Making a grid

[james adamson]

Is there a way to generate a grid within Terragen?
I want to make a few with varying sizes 1m, 10 ,100m etc to render out using an orthographic camera so I. can paint on it PS or nuke.
Cheers.

[luvsmuzik]

Internal search results:
mile grid https://planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,19489.msg191446.html?sslRedirect#msg191446

object scale http://www.mrlamppost.com/tg2/guides/scale.htm

Blender city   with particle system of building collection  You had talked about an instance of bldgs, Blender can do this with its particle system, using a collection of different bldgs, one object. I am going to see if it will populate, although I already know it will.

[james adamson]

Thanks a million . I searched grids in the forum nothing came up. Must have missed it.
Yeah Modo can do the same thing but I am trying to keep everything within Terragen. I have looked at the workflow for rendering my buildings in Modo for exactly that reason the ability to use multiple objects as population source  and it is a bit of a nightmare to say the least. My shot is 30 seconds! The twoing and froing would be nightmareish. I am seriously thinking of getting hold of Blender though it looks amazing. Whats the learning curve like with Blender?

[luvsmuzik]

Learning curve on Blender  quite simple now with all the tutorials available. I am nearly 70, female with high school geometry and physics so long ago. Last two years Blender has stepped up to the plate with user friendly application . I tried it 15 or so years ago and due to sluggish pc, got lost.  New renderers and features make it much easier now.

[james adamson]

Great to know. I have been using Modo and there just does not seem to be enough info out there or support from asset creation companies so I think I may take a look at Blender.
That is why I love this forum so much. People like yourselves sharing knowledge. I would be stuck in Terragen without it.
Bet that geometry and physics comes in handy though.
Cheers.
James.

[sboerner]

Learning curve on Blender  quite simple now with all the tutorials available.

Just want to second this. I've been using Blender for a few weeks now and have been surprised at how easy it is to learn. And powerful. The new interface is a huge improvement. I don't know Modo but you should not have any problems. And as Luvs says, there are many tutorials online and the Blender forum is very active.

[james adamson]

Excellent.
Thanks.