

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Creating Contours options