The Sketchup Show #13: The Sandbox Tools (Pt.2)

[yangster18]

@cgiwattgrrl99 thanks man!



[yangster18]

Do you guys recommend using Apple?

My dual-core XP SP3 with graphic card isn't working out too pretty with any sandbo x function.... Any suggestion? Not at a position to upgrade to any Apple desktop or laptop yet...

[naiabeau]

I'm guessing I have to purchase Pro to get all these tools I don't recognize?

[4sketchupgo2school]

@naiabeau probably not. i think you just have to go to your SketchUp Preferences window and check all of the boxes in the Extensions pane. The toolbars for Sandbox, etc. should then be available to you via the View > Toolbars menu.

[khodges2]

Wow those plugins are awesome... Where can I find a list of those?

[dancingburney]

I tried everything to get this rubyscript (drop.rb) but it doesn't work how come?

[4xMorgan]

@dancingburney

Once placed into the "Plug-ins" Folder; you will find it via a "Right-Click" after entity selection. You must first select both the trees and the terrain mesh; then the R/C for "Drop @ Intersection"

[clydedsouza46]

@dancingburney Or type 'Google sketchup drop plugin' on google search!You will get plenty of options.

[sebastafari]

THANKS A LOT!

[rchassereau]

Been watching a few of the shows, A+ work guys

[cbr0oks]

how come when i do the stamp tool, it always has to have an offset (ie 1")? I don't want any offset, and I can't select 0"!! why would i want it to be angled?

[Flecha57]

The tutorial is good BUT, PLEASE keep the camera on the pc. For example, at 2:45 the guy said "I can click on the top view to SEE the plan resting on top of the terrain..." I can't see a thing. Please keep in mind, you might be experts, but we out here are rookies.

Thanks. :))

[dominika6158]

Hi..when i reload a trees from sketchup component`s file is much bigger than needed and its only one.Please help me bacause i am going mad:)

[reddmaya]

when i right click i cant drop the trees.. there is no drop.. in the choices

[4sketchupgo2school]

@reddmaya the drop command is a ruby script. check out The SketchUp Show #2 to learn more about where to get it and how to install it.

[siobe07]

Is the stamp tool also effective if you used the from contour tool? because its not functioning when i tried it. it doesnt push or pull the stamp on the terrain.

[tmaraariel]

Does the house have to fully drawn first, or can I just do the base and after putting it on my terrain continue to pull up?

[6daylater]

How do i get sandbox tools

[Tzi1995]

is this sketchup 7?

i dun have that arc tool

[tom6191]

you ve got my 5 stars, thanks guy for your work :)

[thekapow]

Thx alot fot these tutorials.. using sketchup for concept art is alot easyer now :)

[Nastall]

Tutorials are quite coll, but I can be very grateful when there will be some subtitles attached to it.

Then it can be better for other-languages-speaking SketchUp users to translate into their language.

Im Polish.

[gohawkeyes86]

and is it possible to stamp two different foundations to the exact same elevation?

[4sketchupgo2school]

yes. the trick for that is to just stamp both of the terrains arbitrarily, then go back and move the flat, stamped faces and align them specifically using the move tool. top: use the up arrow tool to lock the blue axis inference while you're moving the flat, stamped faces.

[kgncc]

i cant get to follow the tree instances, i created about 15 individual components (circles) to drape over terrain. I tried to add a tree sample from the list to 1 of them and it doesnt simultaneaosly put trees on all my components ? just one. Each circle is indentical and names the same. I also want to create a "skirt" an extension of the terrain to add some thickness, its looks silly floating like a piece of paper. how is that possible ? any ideas / thks

[gohawkeyes86]

Is there a way to paint the road after the drape?

[4sketchupgo2school]

yep. right click on the terrain and select the option for edit group. then paint the road. the only other trick is that the road would have to be a separate surface. sometimes the drape tool can be a bit weird. if you're having trouble getting it to work properly you might want to scale the terrain model op by a factor of 10x, then drape the road, then scale the terrain back down by a factor of 0.1x. sometimes that works better.

[admty]

how can I make the road to be plain? like a real street... Im trying to model a house on a hill, but I dont know hot to make the street.. =(

[Belongil55]

I also have sketchup 7 so when reloading evergreen tree is only option and you can't drop like you can in sketchup 6 i don't think

[Belongil55]

Very helpful but to fast and the dropping of the trees i don't get

[162dundas]

my sketchup always boots me out of the system as soon as I go to stamp the object to the terrain, same as if I use the drape tool. any ideas anyone??

[4sketchupgo2school]

that sounds like a technical problem with SKP. you might either try to re-install SKP, or send an email to tech support with your compy specs and see if they have any suggestions.

[roryh50]

its cool the way he does it so quick

[RELISIX]

he makes it look so easy..

[RizzoLove]

This was a great tutorial! Do you have any ideas or tutorials on how to effectively model roadways that follow contours? That is to say that a set cross section of the road only follows the blue axis of the contours. In the above example, the roadway is the contour. However, that isn't an acceptable practice in roads of the physical world. Thanks

[4sketchupgo2school]

it's possible, but it's tricky. with a 500 character limit, i don't think i've got room to type up the ideas. but we'll keep it in mind as an idea for future episodes of the show.

[fosoriano]

nice..but where can i get the drop plug-in?

[4sketchupgo2school]

google drop.rb - one of the results will lead you to the page on the Ruby library depot where you can download the script.

[Blamango]

How do you get the sandbox toolbar? I can't find it -.-

[4sketchupgo2school]

first go to:

window > preferences > extensions > and check the box next to 'sandbox tools'

The sandbox tools should show up automatically. if they don't, go to view > toolbars > and check the sandbox tools

[Blamango]

Oh cool!  Thanks :D

[phobos001]

how do i even USE sandbox

i have it installed :D