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title: "Landscape Object"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OFRACTAL.html"
section_path: "Create Menu > Mesh > Landscape Object"
element_id: "OFRACTAL"
command_id: "5169"
description: "This page covers the Landscape object in Cinema 4D. It generates fractal terrain — craggy mountains to rolling hills — as a parametric primitive, a quick …"
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# Landscape Object

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page covers the **Landscape object** in **Cinema 4D**. It generates fractal terrain — craggy mountains to rolling hills — as a parametric primitive, a quick base for environments, backgrounds and material tests.

![Image: 001448.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001448.jpg)

Use this command to create a landscape in the XZ plane — from craggy mountains to gentle slopes. Fractals are used to generate the landscape.

# Interactive editing

The landscape initially has three handles:

- Drag handle (1) to change the width (X),

- Drag handle (2) to change the height (Y).

- Drag handle (3) to change the depth (Z).

  ![Image: 001459.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001459.jpg)\
  The handles of the landscape primitive.

If **Spherical** is enabled, only one handle appear:

- Drag handle (4) to change the globe's radius (half the width — the first **Size** value).

![Image: 001460.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/001460.jpg)\
Alternative handles of the landscape primitive.