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Author : Cameron Rodman

SketchUp Tutorial - Creating topo line work and shells from a Google Earth Import

Many landscape architects and other design professionals look to current technologies to help perform everyday actvities. Sometimes waiting for or paying for costly surveys and GIS information isn't quickly possible.

This tutorial walks you through how to reference and import a Google Earth terain. You will then be walked though the process for creating topography lines. Next, you will learn how to create a new skin model from these topography lines. Finally you will learn how to apply these lines to the skin and color the model.

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