Hi there,
I have noticed that sometimes when using Apply Building Type, the buildings are appearing underground or partially underground but they appear to be populating the building regulation window correctly. The buildings are drawing on the surface if I use Edit -> Draw Building and are correctly populating the building regulation window.
I checked on a parcel that with a scenario that was created before the last update and added a new scenario (Scenario 1 - Apply Building Type.png versus New scenario - Apply Building Type.png) as an equal comparison.
This appears to be happening in both Land Use Plans and Zoning Plans. I also encountered this in a different Urban model.
I am wondering if there is a height setting in one of my 3D Base Layers that needs to be adjusted since the most recent Urban update?
I should mention that I am not using a local DTM for the ground elevation in either of these areas shown in the images. Both areas were left as the default World Elevation for the ground elevation surface when extruding existing buildings. Should I re-upload my base layers with the local DTM elevation layer for these areas?
Thanks in advance!
Hi @lbedard ,
Thanks for your question and for sharing your experience with the community.
Some follow-up questions to better understand the issue that you are experiencing:
Right now, Urban behaves as follows when working with custom elevation layers:
We will investigate if and how the user experience can be improved when working with building types outside the extent of a custom elevation layer.
Thanks.
Dominik
Hi Dominik,
Thanks for your reply.
For your follow-up questions, my answers are as follows:
Thanks for the clarification and thank you for looking into this.
Hi @lbedard ,
Thanks for answering my follow-up questions. Unfortunately, due to technical limitations, buildings are placed at a height of 0 when applying a building type to a parcel that is outside of the custom elevation layer's extent. We will investigate ways to improve the user experience in such cases in a future version of Urban and will keep you posted.
In the meantime, I'd recommend removing the custom elevation layer when applying a building type on a parcel that is outside of the custom elevation layer's extent.
Sorry for any caused inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.