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    • sdmitchS
      sdmitch
      last edited by

      The Drape Tool will place the outline of the roads on top of the surface but unfortunately as a series of unconnected segments. The Stamp Tool will maintain the road outline while connecting it to the surface and allow you to push it into or pull it above surface creating cuts and fills.

      Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

      http://sdmitch.blogspot.com/

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      • KrisidiousK
        Krisidious
        last edited by

        I use instant road... it's awesome.

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        (www.valiarchitects.com)

        By: Kristoff Rand
        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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          peebo22
          last edited by

          Thanks, but it says that I'm not authorized to download this file...?

          Yeah, I have the instant road plugin, but I don't know how to use it with this. Any advices?

          @unknownuser said:

          here a PDF tutorial about that by Daredevil
          (sorry in French but with images and you can put the text in the Google translator πŸ˜‰

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          • KrisidiousK
            Krisidious
            last edited by

            it's real simple.

            draw the road you want on a flat plane.
            make those lines a group.
            cut the group via cut/copy/paste
            open the land geometry and select everything (triple click)
            then go to the soften edges menu. check-mark soften coplanar.
            paste the road path above the land anywhere.
            select the road path group and the land face.
            go to the plugin menu and select instantroad and then road from centerline.
            follow the questions about the road.
            done.

            ok so maybe it's not soooo simple.

            By: Kristoff Rand
            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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            • KrisidiousK
              Krisidious
              last edited by

              If you go to that link and scroll down there are a bunch of pdf's to teach you how to use it.

              By: Kristoff Rand
              Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                peebo22
                last edited by

                Nope, I can't access...

                http://i48.tinypic.com/2090m04.jpg

                @krisidious said:

                If you go to that link and scroll down there are a bunch of pdf's to teach you how to use it.

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                • KrisidiousK
                  Krisidious
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                  By: Kristoff Rand
                  Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                    peebo22
                    last edited by

                    I mean the PDF files. πŸ˜‰

                    @krisidious said:

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                    • KrisidiousK
                      Krisidious
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                      here's a direct link... I'm not logged in so I don't know why you can't get there. But that image you show is a SketchUcation page now a Valiarchitect page.

                      By: Kristoff Rand
                      Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                        peebo22
                        last edited by

                        I mean Pilous link....if this is the tutorial working with terrain.
                        The instant road link works just fine.

                        Someone should write a good english tutorial how to work with triangulated terrain in sketchup. I really don't have clue, how to get the roads from the terrain. These roads are also in the real world, so I don't have to make new ones.

                        I've included a untouched SKP file which shows the situation. So, I want to make smooth terrain and the roads to it. You see they are there, but how can I "extract" them? And there's also other edgets, houses etc...

                        What is the first thing to do?

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                        @unknownuser said:

                        here a [url=http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=85550:pc3zuuyx]PDF tutorial[/url:pc3zuuyx] about that by Daredevil
                        (sorry in French but with images and you can put the text in the [url=http://translate.google.fr/?hl=fr&tab=wT:pc3zuuyx]Google translator[/url:pc3zuuyx] πŸ˜‰

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                          sketchymick
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                          Here's a bit more detail on the drape/stamp method: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=393786#p393786
                          Cheers
                          -Mick

                          "I love the sound that deadlines make as they rush past"

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                          • pilouP
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Sorry it was on French Forum 😳
                            so here the direct file! πŸ˜‰


                            Route.pdf

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                              peebo22
                              last edited by

                              Anyone got a clue from the skp file?

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                              • KrisidiousK
                                Krisidious
                                last edited by

                                after looking at your file it looks like some type of 3D scan of a neighborhood. It already has a very detailed road in it and all of your geometry is one mass. If you want to separate the road from the land you'll need to go through and select every triangle and right click to make it a group. I would work in sections and then group them all together and explode them.

                                By: Kristoff Rand
                                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                • KrisidiousK
                                  Krisidious
                                  last edited by

                                  you can select more than one at a time but don't try to select all of them or it might make you start over if you slip. it might be easier to paint the road and then use the select same material on right click. then group.

                                  By: Kristoff Rand
                                  Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                                    peebo22
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                                    That would be painful.. 😞

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                                    • KrisidiousK
                                      Krisidious
                                      last edited by

                                      yes it would....

                                      By: Kristoff Rand
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