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    • B Offline
      bubbalove
      last edited by

      This may be easier than I think it is.... but I'm having problems making this site plan work! There are 2 retaining walls at the right side of the building and at the rear... and I can't get the contours to do what I want when I hit "create from contours" button. I was wondering if someone has a better idea of how to put together the site... if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated! I'm not asking you to do it for me... I was just wondering if maybe someone can kinda talk me through it... won't learn anything otherwise! I attached the .skp so you can see what I'm working with... thanks in advance...


      New Site Plan.skp

      "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Churchill

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      • plot-parisP Offline
        plot-paris
        last edited by

        sorry no time to try it right now.

        but what I would do is create the terrain and later cut the retaining wall into the terrain. thus you don't have to mess around with vertical terrain (doesn't work in SU).

        perhaps I find some time tomorrow to try it out. good luck!

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          bubbalove
          last edited by

          Thanks for looking Jakob... I tried that earlier but I was having problems where the grades die into the retaining walls... I should probably just spend more time playing around with the grades in AutoCAD to see if I can come up with a better solution...

          "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Churchill

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            mirjman
            last edited by

            give it a shot if you draw in the intersection of the grade w/ the retaining walls... that way create from contours has an edge to connect to on the face of the wall. You will probably have to delete out some terrain that is created within the thickness of the wall. Also, your contours look strange on the entry road that is flanked by two walls, shouldn't they just be straight(ish) lines?

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              bubbalove
              last edited by

              You have to take into account that the road surface drop six inches for the curb and gutter...

              "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Churchill

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              • M Offline
                mirjman
                last edited by

                ah- if you're just going for the pretty picture, that might be one place to simplify and cut back on polygons

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                • B Offline
                  bubbalove
                  last edited by

                  Unfortunately not... it has to be as precise as possible...

                  "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Churchill

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                    cyin6
                    last edited by

                    grouping the slopes into groups
                    then use the sandbox tool
                    fill in the gaps between the groups

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                      Edson
                      last edited by

                      david,

                      have a look at this video by daniel tal. it is the best thing i have seen on terrain modelling. it may solve your present problem and more.

                      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                      http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                        gistman
                        last edited by

                        I have done quite a bit of site work using SU- I can't stress enough, the cleaner your topos are coming from cad the easier any modeling will be in SU... I alway make sure they are polyline (pe -> multi line ->make polyline -> join) This will make things much easier for you once you bring your topos into SU. I also do "repair lines" (ruby script) this will join and fix all of your topo lines which may have not imported correctly.

                        You also may need to extend some of your topolines beyond the site boundaries then after you make your surface, you can stamp the site boundary and erase the extras.

                        Hope this helps a little.

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                          bubbalove
                          last edited by

                          Thanks everyone... I'm still working on it and I will look into some of the rubies and the movie! Thanks for all your help!

                          "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Churchill

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