Road

Make road along edge paths in selection.

Useful to quickly lay simple roads across the landscape.

Type: Pick, Mesh, Shape
Menu: Extensions > Landshape > Pick > Road

Input

One or several groups containing one edge path.

Pro Tips 💡

Roads made with Road are automatically Fenced. After creating a road, try stroking some standard brushes along the roadside. Be sure to right-click and activate e.g. Stop By Fence to see the Fence effect.
To create simple road networks, iteratively Road different groups whose path cross each other in plan.
Road will try to autosmooth your input. THe elevation of your input path does not matter.

Read Statusbar and VCB for Details

When Road is active, Sketchup's statusbar will show the current state and options. Read the statusbar carefully.
The VCB and its label shows any current parameters. Right after a Road commit, try typing different values and hit Enter to control the Road effect.
To explore the tool, open a new sandbox model. Plot-quake a random terrain. Then try Road on it. Don't be afraid to play around!

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Pro Tips 💡

Roads made with Road are automatically Fenced. After creating a road, try stroking some standard brushes along the roadside. Be sure to right-click and activate e.g. Stop By Fence to see the Fence effect.

To create simple road networks, iteratively Road different groups whose path cross each other in plan.

Road will try to autosmooth your input. THe elevation of your input path does not matter.

Read Statusbar and VCB for Details

When Road is active, Sketchup's statusbar will show the current state and options. Read the statusbar carefully.

The VCB and its label shows any current parameters. Right after a Road commit, try typing different values and hit Enter to control the Road effect.

To explore the tool, open a new sandbox model. Plot-quake a random terrain. Then try Road on it. Don't be afraid to play around!