Getting started, how to draw double line polygon?
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What I'm trying to do is draw some 3d roads and building massing models in sketchup over top of google earth terrain. I can get the terrain in by over and over again adding terrain sections to my sketchup file (wish we could select a bigger area, I'm trying to cover quite a few square km).
What I can't seem to figure out is how to draw a polygon over top of the roads. I was hoping I could just draw a line down the middle that followed the terrain, then do something to make that line a polygon with width and a bit of depth.
Any tips on this?
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@baronjutter said:
What I'm trying to do is draw some 3d roads and building massing models in sketchup over top of google earth terrain........
What I can't seem to figure out is how to draw a polygon over top of the roads. ......Can't you just draw the double polygon (or single polygon and then double it by offset) on a plane above the terrain? And next, drape the road geometry on the terrain surface?
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Draping won't work because the draped lines will be broken by all the edges in the mesh. I would just use the Line Tool and draw the centerline of the road then draw a face at one end that represents the width and depth of the roadway you want and use the Follow Me Tool to extrude the shape along the centerline.
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Baronjutter, have a look here http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=40331&start=15 - go about half way down the second page of the thread and you will see I was doing something similar to what you describe and found a solution that worked for me. Regards - Mick
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