05 - The Area System | Civil Engine Tutorial Series

0:00 Introduction
0:55 Placing an Area
2:02 Adjusting an Area
4:02 Adding Assets to an Area
6:18 Areas from Library Assets
9:35 Placing Areas with Brushes
12:12 Editing Areas with Brushes
13:16 Area Presets
14:58 3D Grass Placement
17:50 Area Collections
19:00 Area Water
20:15 Area Visualizers
20:45 Area Highlights
22:48 Placing Areas on Terrain
25:42 Asset Draping
26:44 Area Highlights on Terrain
28:19 Conclusion

Take your civil project visualizations to the next level by mastering the Area System in Civil Engine! In this tutorial, we'll explore how this powerful feature within Beyond CAD's Civil Engine software, built on Unreal Engine 5, simplifies the placement of various assets, 3D grass, water and area highlights across defined areas in your 3D models. Designed for civil engineers, planners, designers, and visualization specialists, the Area System complements the Path System by providing an efficient way to populate larger regions of your project with realistic detail.

The Area System is an intuitive tool that allows you to define and customize specific areas within your project site and then populate them with a variety of 3D objects and visual elements. This is essential for creating realistic landscapes, detailed site plans, and compelling environmental contexts for your transportation and civil infrastructure projects.

In this video, you'll learn:

Introduction to the Area System: Understand what the Area System is and how it differs from and complements the Path System in Civil Engine.

Defining Your Areas: Learn how to precisely define and customize areas within your project using a simple node-based system.

Populating with Assets: Discover how to efficiently place a wide array of assets within your defined areas, including:

Landscape Elements: Add realistic 3D grass, trees, bushes, and other vegetation to create natural environments.

Visual Highlights: Use the Area System to add colorful area highlights for illustrating different zones or design elements.

Controlling Placement: Explore the powerful controls for fine-tuning asset placement within your areas, including options for spacing, offsets, and randomization to achieve natural or structured layouts.

Multi-Asset Placement: See how you can efficiently place multiple types of assets within a single defined area.

Streamlining Your Workflow: Learn how the Area System helps streamline the visualization of landscapes, environmental features, and design zones, saving you significant time.

Tips for Realistic Scenes: Get practical tips and best practices for using the Area System to create visually stunning and realistic project environments.

Whether you're looking to add detailed landscaping to a road project or define different material zones on a site plan, mastering the Area System is crucial for creating immersive and informative visualizations in Civil Engine.

Tune in to unlock the potential of the Area System for your civil projects!

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