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    Building roads from dwg.

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    • P Offline
      Poot
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I need to build new roads from a dwg that i imported in sketch up.
      I already welded the parts from the dwg to get 1 curved line.
      My idea was to build it with them whit the follow me tool but i get a strange result.
      Then i searched for other plugins and i found this (https://www.valiarchitects.com/sketchup_scripts/instant-road

      Is this the most simple solution for these problems ore are there other ways to work true this?

      Thanks in advance,

      Sam


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      • pbacotP Offline
        pbacot
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        All depends on what you got and what you want.

        If you are just trying to make flat surface that looks like a road, just make a face and push pull it up. Use one edge and an outline to use follow-me and add curb and gutter.

        If you want a crown in the road you can use follow me on a curve for the road ss well, but that road will have all one width, and intersections will require other work.

        Extrude edges by rails can help if your road needs a crown and is variable width, but intersections will still require a lot of work.

        If you want a realistically made road with proper grading these methods won't make it. You might try skinning progressive profile curves with extrusion tools or curviloft.


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