Green Roofs

[jtcapa1]

Here is a quicky.

I've got a client that wants a green roof, and I can have a 'grass' material as the final texture, but it looks like there is not a way to get that new, nicer, grass region up onto a low sloping roof?  SSA support said it could not be done, but I'm wondering if one of you Chief Experts can help me make the roof look more grass like, or even distribute a grass like feature up there?

[TeaTime]

"No" because Grass Regions only work on Terrain, so even converting the Terrain to a symbol breaks the region.

 

But man o man I can't keep myself away from a good challenge.

Once again I'm going to push the Reference Display feature.  Create a CAD rectangle around the roof. Create another plan, Paste Hold Position so it's in the same relative spot, convert it to a Terrain Perimeter, add Grass Region, then set terrain elevations to the same elevations as the Roof on the other plan, reference it into 3D Views, and voila. Two terrains, two grass regions.

[VHampton]

Pretty outstanding.

 

I was thinking the same. If there were only a way to make a second terrain. 

 

Anyway, I pity the fools who tell Mr. T it can't be done. 

[DRAWZILLA]

here "green" means energy efficient, so a reflective color roof would be inn order .

[TeaTime]

14 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said:

here "green" means energy efficient, so a reflective color roof would be inn order .

I absolutely thought the same thing when I first saw the title of the post, o' what a pleasant surprise we all had!