@lamandrion said: Hello, is it possible to do this with one operation? Input: 3 Lines (Top, Ground, Profile) not really.. how are you going to get the ground curve drawn properly as the tranny is changing? that's the hardest part. it's best to do it in sections. I know a few tricks to maybe speed things up for you (for things like a waterfall through a rounded hip etc) but I really wouldn't recommend trying the approach you're showing in sketchup. in rhino, you have a good chance at drawing the coping then different profiles at key depth changes but that doesn't work out too well in sketchup.

thank you all! huge help!!!

Thank you very very much! I try to draw a zen garden with small hills. I bought Artisan some time, it is a real help for me Thank you all again!

THANK YOU! i never thaught this would be so easy! i´ve bought artisan a few weeks ago and i just start playing around with it... much to learn I´m gonna watch the tutorial videos right now

You're welcome and post your results.

You can also do it directly in the component browser. (Maybe not as comprehensive as Ghost Comp, but it helps you acquaint yourself with the program). Load both versions of the tree...2D and 3D...into the model, so that they will both appear in the list of In Model components. You can then delete the 3D version, if you wish...just don't purge it. Assuming that you then construct the model using the lightweight 2D version and then want to replace all instances with the 3D version:- Right-click the 2D version in the component browser and choose Select Instances from the context menu. Then right-click the 3D version and choose Replace Selected. Done!

Good idea, and Alan Chatham already wrote a tool to do this: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=39606