Rendering ocean level as surface shape

lancew · 01-27-2012, 03:55 PM

I used the TexturedLayer class that pat wrote, and set the elevation to 0, but the surface shape was rendered right on the surface of terrain and seabed. From reading other posts, I thought that this class was supposed to be able to render a surface shape at an elevation above the surface.

heidtmare · 01-30-2012, 07:54 PM

surfaceshapes by definition are rendered into the imagery pipeline and as thus are always on the surface. They can't float above the surface.

If you need shapes that draw onto of the oceans surface then you either need a terrain model that never goes below MSL, or you need to use airspaces.

01-27-2012, 03:55 PM	#1
lancew Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1	Rendering ocean level as surface shape I used the TexturedLayer class that pat wrote, and set the elevation to 0, but the surface shape was rendered right on the surface of terrain and seabed. From reading other posts, I thought that this class was supposed to be able to render a surface shape at an elevation above the surface.

01-30-2012, 07:54 PM	#2
heidtmare Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, FL, USA Posts: 679	surfaceshapes by definition are rendered into the imagery pipeline and as thus are always on the surface. They can't float above the surface. If you need shapes that draw onto of the oceans surface then you either need a terrain model that never goes below MSL, or you need to use airspaces. __________________