Hello to all SCF Members,
I'm shure there are many members who are interested in this theme. To create a terrain from GE or from contours is not a problem. But to create a realistic roads or pathes on a curved surface is still a Problem for me. I experimented with different plugins like drape and Stamp as well as FollowMe and keep.
But the results are not yet really satisfactory. In my opinion it is only possible with additional 3D software or am i wrong. I own 3DS Max and Cinema 4d but till now I'm not very familiare with these programs and how to create terrains. My wish is to do such things in Sketchup and only do the rendering in a separate program.
In the net i found many examples of nice looking pictures of terrains created by special terrain forming software but without roads. There are also many specialiced Programs for civil engineers where you can create roads.
But the idea is to create not only roads wich are cutting the terrain. In a more flat terrain for example the road should mostly follow the height profil. In a mountainous landscape it will be necessary to create serpentined or winding roads or pathes.
At present i have no idea about creating this in Sketchup. It would be beautiful if these questions would lead to a greater discussion.
Say hello everyone
Karlheinz
Below some trials done wit FollowMe and keep.
Riedberg12.skp
Alpen15.skp
Alpen16.skp