Hi, I wanted to know the best workflow and best practices to model a terrain such as this.
This is a famous cliffside along the hudson river so I assume that contour lines and topography data would be available. What would be the best way to model something like this. Where can i find dwg or other files to extract elevation data and then effectively model this.
All help appreciated. Thanks!
Hi @Kaamil_Hasan_Dahodwa ,
I realize you didn’t tag this topic with Grasshopper, but if you are able to use it, there are a few add-ins that could help import GIS data. Heron has some tools to access and import USGS topo data (and point clouds, if you want to take it that far).
20240903_Hudson Palisades Topo with Heron.gh (16.5 KB)
-Brian
This is great thank you, but would there be a way to convert this to a mesh surface that could be used to 3D print or extract lines and contours from?
Amazing, Thank you!
Hey, Im trying to replicate using the script you sent me and I am getting these errors. Do you know if this is because I have not imported the data myself and only used the file you have uploaded. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kaamil
Try checking the folderPath input to make sure it’s a valid location on your computer. Also, make sure the boundary curve is appropriately scaled (ie 100 m, not 100 mm)
-Brian
