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Get the Etch Effect

😎 Pro Tip – Did you know that you can style your landscapes with a subtle etching-like graphic effect?

To try it out, do this:

1. Ideally, start with a elevationally varied terrain, with slopes here and there. You can quickly create one by doing a Plot and holding Alt. Hit Enter to requake until satisfactory.
2. Now, add multiple zones by doing a Shade. Find it via: Landshape > Prop > Shade.
3. Run Clone Zone Bounds.
4. Select the new clone.
5. Tag the selection.
6. In Sketchup's Tag Panel, find the tag above, and set its Dashes to dotted style, looking like: · · · · ·

Now, you should see an etching-like effect in your terrain.

To enhance the effect, you can turn on contours, and make them dense. Now, add the same styling to your terrain contours. Run View Contour at a fairly dense setting, then repeat steps 5 and 6, above.

Where's My Etch?

In case you cannot see the etch effect, go to Sketchup Style Dialog, tab Edit, and be sure to activate both Dashes and Edges.