burysaints29
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Avid Golfer, Golf Course Architecture Enthusiast - PA-MA
Posts: 128
TGCT Name: Christian Procaccino
Tour: Platinum
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Post by burysaints29 on Nov 13, 2019 12:50:08 GMT -5
Any tips on making natural looking elevation changes on holes? i.e. Making a hole go gradually uphill or downhill?
Thanks!
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Post by ErixonStone on Nov 13, 2019 13:19:11 GMT -5
Landscape flatten Page 4 Row 1 Col 1 Make the circle brush big Click and hold the A or X button (or left mouse) and drag the brush slowly. Repeat. A lot. Then start using raise/flatten to fill in where needed. Take your time. No shortcuts.
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Post by ohheycat on Nov 13, 2019 15:23:31 GMT -5
What he said. I personally step that brush up/down while dragging it but its probably easier to do it 1 click at a time. It may be rather arduous at first, but once you find that sweet spot where the brush overlaps the previous raise point, youll adapt to your own method.
Its also worth mentioning the 2 graduated brushes that raise more the further along the brush you get. It may seem that those would be easier but they take a lot of trial and error, I use them quite a but at the macro level. Theres one that is rectangular and one that is a semicircle, easily identified by the long shaded area attached to the relatively small solid rectangle/semicircle. I believe they are on the last page but done hold me to that. Good luck
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Post by bruce on Nov 19, 2019 10:11:46 GMT -5
Not sure If this helps, but looking at the holes from different perspectives helps a lot too. To see gradual increases, sometimes its better to look at holes from the side, makes the slight changes easier to see. One other thing is ever so slight sidehill lies that are hard to see. Sort of camouflage that makes shots go awry without really alerting anyone to them until its too late.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 14:59:00 GMT -5
Also if you're going for a smooth, continuous slope and aren't sure how close you are to achieving that, you can always drag your 'cursor thingy' along the ground and look at the readout. Another method is to use the measure tool and see how closely the ground follows (or doesn't follow) the measure line.
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Post by gamesdecent on Nov 20, 2019 16:18:58 GMT -5
"Raise" up, "flatten" down. Fuzzy brush is your friend.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 18:19:46 GMT -5
^ Good point. Whenever I'm doing the flatten clicks it's ALWAYS in the downhill direction. Raise I can kinda get away with in either direction but my biggest crutch is using the raise brush too much, so....
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Post by popeyedoyle0 on Nov 22, 2019 8:48:28 GMT -5
Some great tips on the tools to use for slight elevation changes I never thought of raising or dropping the brush up/down while dragging at the same time. Thanks Guys..
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