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      Elster32
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      Hi everyone,

      I work for an architect, and often find myself having to create landscape from surveys that only have randomly distributed spot heights in 2D. Now I usually either import as a dwg, draw vertical lines upwards from the spot heights, then triangulate the points myself - or spend ages guestimating contours (depending the size of the area I need to landscape). I have also tried the sandbox create landscape from scratch with limited success.

      I was wondering if anyone knew of a plugin that could effectively 'drape' a landscape over a series of vertical lines drawn up from the 2D dwg import to create a smooth landscape?

      Many thanks

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      • Rich O BrienR Online
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        If you have the points you can use TopoShaper to generate the terrain

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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          Elster32
          last edited by

          Thanks - that definitely looks like it's worth a go πŸ˜„

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          • BoxB Offline
            Box
            last edited by

            If you've created the vertical lines, just select them and use Sandbox from Contours and it will create a smooth face using those points.
            Mind you Toposhaper is much more powerful.

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              charevir56
              last edited by

              Two parts video from winning with sketchup on YouTube, regarding box and rich answer that I just watched today.

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