Modifying a TIN

SketchUp contains several tools for modifying TINs. The following table lists all of the sandbox tools in SketchUp.

Tool

Type

Notes

Sandbox From Scratch Tool

Create TIN

Creates a flat, rectangular shaped, TIN or sandbox that can be modified by other sandbox tools.

Sandbox From Contours Tool

Create TIN

Creates TIN or a sandbox from contour lines at various elevations.

Smoove

Large Modifications

Allows you sculpt or make large modifications to a TIN by moving groupings of vertices to create hills, berms, or other features.

Stamp

Large Modifications

Allows you to sculpt or make large modifications to a TIN by stamping footprints into the TIN, such as the footprint of a building.

Drape

Large Modifications

Allows you to drape the outlines of roads, paths and buildings, drawn on a flat plane, onto a TTN.

Add Detail

Small, Detailed, Modifications

Allows you to sculpt or make small, detailed, modifications to the a TIN by adding additional triangles to a TIN.

Flip Edge

Small, Detailed, Modifications

Allow"s you to sculpt or make small, detailed, modifications to the TIN by adjusting the triangulation of a TIN.

' Note - The sandbox tools can also be used to create organic geometry or geometry that appears to be hand-crafted.

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