Terrain Modeling in SketchUp with Sandbox Tools

Terrain Modeling in SketchUp with Sandbox Tools - The SketchUp Essentials #31

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In this tutorial, learn to create terrain models in SketchUp using the built in sandbox tools! Sandbox tools is SketchUp's built in terrain creation and editing toolset. This toolset allows you to create terrain from scratch in SketchUp using tools like drape, stamp, and others!
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@Puvlee Жыл бұрын

Your channel is life changing for those who work with SketchUp. I thought I knew a lot about SketchUp, I was wrong!

@anthonyani1631 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly! This is a life saver!!! thanks for taking the time to make this video!!! Much appreciated and God bless!

@ashlynwilson4422 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. This saved me from a breakdown. your videos are great, thanks!

@catfree 3 жыл бұрын

BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN

@riverkelly3025 6 жыл бұрын

man this is awesome ! I haven't been on it much lately , but my school just finished a few days ago and I really wanna get into sketchup more because its a nice break from electronic music and it gives great inspiration

@FeralShrike 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of stuff I didn't know about before. Now I can make my scenery for the modelrailroad in sketchup before making it in RL

@lacypinyotlesueur458 3 жыл бұрын

I have learned so much from your videos, thank you!

@dal2888859 3 жыл бұрын

Whhhhhaaaatsup! Very good video! Helped a lot to walk through all those steps. Got the extension you mentioned in the video, as well as added those sandbox tools to my toolbar. Thanks for all the great content please keep it coming!

@asheishjangid8690 5 жыл бұрын

Really thanks dude this helped me to create roads on contours instead of using instant road (paid plugin)

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome - glad it helped!

@jacktoddy9783 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Justin - your videos are always useful.

@openbowlstudioarchitects5705 4 жыл бұрын

Hey! Justin, really nice video. Helped a lot for creating some smoothies with the sandbox today. Loved the plugin. Thanks a lot.

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@jeffreyarguelles6003 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thanks for this tutorial!!!

@R-1. 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for the great tutorial, much appreciated !!

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@reviewspremium21 2 жыл бұрын

You are very helpful,God bless you 💙

@mearkitek3773 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely and simply presented...thanks!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@mohsinshaikh1333 6 жыл бұрын

thank you very much. Your all videos are very helpful for me.

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you're finding them helpful!

@ShadowBanned0 2 жыл бұрын

that's awesome, thanks man!

@paulakaz6118 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@cessgonzales7711 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! very helpful contenttt

@Jester123ish 4 жыл бұрын

Good intro to the Sandbox tools.

@stormjonny3092 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this content of sketchup really learnt a lot of skills

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome - glad you're finding it helpful!

@riverkelly3025 6 жыл бұрын

I have an idea for a fully sustainable house I want to build into the mountains in a town called Zermatt when I'm older. I'm wanting to build the main part of the house underground and this is exactly what I was looking for !

@yellow8design735 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! If I'm subtracting from the uneven ground, do I need to make it a solid first? Thanks!

@archilurddesignzstudio8625 5 жыл бұрын

The best I have seen THanks

@108Romato 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you!!

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@vahidjanipour3253 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍you are awesome 👏👏

@nejctrost 5 жыл бұрын

is it possible to create sandbox from scratch and then bind the outside perimeter to a 3d contour? in my example i've drawn the outer edges of a slope constrained between a road and the side of a house and it would be very convenient if i could define the outer contours of the area that smoove function wouldn't affect since it raises and lowers the junctions

@LEORIANO 6 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial thank you!!!!

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

@0verr0 5 жыл бұрын

Really helpful! Thanks a lot!!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@mattfr11 4 жыл бұрын

Great videos 👍

@theAntiCauliflower 4 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful thank you so much!!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@hammad521 6 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, thanks a lot.

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Ar.ananya 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thankyou

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! :)

@susanosis9905 6 жыл бұрын

Good tutorial--very clear. I'm having my students create a mountain terrain.

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Cool! Sounds like a fun exercise - are you having them put houses on them, or are you just focusing on the terrain?

@susanosis9905 6 жыл бұрын

This semester is a scenic landscape. The first semester was building a house using blueprints and an actual picture of the house they want to create. The students are very good with SketchUp--it amazes me!

@petergatune470 4 жыл бұрын

thank you really helped

@DocHollidaa 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin, thanks for the great how to videos. I was wondering how you would make the road level, from side to side, but also follow the grade of the terrain? I'm not sure if the stamping tool can do this. If you have any ideas please let me know. Thank you.

@Thesketchupessentials 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Charles - honestly, I'm not really sure. I think maybe an extension like instant road might be able to do this? www.valiarchitects.com/subscription_scripts/instant-road-nui - Thanks!

@amandamoore8516 4 ай бұрын

brilliant!

@drvlive2023 4 жыл бұрын

Can grids be formed on contour faces after it was formed from the 'Form Contours' command?

@peggygilmour4358 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Thanks so much, really helping to create some depth to my renders :) :)

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@carmelobruce4821 2 жыл бұрын

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@jeremybraxton4644 2 жыл бұрын

@Carmelo Bruce no problem :D

@kingsleyjarikre2519 4 жыл бұрын

thank you.....God bless

@kajaldoshi7331 4 жыл бұрын

thankyou!

@vicarioustube 6 жыл бұрын

Great thank you Can you show us how to keep a part flat by choosing specific areas that should stay flat. I am training on a hexagonal building that is on a hill with carpark entrances below. The land is 75meters by 75 meters and the building around 35meters across. It takes me like 30minutes to chose all the area to stay flat. Then when smoove the whole area it seems my flat area does stay flat but does not rise. The opposite of what I would like to achieve. Does one chose the lines of the faces ONLY or also the face underneath? Thank you very much

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Can you use the stamp tool like I talked about about 6:30 in to create the flat area you're looking for? Basically draw the flat area as separate geometry up above, then use the stamp tool to stamp a flat area in your terrain? Thanks!

@r44pr10 3 жыл бұрын

thanks !

@shaymoose17 2 жыл бұрын

I struggle with terrain so much when designing residential landscapes. Which tool method would be the most efficient for my application?

@haibiaoxu8992 6 жыл бұрын

I like your sketch up video very much and can I ask you something. When u use the rotate tool, how to lock the red, blue and green direction easily thx

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Here you go - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qq6Ji6qlnZrdd6M.html - You can tap the Up, Left, and Right keys to lock to the various axes. Thanks!

@Jordankalanzi Жыл бұрын

very helpfull

@ashiqdey Жыл бұрын

quite helpfull

@Whyistheworldworkingasitisnow 4 жыл бұрын

@LukeMahan-xr4xx 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jaylevy3103 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!! One quick question....my terrain keeps disappearing when I use the stamp tool in the sandbox palette. Any suggestion on what's happening? Thanks!!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

No idea - is it a complex shape?

@APBP1 7 жыл бұрын

didnt know about the grid. i just make 1 x 1 squares, made group, moved them out, then exploded them and then moved them how i wanted. that tool saves times, really when you have like 300 groups you need to explode.

@Thesketchupessentials 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah - this is a lot faster - it's a nice tool to have. Thanks!

@noiziattic12345 5 жыл бұрын

this really helpful..... is there away to make a drainage? because I try to find a way to make a empty space on that drainage and still failed

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

You'd just use sandbox tools to lower the geometry around the house probably...

@ahmedelattar8259 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Justin, please can you make a video on how to make an opening in an assembled wall done in Profile Builder 2, its really draws me back to work with it because of that!!! Thanks in advance

@Thesketchupessentials 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Ahmed - Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that either! If I had to, I'd probably draw my opening in place, then right click and intersect the geometry with your model, then delete out the leftover geometry. You might be able to do it with a component set in "Cut opening" mode as well, but I'm not 100% sure. Sorry I don't have a better answer for you. You might try leaving a comment on this video - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oKxpiNuKrJuyn6M.html - the creator may have some advice for you!

@Thesketchupessentials 7 жыл бұрын

That makes sense - thanks for letting me know what he said!

@ahmedelattar8259 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making all these videos!

@buffalocares_ Жыл бұрын

Can we change the shape of the smoove tool?

@theodorosmolyvatos7468 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Justin! Is there a way to manually adjust the height when using the Stamp tool?

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

You mean like typing in an elevation? Not that I'm aware of - I think you just have to click, but you should probably be able to select the top plane after it's set and move it up or down manually

@josephkotlar5184 5 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to import a grading plan with contour lines to create a 3d model of the terrain?

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Yep - there's a few ways to do that. The first thing I showed actually works with imported CAD files. If you want something a bit more powerful, you may check out the extension Toposhaper - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7CUYNqa39SlkqM.html - Thanks!

@davejohnston4080 6 жыл бұрын

Is the sandbox tool available in the free web version of SU?

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Honestly I'm not sure. I doubt it since it existed as a separate extension in the desktop version, but it's possible they've added it - I haven't used the web version enough to know for sure. Thanks!

@razerabhi 4 жыл бұрын

Justin, Is sandbox or Toposhaper best for contours and drawing roads and placing buildings in contours? Or is there anything else? - A Great fan of urs!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Toposhaper is for import of contours, not for editing the contours...

@gillespoilvet5342 6 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to make roads that follow partialy the topografie?

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

You mean other than using the drape tool in sandbox tools? What do you mean by partially?

@gillespoilvet5342 6 жыл бұрын

That the road has something like a max slope. So that it for example wil cut throught sharp terain because it is to sharp so it wil make its max slope throught it. like highways throught a hilly landscape

@unsccarterl6132 6 жыл бұрын

I’m using mac and I don’t know where to go to enable sandbox mode. Please help

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

This post is from 2017, but I assume it's in the same place - forums.sketchup.com/t/sandbox-tools-not-appearing-in-su2017/43187 - thanks!

@krypt2k25 2 жыл бұрын

Pls make a video on how to make ramps on these types of terrain plss plsss

@michaeld954 6 жыл бұрын

how do you use sketchup to model for video games

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Well generally speaking, you're going to use SketchUp to create models, then export them to a game engine like Unreal or Unity to do the actual programming...Maybe start here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q86nZaeoyNW8omw.html

@jonathonbarton2936 5 жыл бұрын

answered that I ,ve been trying to suggest to ARTISAN to create a MAKE FLAT TOOL ,and sk had it all the time ++++ drape and ..+++ 4 my POD CORE COMPOSIT HOUSING they do,nt need DECKS.. leave the ground as we found it... Jon..

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

I don't understand what you're asking for

@Messi10billy Жыл бұрын

what if my project is not square. cuz sandbox tools default grid tool is square

@Godosomethingtwice 6 жыл бұрын

I can't seem to download SketchUp. Can someone help me?

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

You're going to have to provide more information. Did you go to the SketchUp website? Where is the process not working for you?

@mitera614 4 жыл бұрын

what kind of sketchup did you use?

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Desktop version

@mr.poz1tiv479 Жыл бұрын

That is like the fastest wifi connection

@Thesketchupessentials Жыл бұрын

…what?

@harshkhandelwal9759 5 жыл бұрын

how to decrease the size of smoove circle

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

I showed you at 4:10. When you first activate the smoove tool, type in a value and hit enter

@michaelmcmeans1118 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I try to use the stamp tool in the Sandbox, The program just freezes and can't do anything

@ShadowsFallOnWings 2 жыл бұрын

You'll have to check how your device compares to SketchUp system requirements, it's more likely a problem with hardware than the stamp tool itself. Hopefully it's just that you need a bit more RAM.

@AspiringArchANGE 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

👊

@govcolin 6 жыл бұрын

OK but can I come in there though?

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

I don't understand the question...

@dj9963 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Why is there music in the background? It is a bit distracting.

@Thesketchupessentials Жыл бұрын

I don't do that on newer videos

@dj9963 Жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials Thank you.

@2ndAveScents 7 жыл бұрын

Do you...um...think that I can...what I can do is....umm...can I just come in here and what I can do is...add some detail...or I can just come in here and what I can do is add some detail? Lol jk man thanks for the help, much appreciated

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Lol - Hopefully, in some of my more recent videos I've gotten better...

@kassbosa9562 3 жыл бұрын

I clicked “from scratch” and it created the small hash marks, but then it created a solid ass square and there’s no grid.

@mareke7857 6 ай бұрын

Fala ti ko bratu rodjenom

@justinfeider8224 3 жыл бұрын

So, nobody's gonna talk about the music in the background lol?!

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

What about it?

@jcscacby1518 3 жыл бұрын

yore presentation is good but beginners not friendly

@egomorfo 6 жыл бұрын

too repetitive and losing the focus. try to be clean and simply. it´s better to learn just 1 thing in stead of forgetting 10... thank you for your effort