Zoom earth plug ins terrain install#
Zoom earth plug ins terrain rar#
Zoom earth plug ins terrain pro#
Zoom earth plug ins terrain trial#

Once you have the mesh you can go to the Modify panel, you can now adjust the values to get the mesh just how you want it. When the downloading has been completed the mesh will be created. If it is your first time of using the system or it is a location you have not modelled before you will see a Download box, this shows the DEM tiles being downloaded to the cache ready to be used by the system. If you just left click in the main window now a terrain mesh will appear. To create a terrain mesh select ‘Terrain’ from the drop down box in the Create Panel in 3DS Max, you will then see a ‘Terrain’ button, click that button and the parameter rollups will appear, you can now set you longitude and latitude values for the location you wish to model. That is it just start up Max and off you go. Also extract the EGM180.DAT and TerrainLink.exe files to the same folder.

Zoom earth plug ins terrain install#

Extract the version you need to your plugin folder of your 3DS Max install directory.

Zoom earth plug ins terrain rar#

When you have downloaded the plugin you will have a Rar file which contains all version of the plugin both 32 and 64 bit. If you tried the demo version and got no height data please download again as that has been fixed.

Zoom earth plug ins terrain trial#

You can Download a trial version of the plugin Here, its functionality has been limited to a region covered by 4 DEM tiles around Mt Etna on Sicily. The data used for terrain generation covers 80% of the Earth landmass covering the region between 60 degrees North and 54 degrees South as shown in the coverage map. Please note you will need to make sure you have the latest Visual Studio runtimes installed, they can be found Here Please note you require an internet connection for this plugin to work as it streams the data it needs directly from the internet.

The Terrain plugin is available for following versions of 3DS Max. Important You must have an internet connection for this plugin to work, it works by streaming DEM data directly from the internet as it is required. You can tell the plugin the resolution of the texture you want to apply to your terrain mesh and it will automatically produce the texture for you.

Zoom earth plug ins terrain pro#

At any time you can change the mesh density and you can select to use a given vertex budget or set the distance to use between vertices etc.Īnother major feature of the plugin is the ability to use Google Earth to generate textures for your terrains (you should have Google Earth Pro if you plan on using the images for commercial use).

The sea level can be changed and you have the option to cap the mesh. The plugin allows you to color your mesh based on height with a user customizable color table. The elevation data is sampled at 90m intervals and also for the US you can select 30m interval data for even more accurate terrains. The data will be stored on your system so future alterations will not require data to be re downloaded. You are free to drag the location around and zoom in or out and the plugin will fetch any new data it needs and rebuild the mesh automatically. The plugin makes use of DEM data that is available freely on-line but instead of you having to locate the right DEM file for your needs, patching them together and importing the data manually our plugin allows you to directly set a latitude and longitude coordinate and the plugin will automatically locate the right data and import it into 3DS Max and generate a mesh to your desired level of detail. The Terrain plugin for 3DS Max allows you to generate landscapes from real world elevation data in a couple of clicks. If Texture grabbing is not working for you please check the FAQ for a quick fix