October 2011 - SketchUp Tutorials

SketchUp To Artlantis Tutorial from SketchUpArtists.org

October 14, 2011 Jason

If you are new to Artlantis and the process to create renderings from a SketchUp model, this Tutorial will takes you through the basics and gets you ready to work on your own projects. The topics discussed are Importing a Sketchup file, Cameras, Sun, Materials, Environment, Lights and Render. This is a perfect primer for your Artlantis needs. Tutorial Excerpt: SketchUp to Artlantis The Beginning Let’s take a simple SketchUp model with some colored boxes, a plan and a texture…there you are, the stage is set. Basic Model To…

Creating a Topography Mesh from Flat Contours in SketchUp Tutorial

October 3, 2011April 4, 2017 Jason

Many times a designer needs to create a topographic mesh from flat contours. Creating a landscape from flat contours can be easy but requires more hands-on work to get the contours to the proper height. In my previous posts, Importing AutoCAD Civil Topography DWGs into SketchUp Pro Tutorial and Using Imported Civil DWG Parking Layouts to Drape onto a Sandbox Topography Mesh in SketchUp Pro Tutorial, I touch on this process using imported contours that already have elevation data attached to them. In this tutorial we will use flat contours…