How to graphically create a Town!?

[jaerdaph]

The more I mess around with SketchUp, the more I think this is going to be a very useful program.

I installed it about a month ago and I still haven't had the time to really play around. Too many other distractions, like CC3, GIMP and game books.

Thanks Weem for posting your SketchUp work - gives me something to aspire to someday.

 

[Mark]

I installed it about a month ago and I still haven't had the time to really play around. Too many other distractions, like CC3, GIMP and game books.

Thanks Weem for posting your SketchUp work - gives me something to aspire to someday.

The first few tutorials get you to where you can do most things but the remaining tutorials show you how to do things with short cuts (working smarter). It's amazingly simple to use.

 

[weem]

Thanks Weem for posting your SketchUp work - gives me something to aspire to someday.

No problem - though I did the castle the second time I used it.

Granted, I have SOME 3d background - but really, it is very simple to use, so don't give me too much credit - you will be at that point just as quickly I'm sure, hehe

 

[weem]

One more note of interest...

I was lead to sketchup back in may (2009) thanks to a post here at ENW by Mallachaz when he posted his 3d mockup of Winterhaven (from Keep on the Shadowfell adventure). It turned out very nice and demonstrates again how you can put down a 2d map and build from from it...

http://www.enworld.org/forum/art-ga...54751-d-d-4th-edition-winterhaven-3d-map.html

 

[jaerdaph]

...I grabbed a town map (Barovia) from the wotc gallery and imported it. Then, I created the buildings on top of the ones that were there.

So SketchUp lets you import an image and rotate it on an axis? That's pretty cool!

Do you think I could make something similar to this (not necessarily an animated GIF) with my Castle of the Mad Archmage maps in SketchUp?

 

[Mark]

Castle of the Mad Archmage

Jinkies, indeed!

 

[weem]

So SketchUp lets you import an image and rotate it on an axis? That's pretty cool!

Do you think I could make something similar to this (not necessarily an animated GIF) with my Castle of the Mad Archmage maps in SketchUp?

Like this?

If so, then yes!

(And it took me 8 minutes including opening programs - and saving screenshots out through photoshop)

 

[jaerdaph]

Like this?

If so, then yes!

(And it took me 8 minutes including opening programs - and saving screenshots out through photoshop)

WOW - YES! - Thanks Weem! I'm off to play with SketchUp now. This is awesome!

 

[jaerdaph]

Jinkies, indeed!

I'm now referring to it as a giga-dungeon.

 

[Stormonu]

This is one I found about a year ago - it seems to be up to v5.4 now.

Roleplaying City Map Generator 5.40 - Other - Other Tools - OnlineDown.com

It's a push-one-button make-a-town. A screen shot

And I also do them the old-fashioned way (sorta):

and on whiteboard...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/Stormonu/Amberos/101_0656.jpg