A way to save terrain (only) to gallery?

@MarshaMyGames  Those are very good questions.  I agree with @EA_Solaire 's answer.  I clicked "me too" for your post but the more I think about your second question, the more I realize it would be very difficult (if not impossible) to download a lot onto existing terrain.  The terrain you create would need to be identical to the terrain of the lot being downloaded.  For example, let's say you create a lot with terrain features like a hill or a pond.  If the lot you want to download doesn't include that hill, pond etc. it would look really weird and likely wouldn't function properly.  As for your first question, I like the idea of creating a terrain only lot and then possibly challenging users to build within the space you've created.

I've done this for myself and saved it to my own library before. I've done it if there was a public lot that had a feature I wanted but couldn't purchase.

So using Willow Creek's Magnolia Park as an example. I removed all structures from it because I wanted the pond, as it was before ponds were introduced. I edited all of the terrain the way that I wanted it and then saved the blank lot  with it's pond and it's terrain edits to my library to use for future builds.

I then used it for various lots where I wanted the pond. It was sized down to fit the size of the lot and when placing it I could centre the pond where I wanted it to be. I then built around it. The terrain saved with no problems.

@EA_SolaireYours was the first, most concise response (all the responses that built on yours were amazing) and I’d like to have this question marked as solved. That would help anyone else quickly find this thread, if they have this question.

I do see your response was marked as “accepted answer”, so perhaps that means it’s resolved. According to what I found the instructions didn’t seem to apply to this. Is there a way to do so, if you know? 

Please excuse the question if it’s already resolved, (I’m new to this EA site, more accustomed to Quora, where the questioner must mark the question as resolved).
Thanks again!

@MarshaMyGames 

Happy to clear that up for you! Don't ever hesitate to post again if you need any further help.

And yes, if something here shows as "accepted solution" that means we've resolved the question for you 🙂