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Create and arrange terrain objects

Terrain objects define the landscape of a scene. The arrangement of terrain objects adds depth to a 3-D landscape. In this lesson, you'll create mountains and arrange them using the reposition and resize tools.

To create a terrain object

To reposition a terrain object

  1. Click Edit to flip to the Edit palette.
  2. Click the upper X arm of the Reposition tool, and drag to the left to move the terrain toward the back of the scene.
  3. Click the upper Z arm of the Reposition tool, and drag to the right to move the terrain toward the center.
    Watch the Nano-preview window to track your progress.
  4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until the terrain is positioned in the back left of the scene.

Click here to see the terrain's approximate position.

To resize a terrain object

  1. Click the center of the Resize tool, and drag to the right until the terrain stretches across the scene.
  2. Click the Edit land objects button Lets you align objects with the ground plane, located to the right of the object, to reposition the terrain to rest on the ground plane.

Click here to see what the resized terrain object looks like.

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