Getting Started
with VNS 3: Roads &
Buildings
Part 7E. Cabins
1. All we have left are the cabins.
Go to the 3D Object Task Mode, select 3D Objects,
and Add Component from Gallery.
2.Go to the Building page
in the Component
Gallery and load the
Log Cabin.
3. We're going to use a vector
to position the cabins, so answer No when asked if you
want to center the cabin's position in the current DEM bounds.
4. Expand the 3D Objects
category in the upper Scene-at-a-Glance
pane. Expand the Vectors category in the lower S@G tab. Drag the Cabins vector to the Log
Cabin 3D Object.
5. Use the Cabins vector
for Position and disable Geographic Instance rendering.
6. Switch the Cabin Plan
view back to realtime mode and zoom in a notch. The cabins are
active and show up highlighted in yellow.
7. There may be a delay during
interactive operations because the cabins are set to Preview
Detail, which can slow response when several high-polygon
3D Objects are in view. Once we get them aligned, we can switch
to the faster Box Preview setting.
8. All the cabins have the same
odd heading. Go to the Size & Position page and select
the Rotate tab. The cabins have Rotate Y (Heading)
value of -19°. Change it to 90°.
9. The cabins are now all facing
west.
10. Another great feature in
VNS is 3D Object Alignment, which makes housing developments
like this quick to set up. Go to the Align page and select
Align Heading to Vector.
11. The cabins will align their
Z axis to the placement vector by default.
12. The placement vector alignment
is close, but we want the cabins aligned to the road. Select
Align to this Vector in the Vector section and pick the
Cabin Road from the dropdown list.
13. The cabins are now aligned
to the Cabin Road.
14. Go to the General
page and change the Preview to Box. This should speed
up operations a bit.
15. Save the project and render
a Cabin Plan preview.
16. Open the Cabin Final
view.
17. Save the project and render
a preview.
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