Can someone please link me to the Wiki instructions on building a TIN file from LAS files using V8i SS4 with Geopak? I have been looking everywhere.

I do not have Power Geopak or InRoads either.

I think you need Geopak or Inroads to work with .las files to create a tin

I do have Geopak, I just don't have the Power pack. I just have everything I have listed above. But I use Geopak every day to generate cross sections and profiles, I just never have needed to create a surface TIN until now. There has to be instructions to create surfaces using the set-up that I have somewhere. If I have to have more software installed, I can request it, but I think my company decided not to do the Microstation Power Pack or Open Roads.

What you showed earlier looks like the plain MicroStation Terrain tool.
Make sure that Geopak is activated. I don't think the civil tools will show up if it isn't.

If your Task dialog isn't already open, you can open it by going to Workspace -> Preferences -> Task Navigation and click on "Show Main Task Tools".

When that opens, you *should* see a list of task tabs. Look for "Civil Tools". These are the SS4/OpenRoads-type tools that go along with the regular Geopak tools in SS4/SS10. That should show you another list of task tabs, including things like "Analysis & Reporting", "Horizontal Geometry" and (what we really want to see) "Terrain Model". Click that tab, and you will see a couple of dozen terrain-type icons.

The first tool is "Create From File" and one of the file type options is going to be LAS files.

cliff, thank you so much. Now I need a tutorial on where to go from here.

I have several POD or LAS files that I have edited the preferences the way I want. Now I want to create a TIN from the points. Am I getting close? Thanks!