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Terrain Overview

Visualize Site Contours in 3D with the Terrain App

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Written by Holly Conrad Smith
Updated over a month ago

Visualize Site Contours in 3D

The terrain of a site can make or break a project. Use Terrain to visualize your site in 3D, and calculate siteworks using Cut & Fill.

Giraffe sources terrain data from the Mapbox Terrain-DEM v1 dataset, which uses data from multiple sources depending on the geographic region.

The Terrain app is included with all Giraffe projects by default.

Open Terrain by clicking the Mountain icon in the right-hand app selector.

Use the tools to control the visibility and style of the terrain, and how it interacts with your project geometry.

Toggle on Enable Terrain, then select Editable or Fixed-Surface.

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