@steve wrote:
thank you for this comprehensive answer;
My quest: Make a massing model in revit and link it into 3d version of Google Earth. The products reviewed seem fixed on bringing in the 3d land contours to Revit. I want to put a revit building or mass into Google Earth with 3d buildings.. The product that is needed functions like Globe Link for Revit shown here... https://vimeo.com/15461591 This video is for revit r2011. I don't find Globe Link in the Revit Marketplace. Is it gone?
I have read this string. (that I am appending this to) I've tried GeoToCad but drawbacks seem to be
- I can't make it work without crashing exports to pdf
- it approximates the size and orientation of the imported model which has to be adjusted with guestimates
- it has no 3d buildings, at least as I've been able to find.
You need SketchUp Pro.
- Export the Revit model to DWG or any other format (IFC?) accepted by SketchUp
- Create a SketchUp model and use the Google Earth plug-in to grab the Google Earth terrain
- Import the exported Revit model in and locate it to match the terrain
- Use the Google Earth plug-in to export the model to Google Earth as .kml or .kmz (I don't remember exactly which)
- Open Google Earth and open the .km* file above and your model should appear in your Google Earth session.
Disclaimer: I did it some ten years ago when SketchUp was still under Google so I am not certain about the recent versions.