Learn Landshape — Command Types. View Commands

View Commands

Views let you control the visibility of your terrain and of related features.

What Are Views?

Views are Landshape commands that control the visibility of terrain-related objects or properties.

Most Views are toggles, turning the view on and off. Some Views, when turned on, let you tweak values in the VCB.

Why Use Views?

Use Views to e.g.:
• Style your terrain surface
• Better understand terrain mesh topology and volume
• Control terrain-driven objects, like water
• See your model in top parallel projection
• Extract isoline contours

How to Use Views

For a more about how to work with Viewers, see View Overview.

😊 Happy viewing!


List of All View Commands

Here are all of Landshape's Viewers, listed by top menu order:

Show Rim

Make the terrain's outermost border edges visible.

Useful to style the edges surrounding the terrain. Make the edges stand out.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > Prop > Show Rim

Hide Rim

Make the terrain's outermost border edges invisible.

Useful to style the edges surrounding the terrain. Make the edges less salient.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > Prop > Hide Rim

View Top

Toggle view between top parallel and tilted perspective.

Useful to quickly check siteplan and control positions. To see through faces, combine with X-Ray style.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Top

View Nonterrain

Toggle nonterrain visibility, by tag.

Useful to turn the visibility of e.g. trees and buildings on and off. To work, you first need to tag them.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Nonterrain

View Terrain

Toggle terrain visibility.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Terrain

View Water

Toggle terrain water.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Water

View Skirt

Toggle terrain skirts.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Skirt

View Edge

Toggle terrain edge visibility (toggle hidden geometry).

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Edge

View Face

Toggle terrain surface between faceted and smoothed.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Face

View Profile

Toggle terrain edge hiddenness.

Useful to control whether to show profiles when terrain surface is viewed obliquely.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Profile

View Fence

Toggle terrain fence visibility, by overlay.

Useful to understand where there are Fenced edges in your terrain.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Fence

View Zone Bounds

Toggle terrain material border visibility.

Useful to make edges between adjacent groundtypes more distinct.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Zone Bounds

View Contour

Toggle terrain elevation isoline visibility.

Useful to understand elevations in your model.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Contour

View Grid

Toggle terrain longitude and latitude isoline visibility.

Useful to make lateral edge profiles with arbitrary spacing.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Grid

Rebuild View

Refresh active View items.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > Rebuild View

Loop View

Toggle circle camera around selection or terrain. To stop, toggle Loop again.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > Loop View
Last edited 2026-01-27
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View Commands

Views let you control the visibility of your terrain and of related features.

What Are Views?

Views are Landshape commands that control the visibility of terrain-related objects or properties.

Most Views are toggles, turning the view on and off. Some Views, when turned on, let you tweak values in the VCB.

Why Use Views?

Use Views to e.g.:
• Style your terrain surface
• Better understand terrain mesh topology and volume
• Control terrain-driven objects, like water
• See your model in top parallel projection
• Extract isoline contours

How to Use Views

For a more about how to work with Viewers, see View Overview.

😊 Happy viewing!


List of All View Commands

Here are all of Landshape's Viewers, listed by top menu order:

Show Rim

Make the terrain's outermost border edges visible.

Useful to style the edges surrounding the terrain. Make the edges stand out.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > Prop > Show Rim

Hide Rim

Make the terrain's outermost border edges invisible.

Useful to style the edges surrounding the terrain. Make the edges less salient.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > Prop > Hide Rim

View Top

Toggle view between top parallel and tilted perspective.

Useful to quickly check siteplan and control positions. To see through faces, combine with X-Ray style.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Top

View Nonterrain

Toggle nonterrain visibility, by tag.

Useful to turn the visibility of e.g. trees and buildings on and off. To work, you first need to tag them.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Nonterrain

View Terrain

Toggle terrain visibility.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Terrain

View Water

Toggle terrain water.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Water

View Skirt

Toggle terrain skirts.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Skirt

View Edge

Toggle terrain edge visibility (toggle hidden geometry).

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Edge

View Face

Toggle terrain surface between faceted and smoothed.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Face

View Profile

Toggle terrain edge hiddenness.

Useful to control whether to show profiles when terrain surface is viewed obliquely.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Profile

View Fence

Toggle terrain fence visibility, by overlay.

Useful to understand where there are Fenced edges in your terrain.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Fence

View Zone Bounds

Toggle terrain material border visibility.

Useful to make edges between adjacent groundtypes more distinct.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Zone Bounds

View Contour

Toggle terrain elevation isoline visibility.

Useful to understand elevations in your model.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Contour

View Grid

Toggle terrain longitude and latitude isoline visibility.

Useful to make lateral edge profiles with arbitrary spacing.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > View Grid

Rebuild View

Refresh active View items.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > Rebuild View

Loop View

Toggle circle camera around selection or terrain. To stop, toggle Loop again.

Menu:  Extensions > Landshape > View > Loop View
Last edited 2026-01-27
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