Hi Justin,
So here are a few thoughts (and nice work already!)
1) tower heights:
I am not certain if this will do it, but I have a few scripts that coulllld possibly help you out here:
- Assign roof heights based on an area property that uses square meters:
Assuming that you have an attribute with the square meters in your building file you can map the desired area property to a field in the Table tab of the Data Source Configuration dialog box.
Note: alter the Roof Height values to customize how the script is applied.
For example, map the area property to the "ROTATE_X" model property, then replace
BUILDINGS.ROOF_HEIGHT = xx;
with:
if( BUILDINGS.MODEL_ROTATE_X <= 100)
{BUILDINGS.ROOF_HEIGHT = 10;
}
else if( BUILDINGS.MODEL_ROTATE_X >100 && BUILDINGS.MODEL_ROTATE_X <= 200)
{ BUILDINGS.ROOF_HEIGHT = 20;
}
else
BUILDINGS.ROOF_HEIGHT = 30;
- If you have a floor height property, you could possibly build an expression:
Concatenate (combine) properties in the original data store to map to properties in the model.
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- For example, the model has a property called ROOF_HEIGHT, but the original data source for your buildings only contains values for the FLOOR_HEIGHT and FLOORS properties. To concatenate the FLOOR_HEIGHT and FLOORS properties into a single ROOF_HEIGHT property:
- Open the Data Sources panel and double click the desired Buildings data to configure it.
- Click the Common or Table tab, then click
in the Roof Height field to open the Expression Editor.
- Create the following expression for the ROOF_HEIGHT property: FLOOR_HEIGHT * FLOORS and click OK.
2) Lift Lines
I would recommend using extruded SDF profiles via the Custom Profiles tool (as part of a road or railway style).
Here's some more information on that: http://help.autodesk.com/view/INFMDR/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-D22FACFA-529C-4C8A-9CB5-5A91AF0BEB3F
If you were to alter the visibility of the tracks in a road or railway style, you could basically create elevated custom profiles above an invisible roadway, and match the height to the height of your towers.
To create the 2D SDF polylines that will represent your ski lift lines, you could create a very short line or a small square (in AutoCAD) and save as SDF, then use that as a custom profile in your road or railway style.
Principal Specialist, Infrastructure