Sketchup is an amazing 3D modelling tool. It's not just easy to learn, but also has lots of customization option and plugins that can be very helpful.
Site Modelling
Although you can just draw a few rectangles and lines to extrude and form a skyline or a block model, SketchUp by default allows you to interact with Google Earth, where you can find lots of existing 3d Sketchup models available for download. You can also set the geo-location of your project and select the region you want to import into your model environment. Doing this can help you in 3 ways:
You don't have to worry about the scale of the site, google earth imports the site as a texture laid on a surface
This can help with the existing contours of the site if any.
You can use the existing models of the surroundings and without having to worry about the orientation of that model
You can find the add location tool in SketchUp at File > Geo Location > Add Location, or you can use check the Google Toolbar to view all the options available.
Google Toolbar
The 1st option lets you add a location.
2nd lets you switch between show terrain & hide terrain
3rd lets you add photo texture of surrounding building façades or road layouts if you wish, to your surfaces.
The 4th lets you preview your model in google earth if you wish to publish it in google earth
Sketchup - Show Terrain
The following video explains in detail how to use the tools to perfectly set your site up.
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