SketchUp Demo

Making topography with raised blocks

Contours were made by making contour lines manually, closing the shapes, then manually raising the shapes.

Sandbox-making topography from contours

contours were drawn then the sandbox was used to make topography "from contours"

Sandbox-making topography from scratch

a grid was laid out using the Sandbox "from scratch" tool, Smoove was used to add topography manually.

Sandbox-stamp

After adding contours the Stamp tool was used to create a flat surface to build a house and pool

Sandbox-drape

After adding contours the Drape tool was used to show where different parts of the building and landscape would go

Adding contour lines to a landscape

a landscape was brought into SketchUp from Google maps.  A square (larger than the landscape) is drawn under the map. After making sure the topography is turned on, the square is copied vertically every 10' (can be changed to whatever interval is needed).  Select all the squares, right click, go to "intersect face" and choose "with model".  Delete squares without deleting contours.