SketchUp for Geoscientists - Google SketchUp Workshop: Modeling, Visualizing, and Illustrating - page 268

Step 8: SketchUp Import of Sections, Wells, and Fields
Goal : To import points and lines to create scanned sections and well images.
Inputs : ArcGIS points.
Tools : ArcGIS, Cloud6 plug-in, and SketchUp Pro.
The ArcGIS plug-in cannot directly import a scanned cross section or image.
However, by drawing the cross section as a line in ArcGIS and measuring the
horizontal and vertical size of the image, a correctly scaled cross section can be
imported into SketchUp. First, calculate the actual dimensions of the cross sec-
tion in length ( l ) and height ( h ), and calculate the actual elevation of the top of
the section. Next, draw the 2D cross section feature to the total length ( l ) of the
cross section image and import to SketchUp using the actual elevation of the
cross section. Extrude the cross section line by either using the Move/Copy tool
to duplicate the feature and move it by ( h ) to the base elevation of the cross
section, or use the Ruby script projections.rb, extrude lines along z (by Didier
Bur) to create the cross section surface. The scanned image is imported as a tex-
ture and placed as a material onto the surface using l for width and h for height.
This method can be used for viewing a well log (image of the geological
properties of the well) that can be viewed from any direction in the model.
Using the same methodology described for importing the cross section,
create a polygon or line width of the log, and extrude to the depth of the log.
When finished, group the object as a component and set the properties of the
component to always face the camera SketchUpWellField.
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