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Hello, I need to create a scaled site plan as shown below in Autocad 2013 using Google Map. Can somebody explain how to proceed ?
Thanks in advance.
Hello, I need to create a scaled site plan as shown below in Autocad 2013 using Google Map. Can somebody explain how to proceed ?
Thanks in advance.
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in google you can use a "measure" tool to get distance between 2 points. Use this distance to scale the image in your drawing, so it's true scale inmodelspace. In paperspace, scale viewport in the usual manner, say 1"=1 mile (1 : 5280 if PS is inches & MS is feet)
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Using the Measure Distance Tool to Scale off of Google Maps
Google has some pretty cool tools that are available for the CAD operator. With the advent of Google Maps and Google Earth, its even possible to scale drawings onto CAD. Today I’m going to show you a quick and dirty way of doing such a task.
First of all, once you find the address of your desired site on Google Maps, go ahead and change the settings to “Google Earth” Mode.
From here, most would simply take a screen shot and do their best to trace the site and perhaps the outline of the building. The problem is obvious; there’s no real way to accurately find the real length of the building from just the Google Map.
Just recently, Google integrated a measurement tool that allows us to do just that. All you need to do is right click on an area of the map and click “measure distance.”
All you need to do from here is click on two points for the map to scale off a distance. In this case, the south exterior wall of Portland City Hall is approximately 120′.
With this knowledge, you can go back into CAD and draw a construction line that’s 120′ long.
Now, since you have a relation between the google image and a hard length in CAD, all that’s left is to run the “align” command and scale both the original line and the imported image to real world dimensions. Now you can do a trace with real world lengths and without 90% of the guesswork!
Obviously, this is a very quick and dirty method. And this Map Scaling is relatively useless if you’re going to try to do any construction or as-builting from Google Maps. However landscape designers can use this tool to get a rough estimate of how much material they will need on a site. Civil designers can use this tool to get a rough estimate on pervious vs impervious area to do storm water calculations or even cut/fill calculations. If you only need to draw something with a degree of accuracy of within a few feet, this “measure distance” function will get you a quick idea of what you’re up against with a minimum of time.
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Giving you all I got
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Here is a similiar thread:
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A Comment:
in google you can use a "measure" tool to get distance between 2 points. Use this distance to scale the image in your drawing, so it's true scale inmodelspace. In paperspace, scale viewport in the usual manner, say 1"=1 mile (1 : 5280 if PS is inches & MS is feet)
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Using the Measure Distance Tool to Scale off of Google Maps
Google has some pretty cool tools that are available for the CAD operator. With the advent of Google Maps and Google Earth, its even possible to scale drawings onto CAD. Today I’m going to show you a quick and dirty way of doing such a task.
First of all, once you find the address of your desired site on Google Maps, go ahead and change the settings to “Google Earth” Mode.
From here, most would simply take a screen shot and do their best to trace the site and perhaps the outline of the building. The problem is obvious; there’s no real way to accurately find the real length of the building from just the Google Map.
Just recently, Google integrated a measurement tool that allows us to do just that. All you need to do is right click on an area of the map and click “measure distance.”
All you need to do from here is click on two points for the map to scale off a distance. In this case, the south exterior wall of Portland City Hall is approximately 120′.
With this knowledge, you can go back into CAD and draw a construction line that’s 120′ long.
Now, since you have a relation between the google image and a hard length in CAD, all that’s left is to run the “align” command and scale both the original line and the imported image to real world dimensions. Now you can do a trace with real world lengths and without 90% of the guesswork!
Obviously, this is a very quick and dirty method. And this Map Scaling is relatively useless if you’re going to try to do any construction or as-builting from Google Maps. However landscape designers can use this tool to get a rough estimate of how much material they will need on a site. Civil designers can use this tool to get a rough estimate on pervious vs impervious area to do storm water calculations or even cut/fill calculations. If you only need to draw something with a degree of accuracy of within a few feet, this “measure distance” function will get you a quick idea of what you’re up against with a minimum of time.
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