TerreSculptor HMES · Heightmap Editing Software Reference Manual Documentation for TerreSculptor HMES version 1.0. Copyright © 2016 Demenzun Media Inc., All Rights Reserved. Document Revision 2016-11-28 Preface TerreSculptor HMES is the Heightmap Editor Software developed by Demenzun Media Inc. TerreSculptor HMES and its forerunner HMCS, Heightmap Conversion Software, contain a number of years of software development in the field of computer generated and manipulated heightmaps. In order to appeal to a greater audience, TerreSculptor is available in both a Standard Edition and a Professional Edition. TerreSculptor Standard Edition is no cost and includes a subset of the Professional Edition features. TerreSculptor Professional Edition is available for retail license sale and includes numerous advanced features. TerreSculptor Professional Edition is available for licensing by individuals and companies. Licenses are available on a per-seat or per-user basis. See our website for current licensing and pricing information. Look for the “Professional Edition Only” tags found throughout this document for the advanced features available only in the Professional Edition. 3D Studio MAX is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Unreal is a trademark of Epic Games Inc. Third-party trademarks: all brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Table of Contents Preface .......................................................................................................................................................................7 About the Tutorials .............................................................................................................................................7 Reference Manual Conventions ..............................................................................................................................8 Notification Icons ................................................................................................................................................8 Mouse Icons .......................................................................................................................................................8 Features .................................................................................................................................................................. 10 General Features ............................................................................................................................................ 10 World Editor .................................................................................................................................................... 10 Standard versus Professional Edition................................................................................................................. 11 System Requirements ........................................................................................................................................... 12 Installation .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 Uninstall .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 14 World Space and Object Space ...................................................................................................................... 14 Working with Objects ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Basic Object Properties .................................................................................................................................. 15 Transforming Objects ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Heightmaps ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Weightmaps .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Masks .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 Launching TerreSculptor ...................................................................................................................................... 18 The Welcome Dialog.............................................................................................................................................. 19 The About Dialog ................................................................................................................................................... 20 The TerreSculptor Interface .................................................................................................................................. 21 Special Controls .................................................................................................................................................... 24 Angle Control .................................................................................................................................................. 24 Color Button Control ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Information Bubble Control ............................................................................................................................. 24 Numeric Up/Down Control .............................................................................................................................. 25 The Menu bar ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 File Menu ........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Edit Menu ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 View Menu ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 Tools Menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 Help Menu ....................................................................................................................................................... 30 The Toolbars .......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Main Toolbar ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Edit Toolbar ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 Scene Drop-down Menu ................................................................................................................................. 34 Adjust Drop-down Menu ................................................................................................................................. 35 Modify Drop-down Menu ................................................................................................................................. 36 Transform Drop-down Menu ........................................................................................................................... 38 The Toolbox ........................................................................................................................................................... 39 The Main Viewport ................................................................................................................................................. 40 Viewport Cameras ................................................................................................................................................. 41 Orbit Camera................................................................................................................................................... 42 Free Camera ................................................................................................................................................... 43 The Function Tabs ................................................................................................................................................. 44 Camera: Camera ............................................................................................................................................ 45 Camera Properties .........................................................................................................................................