Hi guys, it's been a while.
The new layout and restructuring (?) of the forums has thrown me off a bit, I recall there used to be a sticky post regarding exporting/importing to/from Google Earth but I can't seem to find it, my apologies.
Now I know C3D 2014 no longer supports direct interaction with google earth, however is it still possible to exporting objects to a KML file in native C3D? I currently have the 2014 Infra design suite, and the Help function just shows how to import KML files via the Render Tab.
I've gone around the net and found a few third party (http://www.plexearth.com/ http://rakeshrao.typepad.com/work_smarter_geotools/2013/03/dwg2kml-export-cad-data-to-google-kml-fil... http://acadconverter.chrismichaelis.com/v2012/ among others) on the net, but would you guys have a suggestion on which tool is the best, which do you currently use to do this?
Thanks much for any feedback! 🙂
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Try the MAPKMLEXP.ZIP in the Free Stuff section of the site below. It handles most AECC objects (like alignments, etc) and even provides a tool to explode text (and blocks, etc) so it lays on the exported map.
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Autodesk had began deleting my posts regarding add-ons to plain AutoCAD, therefore we have removed the KML tool.
...which begs the question: why have Autodesk not provided a KML tool?
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I have looked on the site for the Free Stuff page - but I only see 7 items and the map export is not one of them.
Am I looking in the right place?
Thanks
Chris C
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Autodesk had began deleting my posts regarding add-ons to plain AutoCAD, therefore we have removed the KML tool.
@TerryDotson, you said later on 1-26-2014 that you were going to restore the freeware. Did something else happen since then to cause that to not happen? Thanks.
Anyone who obtained it when it was available did so under agreement that they would not repost or make it available online.
It was removed because of an annoying level of repeated requests for improvements on the freeware.
It was removed because of an annoying level of repeated requests for improvements on the freeware.
Thanks for the explanation.
Hello,
I just wanted to contribute in the discussion by pointing out the capabilities of Plex.Earth, the software we develop.
Here you can see a KMZ I just created from a dwg in AutoCAD 2015, which shows several of the supported features (except linework, hatches, texts, transparency etc).
http://go.plexscape.com/redirect.aspx?linkid=3000
By the way, I attach another KMZ that shows the capabilities of our new 3D engine, which is not publicly available yet.
http://go.plexscape.com/redirect.aspx?linkid=3001
Specifically regarding the 3D, since we currently use it only internally and by selected users, if you have an interesting 3D project that could be benefited from this new engine and our development get benefited from your project, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
Lambros
Toolbox > Miscellaneous Utilities > Export KML
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I know this is an older post but wanted to share for those that are still in 14 that you can export a KML file. Type in EXPORTGOOGLEEARTH at the command promt and it will open a dialog box to save the file.
We just got lucky and found it, no documentation anywhere that we can find. Looks like it may be a subscription add on???
Hope this helps.
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