Sketchup 8 - Sandbox Tools - Building Terrain from Contours
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Tutorial on how to create terrain from a set of contours on Google Sketchup 8.
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....Then you can turn on the terrain by selecting the 'toggle terrain' button from the toolbar (getting started toolbar - View > Toolbars > Getting Started) once the terrain has been generated, you can make a rectangle just bigger that the size of the terrain selection make mulitple copies of the rectangle at set distances until all the terrain is covered (NOTE: measurements are to scale) once all the rectangles are in place, select all > right click > Intersect Faces > with model......
Firstly Right-Click the terrain and select explode. This should then enable you to edit the terrain. Go the sections you want to edit. From here you can do two things: actually delete the extra lines using the Erase tool, or you can ''Hide'' the lines by holding Ctrl or Command (mac) and delete the lines using the erase tool as you normally would.
Hope this helped.
Thx man, really helped and btw if u cant find the tool go to View > Toolbars press Sandbox
You can easily draw in su in different plane, to do this just establish the planes first ,draw a line in "blue" direction (it could be of any size) the end of the line "blue" indicates the level indicated at the time when you entered the dimension of the blue line, than mark that plan (draw a rectangle) now you can establish the next level. From a corner of the rectagle just drawon draw a new line in "blue direction" the dimension of which will indicate the new plan, and so on ...
thx this will improve the performance in a final project.
There are two ways of creating contour lines that I know of, niether is easier than the other. One of the ways is literally drawing some contours with the free hand tool and making each higher than the previous contour. this is mainly for custom terrain.
For existing terrain, say a mountain range you can get the relief of the terrain (how it looks) from the Geo-Locator (File > geo-location > new location) from which you select a region and it puts that region into your model....... tbc
As far as I know, there is no way to draw on different planes. In this video I started from out to in when drawing the lines. Once each 'level' was created, I deleted the face of that shape so just the outline remains. Then I did the next 'level' inside that shape, and then move it up afterwards, then do as previous, but the other way round; so drawing the 'level' then deleting the faces. Continue doing this and its pretty easy. If you don't get it, let me know, I'll make a video.
@coryelisabeth Nope, its the free version. the tools are in a toolbar, but it is not default on Sketchup, you have to activate it. We have a Tutorial on how to activate them. Go to our channel and find the video:
Sketchup 8 - Sandbox Tools - Finding the Tools
Hope this helps.
Thank you very much.Very useful.
Ok, lemme see if I got this... So, in order to build terrain from contours in SketchUp, I need to use the "From Contours" tool in Sketchup in order to build the terrain.
Wow, thanks man - I don't think I would have _ever_ figured that one out in a million years!
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Also, if your still not sure, watch a tutorial by concept3Dmodeling called: 'SketchUp Tips and Tricks: Creating Contour Lines From Google Earth Terrain' just to make sure you're doing everything correctly.
thanks . A simple, clear and concise
nice explanation... i'll get to it... thank u
cheers
If you're not going to provide a narration, slow down with the mouse. It's hard to read from the bottom of the screen, while trying to see what the mouse is doing at the top.
whoa, need some netiquette buddy!
Sorry for long wait for a reply, I've been pre-occupied with university stuff.
From what you have said, I think I have an idea what may be wrong, but I'm not promising anything. When creating terrain from contours, I've noticed that if the contours themselves are in a vertical position, it goes all weird. I don't know why this happens, but SU doesn't like it. So make sure that your contours are horizontal before to hit the button.
And I'm pretty sure that it's not the Middle East's fault...
Made my day. Thank you!
Very helpful. Many thanks for this.
...Then simply remove the terrain layer and the extras of the rectangles and you have some contours. I Hope this has cleared things up for you, i know i went on a bit, but if you still are not sure let me know and ill make a quick video showing you.
curse the character limit....grrrr
How can I make those curvy lines?
as easy as it seems its kind of weird to draw the lines above each other, as the new ones keep getting glued with the ones "below"
Nope, this can be done on the free version too, you need to enable Sandbox Tools - I have done a video for this - then you can create the terrain.
I have a big mess with no verts it seems..I did all as in this video,but instead of half way decent polys connected as in your'from contour' step, I have a mess of disconnected verts with no polys created. I got my terrain from GE, Israel area, is that the problem , that the middle east doesn't give nice details for from contour as other areas ?
Its nice... but i have one small quarry.... how could i made stamp on sloped area, however i have limited plot area to stamp my model house?
@FPSArchitect found it! thanks! can you do a video on rendering tutorial for sketchup plug-in? i'm an architecture student, so rendering will be somewhat about architecture project. I just hit subscribe. looking forward for your next video tutorial =)
thanksss just what I needed :D
Perfect
So, I am currently using adobe illustrator. I do have it importing into sketchup as a .DWG, but when its imported in, all of the lines are connected. So, for example, when I try to delete the box bordering the contour lines, it deletes the entire map.
check to make sure you dont have it grouped (right click>Explode) then you should be able to delete what you want
Explode :D haha
Hi, is this Sketchup Pro? I can't seem to find contours on my sketchup 8. thanks
while stamping my model on sloped area its crossing my plot area
perfect!! thx
how do you tell sketchup to draw on different planes?
hello can someone tell me how to make terraced terrain when i already have the terrain and set of contours without having to push/pull each and everyone like 2mins work :3 i saw someone doing it but i didn't have the chance to ask
how do you make the contour lines?
is this only for pro?
Za sta ces da koristis ovo? :D Ako samo za teren, onako bezveze, bolje ti je da nabavis Cry Engine 3 sandbox :D
I cant seem to get the sandbox tools to appear on my toolbar, any help?
maybe u need to download a plugin
If you right click a blank space on your upper toolbar, you should be able to find the Sandbox. If not, you can find the tools in your Tool menu -> sandbox.
Note: The sandbox tool comes default with SketchUp, but sometimes you have to enable it. On SketchUp 2016 or older: go to Window -> Preferences -> Extensions and tick the box next to "Sandbox". On 2017: go to window -> extension manager and enable it.
perfect !!! :D
interesting!