Error exporting navisworks model to google earth KML

[bwmork]

I'm trying to export my project from Navisworks to google earth so you can see the surrounding environment. I have the model in navisworks manage 2023 ( I also tried 2024). It takes FOREVER to export and then it says failed to export after some time. It for some reason still saves the file in my downloads though. When I try to import it to google earth, nothing loads in. The coordinates I'm trying to put the model at are (43° 1'5.82"N) ( 87°54'34.89"W). I linked the navisworks file below. 

[bwmork]

I'm trying to export my project from Navisworks to google earth so you can see the surrounding environment. I have the model in navisworks manage 2023 ( I also tried 2024). It takes FOREVER to export and then it says failed to export after some time. It for some reason still saves the file in my downloads though. When I try to import it to google earth, nothing loads in. The coordinates I'm trying to put the model at are (43° 1'5.82"N) ( 87°54'34.89"W). I linked the navisworks file below. 

[brett_parkerLUEP7 · Accepted solution]

Hello

Thank you for posting to the forums. 

Our development team have reviewed this and the outcome is as follows;

- We currently do not support export of files larger than 4GB to ZIP files, which means when we try to write a very large KML file into a KMZ, export fails.

- We could add an improvement to start using the ZIP64 format, but Google Earth doesn't currently support this.

- We have added a better error message once the generated KML file gets larger than 4GB and display message to user saying they should limit the number of polygons exported. This will appear in future releases.

In the short term you can try exporting with a lower number of polygons to see if you can export. Alternatively, break the model into sections and then export.

Regards

[brett_parkerLUEP7 · Accepted solution]

Hello

Thank you for posting to the forums. 

Our development team have reviewed this and the outcome is as follows;

- We currently do not support export of files larger than 4GB to ZIP files, which means when we try to write a very large KML file into a KMZ, export fails.

- We could add an improvement to start using the ZIP64 format, but Google Earth doesn't currently support this.

- We have added a better error message once the generated KML file gets larger than 4GB and display message to user saying they should limit the number of polygons exported. This will appear in future releases.

In the short term you can try exporting with a lower number of polygons to see if you can export. Alternatively, break the model into sections and then export.

Regards