Import Terrain

Joe Wood · 4 Mar 2023, 16:10

OK folks I've never done this. I have .pcp and .dawg files. Do I import both into a SUp blank file?

any pointers for doing the import?

Joe Wood · 4 Mar 2023, 17:06

OK I figured it out.

ntxdave · 4 Mar 2023, 17:51

@joe wood said:

OK I figured it out.

And the answer was?

Joe Wood · 4 Mar 2023, 17:54

To import just the dwg.

ntxdave · 4 Mar 2023, 18:04

HornOxx · 4 Mar 2023, 18:27

hi - if I understand it correctly you have a 7z file. This could also be a zip file. Your opened 7z window only shows you the content of this zipped file. What you have to do now is to unzip this 7z file so that you get access to these still zipped files.
The easiest way is to select the desired zipped files and drag them out of the 7z window to a desired location on your hard drive. These files are then unziped and ready for use as normal files.

Best & hope this helps?

HornOxx · 4 Mar 2023, 18:29

@hornoxx said:

hi - if I understand it correctly you have a 7z file...

I was probably a little too slow, but I'm glad you managed it

Joe Wood · 6 Mar 2023, 01:26

Wow Folks I've never worked with a 3d terrain like this before! How accurate is it!? Is this like a lidar scan you can import as a 3d? How would I get terrain models like this myself, minus all the structures! What a great tool, esp for a terrain like this one!

You see the issue, a beautiful teahouse, that I’m already fabbing the parts for, the original design layout didn’t fit the site plan and everyone was freaking out, zoom meeting tomorrow! Project on hold! Now we can get back to work making sawdust tomorrow fingers crossed!

You see how accurately I can place the model, and all the imported teahouse model dims are correct.

What a great new tool!

Joe Wood · 9 Mar 2023, 16:12

Darn, I asked him how he created that terrain, hoping it'd be something like LIDAR, but no!

We had a surveyor take measurements of the site for us at the beginning of the project, and then I had to manually build the site off of their survey points. Expensive and laborious, but worth it for a project of this size!

so how else could I get terrain models??

Dave R · 9 Mar 2023, 16:49

The county's GIS department might have LIDAR or other terrain data. It depends on how much resolution you need, though. It also depends on how fresh the data needs to be. It's possible to get data points from an on-the-ground survey and import that insto SketchUP as a point cloud. Then use the Sandbox Tools or TopShaper to generate the terrain geometry.