"L" Swimming Pool Design

[kreider]

I'm attempting to use this thread as a starting point to model the canal system connecting my homesite to the Intercoastal Waterway. My site has only an awkward view to the Waterway, but a valuable one none the less.

With all the rebuilding after the hurricanes, my neighbors are also trying to maximize their waterviews, so the model should allow me to predict the impact of surrounding construction on my view.

I've been able to model a serpentine terrain feature (the open edges of this water feature have been closed as this seems to be a requirement for a feature like this). I'm having some trouble getting the boundry of the feature to snap to dimensions. My real difficulty is with adding elevations. The water is at sea level (0), the edge of the feature is a seawall at elevation 4'-0, the first 10 feet landward of the seawall is level at 4'-0 also, the next 15'-0 slopes up to the house base elevation of 13'-0. This is typical at all canal edges.

When I add elevation information, the Build Terrain icon seems to ignore the feature at 0' elevation. Should I work out the terrain elevation before I add the canal feature? Do I really need to call the canal a hole?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff Kreider