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Available in
DoubleCAD TurboCAD LTE Pro only
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Image Removed Creates a topographical terrain, represented by triangulated network. You can create a terrain from scratch, or import coordinates from a file.
- Activate Terrain, and click points to define the outer boundary (or enter coordinates in the Coordinate Fields). As you click points, the surface triangulates.
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- Continue defining the outer boundary.
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Image Added - Define interior points as well. Each point you define will become a node you can edit. You do not need to define all nodes now; you can add nodes later.
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Image Added - Open the terrain's Properties to the Landscape page. Under Smooth, increase the Level.
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This increases the level of triangulation, resulting in a more accurate surface.
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Image Added - Activate the Edit Tool on the terrain. Each point you defined when creating the terrain is represented as a node.
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Image Added----Note: For details on this tool, see Edit Tool. - If you want to add more nodes, right-click where you want the new node and select Add Node.
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Image Added - To modify the terrain, click a node and use the Coordinate Fields to change its Z position. You can also drag a node while in a Front or Side view. Adjacent nodes will remain in place.
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Image Added - You can also change the elevation of nodes along the boundary.
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Image Added - Switch to World Plan. This view shows the terrain as a series of
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isolines, each labeled with its elevation. 
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- In the Landscape page, change the Step. In this example, an isoline will be displayed every 12 inches.
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This makes the isoline display less dense.
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Image Added - Uncheck Label.
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This removes the elevation value from each isoline.
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Uncheck Visible.
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Image Added - Uncheck Visible. !worddav751cb4470025c72eb70614fcb3ebd702.png|height=97,width=205!This removes the isoline display.
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. !worddav2f3b263ca92846a4aca080b8505222dc.png|height=117,width=205!If isolines are displayed, when you move out of World Plan view, they will not be visible.