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Bitmap to Mesh

Generates a 2D or 3D mesh from a bitmap image.

From heightmaps you can easily generate terrains or any other surface.

Image entities can be converted into 2D pixel grids.

Note! Generates two triangles per pixel! 250x250 pixel image generates a mesh of ~125K faces! (250 * 250 * 2) The time taken to generate a mesh quickly turns into minutes or hours - so be careful with the bitmap sizes.

Functionality

Mesh from Heightmap

Mesh from Heightmap

Terrain from Heightmap

Mesh from Bitmap

Mesh from Bitmap

Menus & Toolbars

  • Draw » Mesh From Heightmap
  • Context Menu » Mesh From Heightmap
  • Context Menu » Mesh From Bitmap

Compatibility

SketchUp 2018 or newer

  • All features

SketchUp 2014 to SketchUp 2017

  • No down-sampling of heightmaps.
  • Limited image formats supported.

SketchUp 2014 to SketchUp 2016

  • Degraded text display.

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