Modeling Sliced Terrain from Location Data in SketchUp with Joint Push Pull and Slicer

[@mattbrown1804]

You are incredible at teaching. I've modeled an entire house in Sketchup and then transferred it to Layout with floorplans and various viewpoints, all within one week of opening Sketchup for the first time ever-just from watching your videos. Now I'm onto a new project, trying to model a site in Uganda where the NGO I run is setting up a water service, and once again, your videos have rapid-fired knowledge and skills into my brain. It's like I'm matrix downloading skills, that's how good your videos are.

[@issantangu4921]

we are a group of students from Dr Congo. your videos help us a lot to progress in learning Sketch up! God bless you!

[@thomlipiczky9021]

I realize this tutorial is almost three years old and there may be newer magic available now, but this was very very helpful. I'm switching over my CAD stuff to SketchUp Pro, and about ready to model a new house I'm designing, hoping to "place" it on a geolocated terrain model. So this--along with many of your other toots--was most welcome. Thanks again! Thom Lipiczky

[@engineeringsimulationstudi1404]

it looks good .. check this also kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6CUcmieeM2dm9U

[@cheukyanwan4847]

justin you are always my packup on my sketchup problems hahaha I have been watching you for more than 5 years!

[@that.unknown]

I have been looking for this for several months but didn't even know hat it is. Thanks. Subscribed.

[@ankeetjagtap7467]

Thanks a lot justin, I was looking for this for a while and finally ended up with your video , thank you 🙏

[@danielelse3914]

Thanks for creating this video and others. They are a tremendous help in creating what I need to create while cutting the learning curve down to size.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

👍😀

[@PitherTandiongan]

Thanks for share. I'm using Joint Push Pull LibFredo6, but it doesn't have Finishing & Border Option as yours. Any idea?

[@TheOmar1389]

thank you for taking the time to do these great tutorial

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@khurramsa5133]

no doubt you are becoming a master in this ,keep it up...

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks very much! :)

[@markgcarpio2656]

So happy that I have seen this tutorial, really great help. Thank you Sir ☺

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Happy to help!

[@col9704]

Thanks so much been trying build and open cast mine into the side of a mountain with the geology below this is gonna be a huge help.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks! This video may be a bit helpful as well - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ66amNmj7KJbZI - Thanks!

[@bitzi1437]

Thank you! That was exactly the type of video i needed for some months!!!! Very great!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@syarchitects]

I couldn’t download the joint push pull extension. The other one is downloaded. Can You help?

[@robhull9189]

Awesome! Thanks I have a large piece of property with terrain and I am designing the land planning. I want to see the low areas in order to provide lakes in them.

[@asafraz8784]

Justin U are the best! happy new year!!

[@darinsullaphen4683]

This offers so much opportunity for presentation of a proposed building to councils for approval purposes. Your detail is brilliant but perhaps a little more video clarity on the actual control keys for these operations would help. thanks for your great video.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for the feedback Darin - I probably should have spent a bit more time on the actual operation of the extensions - maybe an opportunity for a follow up video! Thanks again!

[@uzayozbey]

Hello, thanks for the tutorial. How can I import a bigger terrain? Should I manually intersect the frames everytime?

[@dharmagraphics-architects7363]

Justin hello! Thanks for your tutorial. I'm an oldie-but-goodie (pre-computer age) back at school at UDC. Before I knew about all this I created my own terrain in SketchUp which is ass backwards. Because I think in reality as an adult you almost never have a flat surface to build on. Thanx!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Lol - you pretty much never get to start with a completely flat surface - that's why we have to hire earthwork contractors! :) Glad you found it helpful!

[@dharmagraphics-architects7363]

I liked the scientific ad that came before your tutorial also, about digitizing feedback from the universe. It prepares you for your tutorial.

[@muhammadsaqib00]

beautiful explained, thank you so much sir

[@charbelg2688]

why "project the shape on a plane" is not available after downloading and installing joint push pull

[@7amda]

Have you managed to sort this out I can’t find it either

[@TianaT4]

The answer is in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYDPaqSHjdyqmNk&ab_channel=TheSketchUpEssentials :) There are arrows that you can click to expand the options apparently.

[@karimakochtben3956]

Table parametique

[@fe2041]

Hi, I have downloaded the plug-in but the option of making the bottom flat is not there , do you have any other options to replace it ? thanks ! really like your videos!

[@alfredocarretas5640]

got this problem too, did you manage to solve this?

[@blackstorm240]

@@alfredocarretas5640 kinda have the same issue too

[@the_daydreamingtom]

@@alfredocarretas5640 Hello, if you open up vector push/pull option look on the left side of the bar. There is a section called "face selection" and to the left side of this is a section with arrows. Click on upper part with three arrow shaped forms and it should open up the very option you're missing.

[@eng.marwanabdulazizgobari5218]

hi, thanks for ur great tubes. slicer is working but push pull is not showing up on the sketchup after I downloaded from below pls help> i do not why

[@SurasmitaMeher-ch3lo]

Thank you buddy, you just made my life a whole lot easier.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

👍

[@ClareRainone]

Hi. Trying to follow your great instructions but I just downloaded the JOINT PUSH PULL and the "project shape on a plane button" is not there. I am using SketchUpPro 2021. Can you please tell me how to find this function?! Thanks!

[@vanesacoronado9791]

Always saving the day. Thank you!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad it helped!

[@jamestaylor8217]

Just what I was looking for. Thank you.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad I could help!

[@dryinz]

Amazing videos! So helpful thank you! Wish i knew these when i was in the uni!!!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you like them!

[@engineeringsimulationstudi1404]

it looks good .. check this also kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6CUcmieeM2dm9U

[@somefolktoo8844]

Great Videos. Seems that joint push pull no longer availabale on sketchucation , and slicer not available for 2021 version... Any other ways to do something similar as depicted here ?

[@marianneconsigna]

Hi thank you for this I just downloaded the push pull rbz file but it is not working on my skp 2021 can you help me by that

[@نهضةروح-ر9ي]

Thaaaaaaank u U are the king of skp Bravo bro

[@ishitaarya5338]

hey, in the plugin setting it doesnt have that plane option , it has the thicken one

[@jjleta]

For the "more options" button on the tool strip, look for three little green arrows, "

[@lily2011uk]

@@jjleta Thank you

[@srinjoydas6644]

Awesome tutorial!

[@perrysoda1430]

Hi, I'm having a bit trouble the plug-in push and pull seems not working with Sketchup I can't able to run it.

[@ememmacatiag1702]

try to download this first sketchucation.com/plugin/903-libfredo6 , then go to extension manager install both of it then restart your app

[@gregak9041]

Hello. When i was trying to use joinpushpull it says that license experied 30 december 2021. So now i can not use it. Any solution? Thank you.

[@mackiebuilder]

Does Vector Push Pull "Project on a Plane" exist on Mac Version?

[@talhamultani3058]

this is exactly something that I need in a lot easy way.

[@michelleins12]

Try Rhino, it's much easier and faster to do that

[@angelarchi.studio6268]

Nice, I learned a lot from you

[@michealkingsley2383]

Great! Answered a lot of questions I had about terrain modeling!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks Micheal - Glad you found it helpful!

[@aayushiupadhyay7228]

Thanks for this tutorial Justin ..it was very helpful !

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@alexdw9ifj101]

You are a great guy! I will consider patreon.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Lol - thanks very much :)

[@mustofaassidiqi4749]

sory, i need help i can find "Project the shape on a plane" after instal 'join this pull' thanks so much....

[@sofiaairaldi8741]

Is joint push pull plugin free? i managed to download it but it asks me for license

[@gregak9041]

same for me. It says that license experide december 2021.... Any solution?

[@LelouchViBritania0904]

nad how can i do that in the Free 2017 Make version because there i only have the Street view and not the Satelite view

[@vsokme]

I want to high resolution of the landscape imagery and the environement, similar maybe to google earth's. how can I do that? The resolution I get from the imagery is really low. It is fine if you want to check the views, but it is pretty inadequate if you want to render the image. How can I have high res imagery?

[@thomasavinash72]

Hi Justin am writing in from India. i am a beginner with sketch up want to know which free version of the application i can download and from where does the toposhaper plugin work with the free version in anticipation of your reply

[@fivostsiplakis562]

I just found your channel, it seems that you have very cool videos, a question i have is where the add location button is located in sketch up?

[@hassanshiil520]

thank you for your beautiful teaching

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@SEGrav]

I agree with Darin, the Joint Push Pull along with slicer is a very quick and efficient tool for creating terrain.... However, for future video presentations I would appreciate a much more direct step by step in creating a simple terrain ( hold off on the sideline comments). Then address variations of results AFTER the initial process is revealed. Thank you for the time and effort, regardless.

[@sabbavarapuchandini5598]

This is so cool 😭😭😭 Thank you ❤️

[@sd8984]

You are extremely helpful friend however I too am struggling with this - i can't make the bottom of the terrain flat when using the vector push pull - it seems to be missing from the link you provided - I'm running 2018 SKUP Pro please advise?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

There should be a right arrow button in the newer versions of the add-on that pops out more options

[@jessicataylor2603]

@@Thesketchupessentials Wow, thanks for updating us on where Fredo hid that option. I was starting to panic thinking maybe he removed it :/

[@dennisprescott3706]

Hey , great tutorial but what happened to Slice5 in the extension warehouse? Is there another slicer add-on that will allow a terrain feature to be sliced and ready to send to CNC? I am trying to decide on software and looking for the fastest method. Any input would be helpful.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Is the link below the video not working for you?

[@rafaelaytona1677]

I downloaded the push pull tool but it seems no "project shape on the plane" button. Help!!!

[@mamiso7294]

Me too help plz

[@JoelBordeaux92]

Can you add roads and utilities into the mix on this program?

[@7amda]

I can’t find project shape on plane option even after I click the 3 arrows for more options

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Don't know what to tell you - it's in there...

[@pinguthelightning]

I don't know if you solved this or not, but in the plugin bar, there is a button with three arrows pointing right, next to the Default Parameters button, if you click it, it opens the project shape on plane options.

[@YasFansa]

everything worked perfectly, but i don't see an option (project the shape on plan) on JointPushPul plugin ???

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I think in the newest version, there's an arrow on the left hand side of the menu bar that allows you to expand additional options. I believe you have to click that to get the project option to show up. Thanks!

[@YasFansa]

found it. thanks a lot for the reply and for those amazing training videos.

[@muroadriano]

This was GREAT. Seriously. Thank you- Also, I looked everywhere for the "project on plan" option but it's just nowhere to be found. I couldn't find it in additional settings or anything

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I think in the new version of the extension, there's a right arrow that you have to click labeled "More options" or something on the left hand side of the toolbar. Give that a try and let me know if it helps!

[@brolls2735]

I also couldn't find "project on plan" option. Its hard to see the "more options" button on the tool strip. Look for three little green arrows like this "

[@owenturner1384]

@@Thesketchupessentials Hey!, What the name of the new extension? Cant find the jointpushpull one on sketchup..

[@prince21official88]

Thanks for this video. But I have question, how I can find that toggle terrain tools in sketch up 2018? you kind assistance is highly appreciated. thanks

[@asmasmii1486]

Thank you for this amazing and useful tutorial it helps a lot!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@engineeringsimulationstudi1404]

it looks good .. check this also kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6CUcmieeM2dm9U

[@jumentertain1823]

Thanks Man ... Awesome Tutorial for Topography ..

[@Dyar_talabany]

there is awesome , thanks for taking your time to do this benift tutorial

[@אהודעמרם-ט4כ]

thank you so much! super helpful

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad it helped!

[@KENZIIE_lol]

"Project shape on a plane" doesn't appear on my Joint Push Pull menu. Please let me know if you have any thoughts..

[@KENZIIE_lol]

Found my answer: Click the triple arrow icon on the far left on the joint push/pull menu bar. This will "show" the "Project shape on a plane" icon.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

YES - Fredo updated the interface of Joint Push Pull after I made this video, so there's a bit of confusion now, but it's still in there. Glad you found it!

[@justine8955]

i was about to ask the same thing haha

[@gulsenkeskin9446]

first of all thanks for the video and ı have a problem ı download the plugin but there are not two options near the finishing. bolder and near the bolder. how can ı fix it

[@akshaypolekar8321]

i dont have any projection option in joint pull push extension. I downloaded it from your link only

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Click the right arrow in the toolbar

[@karinvanarkelen6134]

Thanks so much for all the videos that you do. I'm a builder/owner trying to design our house, and your videos have been a huge help! I tried to enroll into your course, but it has already finished. Any chance you'll run another course? Thanks.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Hi Karin - I believe course registration will be opening up again in February(ish) - you can get on the list to get notified here - www.thesketchupessentials.com/course - thanks!

[@TrangNguyen-qd6gs]

Thank you so much! Your video is super detail and easy to understand!

[@engineeringsimulationstudi1404]

it looks good .. check this also kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6CUcmieeM2dm9U

[@nobody2198]

any substitute for slicer?

[@marksua8273]

Hello sir. I have a question. Please notice me. I have designed terrain/surface generated from civil 3D (.dwg) file. How can i import it into sketchup? In 1 month time i will be doing as built of a powerplant using sketchup. Me and my manager want to use sketchup in making this 3D presentation to client. Hope you reply. Thank you.

[@_jellyking_]

cool & really useful video Thank u so much

[@caohungph6069]

excuse me, how to fill colour them by slope? thankyou!

[@stwtbtlt]

once you get the slices...how do you revert back to the terrain?

[@SekitendeJulius]

This man dont blink

[@SophiaRose777]

Hi, so I have intalled LibFredo6 but I cannot find the toolbar or how to access the toolbar on-screen anywhere

[@Thesketchupessentials]

LibFredo is a library extension required for the other extensions to work. Joint Push Pull is the extension for push/pulling faces...

[@SophiaRose777]

@@Thesketchupessentials Thanks for the quick reply!

[@josephiasenzaniro344]

do you know how to get google earth pro on skethup

[@Silk-hj5jm]

Modeled my farm, a 40 Hectare site (100 acres) with 1m (3ft) contours as I'm planning to landscape the entire hill; going to create forests, ponds, terraces, kiosks, roads, etc). After I built the contoured landscape, the model was rotating slowly like an elephant! I can't imagine what it will be like after I put in a forest of trees in there. I don't think sketchup is the right tool for this kind of job. Can you recommend another software that can handle large landscapes?

[@rjahood2473]

How did the project go? Did you find suitable software?

[@Silk-hj5jm]

@@rjahood2473 Yes, I tried both 3ds Max and Blender, and they both work. These days I use Blender more as I feel it's much better overall.

[@lucaslight777]

Hello, I would like to show contour lines on agricultural land. I use sketchup 2017. But it is not possible to choose a type of map (like google earth with satellite view) Only . How do I find the option to change my map? Thank you for your precious help.

[@msaxpom]

Hi awesome video thanks. Would it be possible to 3D print this finished product ?

[@anjodumalsin3689]

Helpful videos, thank you

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you like them!

[@edyallreadygalaxy717]

Great video, thank you!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@stosicpredrag77]

Dear, I have a small CNC machine (700x400mm). I would like to learn and produce a relief map of a certain position in the wood! How to do it? I want to learn!? If you will help me keep in mind that I am a beginner! I thank in advance!

[@mrerike85]

I can not find the joint push pull plugin. Is it some other way to make a map a solid?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Theoretically you could draw lines down from the corners manually, but why couldn't you find it? I linked to it in the description

[@PemboDave]

Great video

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@eliosaleh9492]

I don't have the option ''project the shape to a plane''? what shall I do ? is it an older version or a newer version of the extension ?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Look for the right arrow button in the menu at the top of the page - it's hidden by default in the new version

[@eliosaleh9492]

@@Thesketchupessentials thank you 😊

[@30knotwind]

@@Thesketchupessentials There is also a 'More(Less) options' button (triple arrows to right of red default parameters button). Took me a long time to find project to a plane button because it only shows with 'More Options'.

[@memclughlin72]

Great tutoral

[@vanesagjeci9378]

You are an angel!!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@enliven6359]

Hi! Question, how can I possibly create cut and fill in this kind of model, maybe even a basement cut? Do you also have tutorial on that?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4iUp5iJmNOEqZI

[@Eric998765]

I know this is an old video, but if anyone sees this, what do I do if geolocation doesn't import the map as a solid? The address I'm pulling isn't that big nor very sloped but jointpushpull wants me to vector pull it in twelve sections, which means slicer can't work with it. I've exploded it all down to 42000 thousands pieces, highlighted everything, made group, but it still doesn't show as a solid.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

If it’s trying to vector pull in multiple sections, I’d imagine the location data didn’t get brought in as a single surface, which could get nasty - you’d have to stitch it somehow before extruding it

[@biruktadesse388]

great one

[@haniki69f]

I don't have google earth when i tried to import land ??

[@mikoajgnatek5032]

is it normal that the slices are not solids? is there any way i can turn them into solids?

[@babas990]

Do you know if you can then import this file into solidworks?

[@agrajkhakurel5320]

Thanks. It is the most easiest way to create a solid using joint push pull tool. But when I exported it to stl and viewed the model, it shows an extra XY plane at z=0. Do you have any solution to prevent this plane?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

No idea - did you have a hidden plane at that location?

[@agrajkhakurel5320]

I don't think so. I just imported the location and toggled terrain. And then I used vector push pull to create a solid. Then I exported it to stl. When I view this stl file, an extra plane shows up.

[@jiejie5248]

Hi can I change the material or texture of the map with vray material?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I don't know why not

[@MrX-st4kk]

Hi buddy, does sketch up 2018 currently has this add location option?

[@adrian.mp459]

good tutorial

[@fabianernestopacheco]

Amazing! How can I import data from Total station & GPS receiver?

[@krypticvoyce]

Ok so I needed a larger map... the plan is to print a science project of a continental shelf. But when I use add location it's such a small area the topography is lost. I clipped an area in Google earth but it seems that unless I do all the terrain manually it won't see it as anything more than a picture. Thank you for the extension use too

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I guess I don't understand - the size of the area shouldn't affect the terrain...

[@prathebham4043]

hey justin,its displaying that my object is not a manifest object.what shd i do

[@kennethpaulsamonte1178]

once the map imported it is accurately scaled?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Should be