Help to create topographical layout of a site

[justintime1]

Hi there folks

 

Quick question, can any one recommend the best way to generate an accurate topographical layout of a site form a CAD survey drawing using cinema 4d.

 

In the past if used lofts, extrudes and Bezier’s with varying degrees of success.

 

Would be interested to find how everyone else goes about this .

 

All suggestions greatly appreciated.

 

Matt

[belushy]

use Hypernurbs

 

create a nice reduced polymesh of the site with as less points as possible then trow it in a hypernurb and your done

 

needs a little practice

use 3dfluff tutorial dvd to get started with hypernurbs

 

cheers belushy

[Frosty]

I typically build them in FormZ, however lately I have been using slpines and lofts in C4D. I believe there was a plugin somewhere that would build terrain models from contours....I think.