Tool for Tuesday: InfraWorks Terrain Contours

Today’s tool is actually a “feature” of another tool.  :)

When visualizing terrain information in InfraWorks 360, there are numerous options to refine exactly how it is displayed.  (Elevation theme, transparency, draping an aerial photo, viewing it in 3D…)

I know what you are thinking, what about contours?  If only there were a way to show contours.  Well there is!!

Beginning in the 2017 version(s), there were some new objects created in InfraWorks that (as a feature of those objects) have the ability to display terrain contour lines. 

As a result, we can now create a Parcel within InfraWorks over the area of a terrain we are interested in and then simply “turn on” the contour lines in that area.

Check out the video below to see how it works.

 

-Jerry

Comments

[Anthony Bayadi]

Hi Jeff
Are you able to export the contours out to say Civil 3D?

[Jerry]

Hi Anthony, Yes, you could export the surface to an .IMX file and then import that into Civil 3D.