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Post by linkslover on May 2, 2019 1:48:49 GMT -5
Even though I've watched a couple of bunker video tutorials and follow their tips, I find even now designing my fifth course I am getting jagged slopes around some bunkers, usually between the bunker and the green. No matter what I try I can't seem to get rid of them. Does anybody have any tips please?
I should have taken a picture, but I only thought about asking now I've got to work, not earlier on when I was in the designer.
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Post by cephyn on May 2, 2019 10:23:20 GMT -5
I'm not sure I understand the issue, so I think I'd need to see a picture.
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Post by staypuft39 on May 2, 2019 10:38:47 GMT -5
For me that happens when surfaces are too close together and a drop in elevation is present. I just try and start my greenside bunkers a bit further back from the green. Not sure if splines make it worse, as I use shapes, but I imagine it would as it's a bit less precise.
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Post by ErixonStone on May 2, 2019 10:40:45 GMT -5
Usually this happens when your bunker is too close to the fairway/green surface. Getting rid of this is a pain in the neck.
Move the bunker away from the green or delete it in its entirety. Flatten the area as much as possible. This will take some time if your green complex is elevated. Then replace your bunker. Then re-sculpt.
If you use the flatten tool to build bunker lips, make sure to go slowly, building up a little at a time.
If you use the flatten tool to flatten out the bunker pan, or to hollow out the bunker, remember that, by default, applying flatten to a bunker drops the terrain about a foot. Many designers set the elevation of the flatten tool to +0.5 ft when hollowing out a bunker.
If you want a flat bunker pan and a high wall of grass, consider flattening the area BEFORE placing the bunker surface.
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Post by reebdoog on May 2, 2019 11:38:32 GMT -5
giving the sand a little more space is certainly a good tip. One other thing I've found helpful is to make the ground bunker ready before you put in the sand. I don't do this on every bunker by any means, but on some that cause problems it can help to make the "ditch/pan/hole/whatever" for the bunker first...then put the sand in. That seems to help in a couple of ways in that it has a way of making the slope work automatically without all the jaggies and it can keep you from getting too close and messing with the land to try and make it work. In other words it can kind of force you into keeping the sand far enough away from the play areas without even having to try simply because of the way the land moves. Give it a try and see if it helps.
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Post by linkslover on May 3, 2019 6:39:57 GMT -5
Thank you gentlemen. It seems the issue for me then are most of my bunkers are too close to the green. Looks like I have some work to do!
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