Part 3: shaping your terrain

This article is part of a series on how to create and edit a terrain.

Part 1: creating a terrain object

Part 2: resizing a terrain object

Part 3: shaping your terrain

Part 4: painting your terrain

This article describes how to shape your terrain.

Description

_{The terrain sculpting interaction modes on the terrain panel}

The following tools allow you to sculpt your terrain:

• Raise

  Raise terrain height

• Lower

  Lower terrain height

• Flatten

  Flatten terrain height

• Smooth

  Smooth terrain

• Slope

  Create a slope on the terrain from point A to B

• Cut

  Cut 1x1 meter cells out of the terrain

In this guide I will be using the raise, flatten, smooth and lower interaction modes to sculpt the 64x64 meter terrain we created in part 2 of this series.

Shaping your terrain

Step 1: raising

_{Using the terrain raise interaction mode}

First, I will use the terrain raise interaction mode to create some basic height levels on my terrain. To do this, select the terrain raise interaction mode (1), hover your mouse over the terrain and hold the left mouse button (2).

Step 2: flattening

_{Using the terrain flatten interaction mode}

Next, I flattened some areas of the terrain with the terrain flatten interaction mode. Flattening the terrain will set the height of the terrain within the brush to the height at the center of the brush. To use the flatten interaction mode, first toggle the interaction mode (1), then hover over the terrain you want to flatten and hold the left mouse button (2).

Step 3: smoothing

_{Using the terrain smooth interaction mode}

Step 4: lowering

_{Using the terrain lower interaction mode}