How to pull 3d contours to a cut and fill site platform
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Hello from Theo at Auckland New Zealand
i have a small challenge, to draw up a school site
with 4 building attached and footpaths,
The 4 buildings are done the footpath layout is done
and the site is done all in sketchup.The challenge is to to get my site, contours to fit the platforms
for the buildings, the site is gently sloping, and the building platforms
are to be cut into the site, so there will be a small amount of cut and a small amout of fill
if i drop the platforms on the site at the right levels, how do i edit the site , so that the platforms
and contours and batters meet each other.i can drop the platforms on the site and drag them up and down , but that does not produce the right drawings.
i need to be able to drag the 3d contours up or down to meet the edges of the platform
i have attached my site model for reference and any suggestions that might help me are much appreciated.
look forward to and suggestions
Thanks Regards Theo
theo@bsmgroup.co.nz
BSM group architects howick auckland
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Have u tried to push pull the buildings and intersect them with the site ?
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Hi Theo, this is something I have made comment on this forum and others many times; I just wish I knew Ruby so I could do it myself!!!
What I generally do is create a gradient plane around the cut and fill areas then intersect with model. Bit of a pain I know but that is where we're at at the moment.....
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Hi thanks for comments
I have tried to push pull buildings, but i need to cut a hole in the site
first, with 3 levels..as per drawing attached last message, then drop the buildings on the cutouts
currently trying to pull contours up to the cut out,mmmmm its a bit messey that way
and will take hours to get right, not a good solution, i will try a gradient place to see if that might help me , its all a bit of trial and error at the moment to see how it works, may be a few others might like to give it a go, just grab the drawings from my posting ..... does any on eknow how to make a plug in to help with this ?
Regards Theo
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Sandbox's "stamp" tool should make cuttings / embanking - you can specify the offset from the 'footprint' ?
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I'm not realy sure what your after but I've attached your file with a change to find out if this is the direction your aiming at.
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Hi Theo,
What I usually do is highlight the lines close to the buildings after Ive made the cuts and then use the move tool to drag up or down. Once thats done you can use the smooth tool to adjust the middel up and down as required, or select an area (selecting perimter lines only) that you want to smooth and use "from contours" tool again. Keep the origonal contour on a hidden layer so you can switch on again to give you extg contours.
There are heaps of tuts on you tube which relate to this.Cheers Jeff (also a kiwi)
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I'm still trying to work out how your pathways relate to the platforms and site so I came up with this. I'm still learning about sketchup and any puzzle is fun to me so please take the time to look at this and put me on the right track, cheers
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Stay tuned, Theo; there is something good coming soon that will do what you want......
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More info Utiler?
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soon enough, Rich.....
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