sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

    [Plugin][$] TopoShaper - v2.7a - 01 Apr 24

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Plugins
    451 Posts 143 Posters 669.2k Views 142 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • EscapeArtistE Offline
      EscapeArtist
      last edited by

      This is AWESOME. I've been fighting with trying to smooth out some not-so-detailed contours from a USGS map for a while, this ruby did it in a snap with perfect detail. Thank you! πŸ‘ πŸ‘

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • olisheaO Offline
        olishea
        last edited by

        HUGE time saver!!

        Normally i'd have to make construction point grids and then triangulate the points. This is so much more streamlined.

        πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ˜„

        oli

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • G Offline
          gundamzd
          last edited by

          Hi,

          Thanks so much for sharing this great plugin. However everytime I click "Calculate Terrain" SketchUp just crashes....and I tried the old sandbox tool it worked OK...can anyone tell me how to resolve this? Thanks so much!

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • KrisidiousK Offline
            Krisidious
            last edited by

            @gundamzd said:

            Hi,

            Thanks so much for sharing this great plugin. However everytime I click "Calculate Terrain" SketchUp just crashes....and I tried the old sandbox tool it worked OK...can anyone tell me how to resolve this? Thanks so much!

            do you have any of these conflicting plugins? and have you downloaded the new libfredo library?

            @unknownuser said:

            IMPORTANT: Requires to download LibFredo6 4.8 or higher if not already installed

            CONFLICTING PLUGINS: some plugins conflicts with some of my scripts

            Some versions of Podium
            SunPosition
            Matchbox
            

            By: Kristoff Rand
            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              @gundamzd said:

              Hi,

              Thanks so much for sharing this great plugin. However everytime I click "Calculate Terrain" SketchUp just crashes....and I tried the old sandbox tool it worked OK...can anyone tell me how to resolve this? Thanks so much!

              Could you post or PM me the contours model so that I have a look.
              Does it happen on all models you test (for instance on the sample models which are attached to the first post of this thread)?

              Fredo

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • G Offline
                gundamzd
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                @gundamzd said:

                Hi,

                Thanks so much for sharing this great plugin. However everytime I click "Calculate Terrain" SketchUp just crashes....and I tried the old sandbox tool it worked OK...can anyone tell me how to resolve this? Thanks so much!

                Could you post or PM me the contours model so that I have a look.
                Does it happen on all models you test (for instance on the sample models which are attached to the first post of this thread)?

                Fredo

                I reinstalled SketchUp and now it's working...must be some other conflicting plugins. Thanks again!

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • G Offline
                  gundamzd
                  last edited by

                  @krisidious said:

                  @gundamzd said:

                  Hi,

                  Thanks so much for sharing this great plugin. However everytime I click "Calculate Terrain" SketchUp just crashes....and I tried the old sandbox tool it worked OK...can anyone tell me how to resolve this? Thanks so much!

                  do you have any of these conflicting plugins? and have you downloaded the new libfredo library?

                  @unknownuser said:

                  IMPORTANT: Requires to download LibFredo6 4.8 or higher if not already installed

                  CONFLICTING PLUGINS: some plugins conflicts with some of my scripts

                  Some versions of Podium
                  SunPosition
                  Matchbox
                  

                  You're right it was some other conflicting plugin but solved the problem by re-installing SketchUp. Thanks!

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • KrisidiousK Offline
                    Krisidious
                    last edited by

                    No Problem... Enjoy Fredo's awesome plugin.

                    By: Kristoff Rand
                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • plot-parisP Offline
                      plot-paris
                      last edited by

                      Hey Fredo,

                      pbacot's post made me thinking: One more nifty feature would be "Automatic Elevation".

                      Oftentimes one receives topographical data in 2D form (each line represents lets say 1 meter, but the actual model is just a 2D plan).
                      While your plugin does everything else perfectly, one still has to rely on manual labour (or another plugin) to move the contours up one by one.

                      Therefore this feature request for "Automatic Elevation". It would work as follows:

                      • when analyzing the model, TopoShaper checks, if there is a third dimension to the geometry.

                      • if all the contours reside on a planar surface, the plugin assumes a default step size (1 meter) and offsets each contour line by that distance in z-direction (or perpendicular to the planar surface of the contours).

                      • TopoShaper chooses one boundary-contour as the "bottom" (usually the southern one I would presume) and displays a gizmo, sitting on that contour.

                      • you can drag the gizmo to the other side of the terraint to reverse the direction of elevation

                      • alternatively you get that little popup-window (that is already being used by the plugin) to choose the direction. The gizmo would then jump to the other side

                      • the gizmo shows a vertical scaling-handle (like the green scale knob in the scale tool), which you can use to change the overall height of the terrain

                      • alternatively you can type in a numerical height in the menu at the top of the screen

                      • this "Elevation Gizmo" is deactivated by default, should the plugin find z-elevation already present in the model. It can be toggled on/off in the top menu though

                      In my opinion, this addition would perfect the plugin! Don't know, if it is possible. But considering what the plugin already does... πŸ˜‰

                      Would love to hear your thoughts on this.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • pbacotP Offline
                        pbacot
                        last edited by

                        P-P

                        Contours, as you know can be convoluted. The tool I use in PowerCADD is more hands-on but goes pretty fast. You set the tool to the height of the contour you want to start with, set the increment and up-down direction. Then as you drag the cursor (in this case needle) it tells you what the contour under the cursor will be, then sets it when you let go. So you can do many contours in a sweep, all with a tag giving their elevation. You let go and they're set. Hovering with the cursor will give the contour's set elevation. And you can change it the same way.

                        PowerCADD is 2D but it will export such a set of contours in 3d dxf.

                        P

                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • panixiaP Offline
                          panixia
                          last edited by

                          i'm not into this kind of modeling.. anyway i'm interested into trekking and mountan biking so i tried to have fun with this plugin it works hella fine even with massive geometry here is my test with one of my favourite mountains πŸ˜„


                          toposhaper test.jpg

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • jolranJ Offline
                            jolran
                            last edited by

                            Fredo, you must be very rich giving a plugin like this away for free 😲
                            Crazy amounts of code..

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • P Offline
                              Panga
                              last edited by

                              A really big thanks for this one Fredo, as always ! You don't imagine how many hours of my life you give me back with this ! I'll hit the donation button again, and hit it hard ! Now I have to learn this plugin, it seems that there's so many features in it !
                              Thinking of it, you just made what I was waiting from the SU dev team since I started using sketchup...

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                @panixia said:

                                i'm not into this kind of modeling.. anyway i'm interested into trekking and mountan biking so i tried to have fun with this plugin it works hella fine even with massive geometry here is my test with one of my favourite mountains πŸ˜„

                                That's some nice terrain graphics there. Did you make the earth section texture yourself?

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • panixiaP Offline
                                  panixia
                                  last edited by

                                  i don't deal with contour models, landscape and so on.. just wanted to play with this beauty of plugin.. so grabbed the mountain from google used contour maker by tig to cut the contours, used the cuntours to generate the mesh, did a bit of general cleanup and texturing with a mix of VT + QFT + trupaint, then copied and pasted in place into groups both the contours and the quad grid and converted them with "lines to tubes" plugin for vray to render them.
                                  just to practice.. one never knows.. plus this is funny.

                                  edit. i misunderstood the question.. my english is quite bad.. and i'm tired.. yeah i did the texture by myself.. here is the vismat if you like it..


                                  sezione terreno.zip

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • R Offline
                                    rv1974
                                    last edited by

                                    Fantastic! thank you Fredo for sharing.

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • P Offline
                                      publied
                                      last edited by

                                      no words. one only: amazing!
                                      +thank you

                                      hire me@ http://www.publied.it !

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • T Offline
                                        torring
                                        last edited by

                                        thanks fredo... your the man

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • T Offline
                                          tspco
                                          last edited by

                                          Very cool Fredo!. Since I used to grab terrains from within SU that were supposed to be geolocated and truthful...I grabbed one today, used the contour tool, to generate the iso-lines then deleted the terrain I grabbed. Used TopoShaper to redo the terrain. It worked well after a few attempts thank you very much!. All is not perfect however, I tried to project a gradient material to the terrain, and I ended up with a bunch of different colored triangles, not a smooth texture, I will see if I can figure out what I did wrong...

                                          SU make 2017, /Twilight Render Hobby
                                          Windows 10,64 bit,16GB ram, quad core Athlon 3.6 gHz proc. Anything else you want to know, ask me.

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • P Offline
                                            pjkm21
                                            last edited by

                                            Really Thank You!! A real Master!

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 3
                                            • 4
                                            • 5
                                            • 22
                                            • 23
                                            • 3 / 23
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Buy SketchPlus
                                            Buy SUbD
                                            Buy WrapR
                                            Buy eBook
                                            Buy Modelur
                                            Buy Vertex Tools
                                            Buy SketchCuisine
                                            Buy FormFonts

                                            Advertisement