Gabion walls

[M_c3d]

Apologies if I'm missing something simple!

I have a proposed surface model imported from civil 3d as a surface.  I've then imported coverage areas from civil 3d as .sdf files and draped over the surface.  All going well this far.  One of the coverage areas are gabion basket retaining walls.  I created a new texture for this and it looks great on top but down the sides of the walls it goes all distorted.  See attached picture.

Any ideas on how to replicate the plan view on the sides?  Or a better suggested method?

Thanks in advance!

[roskirko]

I don't think it would be easy to get the projection of the surface to wrap around all the edges as you desire.

You could try to use a retaining wall for a component road. Select the component road, then the fill/cut area. Right click the fill/cut area to choose "Add Retaining Wall".

An asset card for the fill or cut area can be used to select materials.

[Karsten.Saenger]

Hi @M_c3d ,

it's not possible in InfraWorks to apply textures to objects using a UV map (speric, cubic, flat, etc.) like it's possible in 3ds Max.
The draping is always from top and results in distortions the steeper a face is.

The only solution is to use another program - such as 3ds Max - and apply the textures there, then export as FBX for example and import as 3D model into InfraWorks.

Or you "workaround" the issue with @roskirko 's suggestion, which looks acceptable from my point of view.

Regards,

Karsten.