Memory Loss - How to create model

[ntxdave]

Here is something I created some time ago and I have forgotten how I did things. I have not used Skatter for a good while. I would like to create something like it again but am having problems remembering how to do things. I did look at some documentation, but I am consistently messing up. I can create the hills and etc. in SketchUp but when I try to add the vegetation (in particular I want to create just a straight line of bushes) and then add it to my terraine, I am making a pure mess.

Can someone give me a good place to go read (or watch a video) that will help me create a new model. I am not worried about rendering the model. I used to use Twilight Render and now I am looking at Rayscaper but I do think that is supported in Skatter. Again, right now I need some good advice on how to get some things done.

[Thomas]

You can start with our tutorials: Tutorials | Skatter Help

And you are probably looking for Paint Masks and Curve Hosts.

[ntxdave]

Well, I think I am getting closer but am still having a problem. I you look at the screen capture below, how do I get the row of bushes “projected” to the terrain below the row of bushes?

[ntxdave]

I am still having problems with this issue. I have created a set of objects using Skatter that I want to project down to the terraine but have not been able to get it to work. I have done it sometime in the past but cannot get it to work again. I would like to get some advice on how to accomplish it.

[Thomas]

What part of the process do you struggle with?
Is it projecting the curve onto the terrain? Or using the curve as a Host in Skatter?