Planting Beds

by Ian Ibbotson

Introduction

The main planting beds are created by using the same method as the car park ie by creating a terrain. Furthermore, more detail can be added to the terrain objects after creation by adding splines. Beds that are delineated by a closed boundary can be created using a simple Subdivide modifier

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kf305_files.zip (262kb)

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Inner planting bed

• Either start from the previous stage or open kf305_01.max

The planting bed near the right retaining wall needs creating next using a simple Subdivide modifier:

• Detach the spline delineating the planting bed: Bdy planting beds.01 shown below in spline sub-object mode
• Apply a Subdivide modifier to a value of 0.3
• Convert to Editable Mesh

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Outer main planting beds

• Snap a new line to the edge of the pavement ramp
• Select this new line and Surface bed topline.02
• Create a Terrain Object
• Draw a line in the Top viewport in the middle of the terrain to control the mid points of the terrain thus:

• Add the line to the Terrain Object by pressing Add Operand
• Move the vertices of the line sub-object up and down to give the bed form and relief
• Convert to Editable Mesh

• Finally, remove unwanted faces spanning the paving area from the planting bed in face sub-object mode

• Repeat the operation with the last and largest planting bed planting bed

Finally add relief to the inner planting beds thus:

• Select the inner planting beds. These are called Bdy maze whole.02 if not renamed
• Isolate Selection
• Subdivide to a value of 0.3
• Convert to Editable Mesh
• Move up to a value of 0.1
• In Edge sub-object mode select the open edges and move the edges down 0.1
• Apply a Smooth modifier and turn smoothing Off
• Convert to Editable Mesh

• Repeat this procedure with the smaller planting bed near the wall

• Complete the site surfaces by selecting the seat base, extruding to 0.1 and converting to an editable mesh

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