Problem Importing .ter files from 3dem

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#1

Hi All,

I’m trying to bring a .ter file from 3dem into WM and the scale is always off. For whatever reason it seems always disproportionately vertically scaled. Is there a way to have it import the right size all the time?
Thanks,
Patrick

#2

Hi Patrick,

vertical scale on import is actually a bit complicated on imports. This is because there are essentially 3 quantities to a heightfield:

  1. Resolution of the terrain
  2. Space that the the terrain will take up in world space (width and breadth)
  3. Height of the terrain (vertical)

All three quantities are specified in WM; the first two in the World Space dialog and the 3rd with the height slider on the left side bar.

When you import a terrain into WM, it adopts all three things specified above; thus, to match the aspect ratio of the terrain to the source, you should specify the world size and vertical height in your WM world to be the same as in the original program; that way angles will be preserved.

#3