Simplify Contours

Fig. 12-26: A “forest” of trees is about to be dropped on a large terrain model created using From Scratch and Smoove.

Fig. 12-27: The dropped trees hug the contours of the terrain model.

Simplify Contours

Simplify Contours is a free script available at www.sketchup.com. It can remove some of the edges and endpoints that compose the contour lines. It is an invaluable tool when you are using From Contours to generate a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from imported contour lines. It helps simplify the generation of faces from contour data and makes the DEM easier to use.

Website: http://sketchup.google.com/download/rubyscripts.html