Road
Make road along edge paths in selection.
Useful to quickly lay simple roads across the landscape.
Type: Pick, Shape, RemeshMenu: Extensions > Landshape > Main > 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!