By the end of this tutorial you will be able to: In this tutorial we'll look at how to get started with RailClone and Forest Pack by adding common 3D elements to a scene imported from Civil 3D. In addition we will look at how Forest Pack can be used to easily add foliage and trees to Civil View surfaces, using corridor splines to help further refine scatter areas. However, RailClone's modelling tools and ability to use native render shaders to render huge polycounts is considerably more flexible than Civil View's, making RailClone a logical choice for use in high end civil visualisations. Like Civil View, RailClone is a style driven plugin allowing for the quick and easy addition of common 3D assets to a visualisation. It's therefore simple to replace Civil View's modelling tools with RailClone. In addition Civil View will generate paths and feature lines that can be used to add further 3D content in 3DS Max. Importing a Civil 3D project into 3DS Max via Civil View automatically generates surfaces and textured roads from corridor, roundabout and intersection tools used in Civil 3D. Civil View streamlines the process of sending data from Autodesk Civil 3D to 3DS Max Design to help Civil Engineers easily create compelling visualisations of their projects.

In this Tips and Trick Tutorial we look at how RailClone and Forest Pack can be used with Civil View in 3DS Max Design.