Create a 3D presentation task if you need a permanent presentation that is stored with the model.
Find it here:
Click 3D on the ribbon.
Give the 3D presentation a suitable task name.
Select a location in the process tree, or enter a new location. If a summary task was selected before you clicked 3D, it will pick up this location. If not, it will default to the root task.
Select the features you want to present.
Select a presentation setup, that is, a drawing ruleset combined into one setup. The default presentation setup can be changed in Options.
Optionally, select a raster image background, if available.
Click OK. The new 3D window will be loaded.
You can specify transparency (0-100%) in a 3D presentation. For example, you can hide the part of a terrain that goes over a road. This way, you can avoid creating an additional triangulated ground surface with holes for the road, thereby preventing the model from becoming 'heavier' than necessary.
1. Select the transparency area. Objects (selected below) will be transparent inside this area.
2. Select the objects to set transparent inside the defined areas above.
The Ground Surface is selected in the examples below.
3. Set the transparency for the transparent objects. 100% is full transparency; 0% is no transparency (full opacity).
4. Select a presentation rule, preferably one where the ground surface has a filled texture, or WMS or orthophoto.
5. Click OK to finish.
Example with 40 % transparency
Example with 70 % transparency
Example with 100 % transparency