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Architecture

• Hardware accelerated viewport graphics that support OpenGL®
• Support for Simmetry Plug-in API

Viewport interaction

• Amazingly real WYSIWYG viewports to display real time 3D terrain editing
• Customize your multiple viewports to help you model: Left, Right, Perspective, Top, etc.
• Select a terrain rendering style per viewport: Textured, Lit Textured, Shaded, Wireframe, etc

Paths

• Specify areas or strips using splines or linear "paths"
• Combine paths into complete topologies
• Enhance the terrain texturing using paths
• Support for Ordnance Survey MasterMap® vector data, including building and road information

Contours

• Import vector contour and spot height information
• Modify contours interactively
• Generate terrain models from contours and spot heights
• Generate contours from terrain models

Objects

• Import 3D objects meshes on to the terrain from a variety of formats, including 3DS, SketchUp and AutoCAD DWG files
• Area extrusions
• Road creation
• Fence creation
• Water area creation
• Pipeline extrusion
• Link objects to terrain so they will maintain their position as the terrain is deformed
• Lightmapping of objects
• Full 3D scene hierarchy, including grouping
• Object placement tools to help you place, pivot, scale and clone your 3D models
• Multiple object placement tool to automate the placement of trees and grass
• Billboard creation
• Assign Custom data to each object insert
• Model library containing a range of placeable objects, from wind turbines to trees
• Drag and Drop object insertion
• Real time shadowing, including sun position based on date, time and geographical location
• Automatic refreshing of imported files
• Group objects into Composite Objects
• Animate composite objects
• Sky box and Sky dome creation

Terrain Creation and Modelling

• Support for import of multiple GIS raster formats, including USGS STDS DEM files and OS Landform NTF files
• DXF / DWG contour import
• Vector Contour and spot height to 3d Terrain generation
• Terrain to Vector Contour conversion
• Fractal noise based automatic terrain generation with basic and advanced control mechanisms
• Powerful real-time terrain deformation tools
• OpenGIS Projection support
• Configurable water level
• Fluvial and thermal erosion system
• Cut and Fill calculations
• Zone of Visual Influence calculations

Terrain Texturing  

• Control texturing distribution with slope, altitude, aspect and fractal constraints
• Create hierarchies of texture layers
• Automatic calculation of terrain and objects shadowing
• Simulate terrain roughness using fractal noise
• Multiple base layer for large scale textures with blend function
• Multiple detail textures for close up texturing
• Lightmapping of terrain model

Markers  

• Add generic objects, or "markers", to the terrain
• Assign custom user data to markers

Visualisation

• Output to an optimised transmission format for viewing over the internet or in a stand-alone visualisation client program
• Place hyperlinks on objects inside the scene providing extended information in the integrated browser
• Interactive camera with multiple viewing modes
• Walk on terrain tool that gives a first person view
• Interactive sun position
• ActiveX control for distribution on the internet

Simulation

• Simulator mode using first or third person cameras
• Full screen option for immersive viewing
• Solid Objects with collisions
• Gravity
• Instant load from edited scene
• User controlled interaction with animated composite objects
• Sound

Animation

• Animate camera
• Animate water level
• Animate sun position
• Key-frame object animation
• Composite object sub-animation
• Sound

Lighting

• Multiple light sources per scene
• Lightmap objects
• Lightmap terrain models

Sound

• Support for WAV and OGG sound files
• Three dimensional (positional) sound

Output

• Export terrain and the terrain texture in multiple formats
• Output optimized terrain meshes in various formats, including 3DS format
• Export terrain light maps and individual texture layer alpha maps
• Produce AVI files of animations

Workflow

• Non-modal workflow: model and texture in one consistent interface
• Complete interactive hierarchical overview of the current project through the Project Tree
• Undo and Redo with definable depth level
• Customizable user interface - alter your environment to suit your working style
• Customize interface elements, custom toolbars, docking panels, buttons and menus
• Context-sensitive menus for fast workflow
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts

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