wow, thanks peter!
im gonna play around with this and follow your awesome notes!!

thank you.

i personally know the steps are horrible, i did them!

but i tried following your steps - i do not know enough about hidden geometry to figure out how to get only what i need. I rewatched the 3dbasecamp video on autocad to skp again, step by step (running from desk to desk with dog thinking its a game) but my problem i believe begins by not 'wblock' components and layers/details before import to su. I dont have the ability to do this - Could this be a major issue for my lines?

Also i ran all the ruby suggested, and still 'make faces' is not making one face for me - the intersecting lines is not intersecting lines.

I am hesitant to keep going - i want to make sure my foundation is correct. Do i just use .dwg save as image and draw on top of?

honoluludesk - the amp lines could be pulled up i think b/c i redrew them so many times - but how to do elevation like that?

so im starting a simpler project - just a garden plan - no steps, no wallsteps, etc. But last night very late no faces!

ill be back!

dwg file upload not allowed by site,
i uploaded 2 others- waiting for monitor to approve

@pmiller said:

How about posting the dwg file so we can have a go at it.

the original i worked off of is .dwg "extension not allowed" to upload here...i have a bunch of su models (kept saving each alt then renaming)...
I also now have a pdf - would that be worth a try ?

@pmiller said:

How about posting the dwg file so we can have a go at it.

AutoSave_color and base last 8.7.2010.skp

Hi All, I am new at SU and almost
I know this program should be simple but I am trying to figure out the best route!

I have a 2d site plan for a garden. The plan was created in Dynascape and I saved as a .dwg file to import into SU. I then used Ruby scripts suggested by Daniel Tal's blog and book for landscape architects, SU for SiteDesign. But nothing created 'faces', nothing worked to use for push/pull, even when i went over every single line with line tool, rectangle, or cirle tools to create entirely new 'closed' shapes - these still failed to become 3d thru push/pull. I have tried the limited ideas I have.

The project I am working on : Ampitheatre on exsisting picnic area. These is an outdoor seating in grass with stone stairs placed and also trees existing on multiple levels. I cannot figure out stairs, amp seating that allows 'cut outs' for trees or stairs' .

How do I start over? Im lost almost a month!

ALSO does anyone tutor?