Re: To drill or not to drill...

Date : Wed, 5 May 2004 12:23:49 +0200
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "peterb" <peter_b(at)skynet.be>
Subject : Re: To drill or not to drill...
> I need to model a terrain with some roads. To do that, I need to "drill"
the
> flat poly-road on the terrain.
>
> I know I could try to shrink warp the road, but it is not the most "clean"
> way.
>
> Is there a commande to project a polymesh on an other (to cut the edges of
> the terrain) ?


Depending on your terrain, you could consider using a displacement map and
the geodisplace script.
You add your roads in black on the image, and they will stay flat will the
terrain gets raised.

But you wont get the optimal poly count that way.

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