Kubla Cubed User Manual
Sports pitches often are very simple geometrically. For instance, a football pitch or tennis court could be simply defined with a platform. However, these types of pitches although appearing to be flat often are on a slight slope for drainage reasons. Therefor the slope element might be more appropriate.
A baseball pitch requires a bit more consideration. In this case there is usually a falloff in elevation from the pitcher's mound. This can be achieved by creating a feature surface and using concentric contour lines to define the desired topography.
Golf Courses tend to be smooth undulating terrain. However, there are hard edges that exist at the perimeter of bunkers and ponds. On a plan a golf course design is likely to be specified with contours, points and break-lines. The break-lines would be used for the defined edges like the bunker or water feature perimeter. Naturally for these scenarios you would use a Feature Surface in the proposed phase to design a golf course. It is also possible to prototype different golf course designs by combining different elements together. For instance, using platforms to sketch out ideas can be far quicker and simpler than designing with contour lines. When happy with the design and volumes estimated an export to CAD contour lines could be useful for additional refinement and to create a smoother surface than that which was created with overlaid platforms.