Raising and Lowering Terrain

To raise or lower terrain, perform the following tasks:

  1. Select Activate terrain editing () to enable terrain editing within the Design View.
  2. Within the Terrain Editor window, click Raise/Lower.
  3. Optionally, specify a custom brush radius, a brush softness, and a height:
  4. To raise terrain: Within the Design View, position the cursor where you want to raise terrain and left-click. You can also left-click and drag to raise areas of terrain.
  5. To lower terrain: Within the Design View, position the cursor where you want to lower terrain and Control-left-click. You can also Control-left-click and drag to lower areas of terrain.

 

The following figure shows some raised and lowered terrain (a chasm and some mountains) using the default settings.