Time for action - walking around in SketchUp to visualize your level
Go to Camera ¦ Walk.
Type in 1.8 and hit enter.
Hold the left-hand side mouse button and drag the mouse up or down to walk forward or backwards.
Now, use your right-click menu to select Look Around
Walk around using a combination of Walk and Look Around to see how your level will look in a first person game.
Have a go hero - swapping in your variations
You're now ready for Step 3 in this method. Explode the fencing groups first. Select some fences at random. Make them unique. Now, select one of these new components, right-click and select Reload. Select a new component (V01, V02, and so on). Repeat it with your other variants.
Use the following techniques to further mess it up:
Move a number of fences in and out, so they're not all exactly in line
Flip a few by the red axis to create a mirror copy
Scale a few in the blue axis to make them slightly shorter
Use the Rotate tool to lean the posts in or out
Use the Rotate tool to rotate components in plan
Think of creative ways to add a sense of realism on your own!
Note
You can use the Chapter7_Map_Base_with_fence.skp file to experiment on.