Hole in terrain under gas fireplace step out

[lgswe]

How does one deal with the hole in the terrain under a gas fireplace step out? I thought by calling the step out a porch or deck this would not happen, but that wasn't the case. I'm sure there is an easy solution for this. Thanks in advance for your advice.

[Joe Carrick]

You could always place a slab there - material = "Grass".

[Levis]

If I'm not mistaken, the terrain follows the shape of the floor it's on. So build your terrain on the foundation level and it should ignore the step out. I remember having the same issue a while back.

Here's one I did recently with the terrain on level 0 and never had a problem. Joe's solution works, but only if your terrain is flat.

[lgswe]

Lewis...Your solution of building the terrain on level 0 does work, but I had already built mine on level 1. I ended up moving my terrain to level 0, but it involved a lot of fudging on my part due to what all was going on with the terrain and it's "accessories". I then had to make a new reference set so I could get driveways, sidewalks and terrain items to show on my first floor plan. No real big deal. Before doing that I was playing around and came up with a so-so work around. I found by calling the back wall on the stepout a railing wall the terrain hole went away. In render everything looks fine, but in plan view there are certain "items" that show up. (attachments) Once again---appreciate all the advice sent my way. Have a great day

[Glenn Woodward]

Larry,

You can uncheck 'Hide Terrain" in the Terrain dbx and then use the Terrain Hole to draw the terrain hole as you want.

[Rich Winsor]

In the Terrain Specification dbx remove the check from the "Hide Terrain Intersected by Building" box in the Clipping section at the bottom of the General Tab.

[lgswe]

Glenn & Rich.... I believe this is the best solution even though joe's & Levis will work. Thanks to all for your advice and have a great day.