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Post by ErixonStone on Jul 26, 2016 7:58:51 GMT -5
Also I like to know how you top designers start? Everything of? Start flat? Trees, water etc? Kind regards. Rule 1: You don't want the GNCD to create any greens, fairways, rough, heavy rough, or bunkers for you. Turn all the auto-generation sliders down all the way in the Layout menus. - Layout --> Greens -- Green Size -- Green Slope -- Hazards - Layout --> Fairways -- Fairway Width -- Hazards - Layout --> Tees and Rough -- Rough Width -- Heavy Rough Width -- Tee Furniture (this is toggle ON/OFF. Turn this off.) Rule 2: All the other options are just that - optional Every designer has his own way when it comes to where to begin. Some designers let the GNCD build hills and small lakes to start. Others make the plot completely flat. There's no wrong way to start when it comes to terrain sculpting. Typically, I start out with a flat plot and then do my own plot creation. I'll build mountains, hills, rivers, lakes, and coastline before I start laying any holes. Other designers let the GNCD create the land by adjusting the sliders in the TERRAIN menus. Some other designers do all sculpting and elevation work as they work from hole to hole. No matter how a designer starts, there is always elevation and sculpting work that needs to be done as you go along. Personally, I spend more time sculpting than any other activity.
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Post by Errol1967 on Jul 26, 2016 10:37:24 GMT -5
Also I like to know how you top designers start? Everything of? Start flat? Trees, water etc? Kind regards. Rule 1: You don't want the GNCD to create any greens, fairways, rough, heavy rough, or bunkers for you. Turn all the auto-generation sliders down all the way in the Layout menus. - Layout --> Greens -- Green Size -- Green Slope -- Hazards - Layout --> Fairways -- Fairway Width -- Hazards - Layout --> Tees and Rough -- Rough Width -- Heavy Rough Width -- Tee Furniture (this is toggle ON/OFF. Turn this off.) Rule 2: All the other options are just that - optional Every designer has his own way when it comes to where to begin. Some designers let the GNCD build hills and small lakes to start. Others make the plot completely flat. There's no wrong way to start when it comes to terrain sculpting. Typically, I start out with a flat plot and then do my own plot creation. I'll build mountains, hills, rivers, lakes, and coastline before I start laying any holes. Other designers let the GNCD create the land by adjusting the sliders in the TERRAIN menus. Some other designers do all sculpting and elevation work as they work from hole to hole. No matter how a designer starts, there is always elevation and sculpting work that needs to be done as you go along. Personally, I spend more time sculpting than any other activity. Im atm on my first ever build course. Before I started this one, I watched a lot of tutorials and course critiques and live shows and learned a lot of it. Did also a lot of testing in the designer and deleted it afterwards...lol. On the course im working on now, I started everything on zero, accept for the mountains, I put those on highest setting and after that I flatten it to make it more a rolling look and lay down all the holes, just the layout, so no greensize, rough etc., but I like your idea, never tried that before and in fact I think its a good idea and start to create first the landscape, lakes, mountains etc. and then put the holes in it. Most designers start from green to tee...I dont...I start from tee to green and before I lay it down I decide it if it have to be down or uphill. Most important thing for me is a good visual on the bunkers and green upfront and most of all...stunning vieuw. After I finish my first ever course, I do landscaping first and make something special on my course and focus my holes on it. Tnx for the reply ð
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Post by bradleystuart on Jul 26, 2016 10:49:21 GMT -5
Yes. Build a nice plot of land first and then route out your golf course.
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Post by Errol1967 on Jul 26, 2016 12:46:42 GMT -5
Yes. Build a nice plot of land first and then route out your golf course. That looks realy cool...Desert theme isnt it? I like it...I like Rustic too and Swiss, but at the moment Im working on a fantasy-ish Highlands.
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Post by scarpacci on Jul 27, 2016 11:38:40 GMT -5
Streamed for a couple hours last night on the topic of starting a new course. 2 hours or so and more than half of that is just me sculpting and barely talking so I'm not sure how useful or interesting it will be: YouTube linkAlso, I updated the OP with links to my past videos as there have been some requests for topics already covered (green sculpting) so that should make things easier to find. I have some links I found useful on topics like layout, routing and general golf course design. I'll add all that stuff to the OP too. Better to take a real world experts direction on that stuff than mine.
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Post by Errol1967 on Jul 27, 2016 14:18:57 GMT -5
Streamed for a couple hours last night on the topic of starting a new course. 2 hours or so and more than half of that is just me sculpting and barely talking so I'm not sure how useful or interesting it will be: YouTube linkAlso, I updated the OP with links to my past videos as there have been some requests for topics already covered (green sculpting) so that should make things easier to find. I have some links I found useful on topics like layout, routing and general golf course design. I'll add all that stuff to the OP too. Better to take a real world experts direction on that stuff than mine. Nice mate...put it in my favourites. Gonna watch it later this evening, when Im home. I cast the most videos to TV ð
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Post by Errol1967 on Jul 27, 2016 17:22:53 GMT -5
Streamed for a couple hours last night on the topic of starting a new course. 2 hours or so and more than half of that is just me sculpting and barely talking so I'm not sure how useful or interesting it will be: YouTube linkAlso, I updated the OP with links to my past videos as there have been some requests for topics already covered (green sculpting) so that should make things easier to find. I have some links I found useful on topics like layout, routing and general golf course design. I'll add all that stuff to the OP too. Better to take a real world experts direction on that stuff than mine. Watched the whole video and it is verry helpfull...especially greens. Tnx Scarpacci ð
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Post by Errol1967 on Jul 27, 2016 19:48:22 GMT -5
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Post by Bacon on Jul 27, 2016 20:05:17 GMT -5
I'll definitely be watching that one very soon. Had to get my first two rounds in tonight or I would have already watched it.
While you're on the subject of starting courses, I was curious how some of the top designers route their holes. For me, I'm anal and want my 9th and 18th greens near the clubhouse. To do that, I chose the site of my 18th green, then put down the clubhouse. I then looked around the area and found 2 nice directions for holes and put down 1 and 10, then had a section reserved for the 9th green right behind the clubhouse. Once that was done, I then used the distance tool and marked off the other holes, making sure they all fit nicely together so that the right holes led back to the clubhouse. I'm still working on laying out fairways and whatnot, but I know exactly where each hole will fall within the course. I've only got the 1 course laid out, but this worked beautifully.
So my question (yeah, about *&^% time, I know), for the designers who lay out one complete hole, then put down the second hole, etc., how do they get their holes to end up back at the clubhouse? Do they even care if it works out so that 9 and 18 are there?
Just curious, and thanks again for the new vid. Can't wait to see how you start off.
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Post by Errol1967 on Jul 28, 2016 4:20:28 GMT -5
I'll add some tips to planting but Canuck is really the plant man so I do recommend you follow his direction. 4. Do not use the multi-plant tool. Seriously. don't use it. Ever. Not even once. Hope this is helpful. Things have been really hectic for me at work but once I get some free time I'll start making some more vids. Why not use the multi-planting tool? Is there some kind of bug in it? kind regards.
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Post by welikeitroughnc on Jul 28, 2016 16:12:18 GMT -5
I personally start completely flat no trees water hills holes or anything I'll plan my hole tee to green know what I want from the hole then lay fairway rough and bunkers if my course will feature any I do my greens last. I sculpt everything elevation wise before I lay fairways I sculpt green areas last just my 2 cents and my way of designing I plant last. Currently working on a course with 0 bunkers so far, sculpting is the biggest thing when creating a course make sure it's smooth.
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Post by roblandon on Aug 12, 2016 17:36:53 GMT -5
I'll add some tips to planting but Canuck is really the plant man so I do recommend you follow his direction. 4. Do not use the multi-plant tool. Seriously. don't use it. Ever. Not even once. Hope this is helpful. Things have been really hectic for me at work but once I get some free time I'll start making some more vids. Why not use the multi-planting tool? Is there some kind of bug in it? kind regards. It takes up loads of Memory your better off hitting the button loads whilst moving the stick around
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