I got a terrain model made with openGL and FME exported to a sketchup file. When I try to drape contour lines from a dwg file onto the terrain, sketchup never stop processing the work so I dont get the result. Can it be that the model is too heavy for my computer to handle, or is something else wrong?
Draping contour lines from a dwg onto a terrain but nothing happens, lines won´t show on the terrain
Not sure exactly what you’re doing, but it’s entirely possible it’s too heavy. If you’ve got statistics, a screen shot, or even the file itself, we might tell better. SketchUp can make the terrain model from a dwg file of contour lines, in which case you wouldn’t need to drape them on the surface since they were used to make the surface. I sometimes make a copy of the contour lines themselves, and group them on a tag to give them a dash pattern. The drape tool is meant to be used for (raster) texture images, not (vectored) dwg drawings, so I wouldn’t expect that specific tool to work.
No. The Drape tool works with vector edges. Projecting materials is a totally different thing.
OK, you’re right. I’m getting my terminology mixed up. I use projected aerial photos a lot, but not that much of draped geometry. I stand corrected.
The terrain is a triangulated mesh, maybe sketchup can´t handle this many edges.
I share the file.
test.skp (7.7 MB)
Go to View > Edge Style > Edges (checked) and turn on edge visibility.
Drape worked, only you didn’t see the result.
If you have a version of the model before applying the Drape command, it would be a good idea to turn on the edges and smooth them, and only then apply the dwg with Drape.
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When I drape it, sketchup crashes, so I am gonna try the procedure on a more powerful computer.
Thank you so much! Now I know it should work 