All,
I have a locator that is tracking pipelines using Google Earth. I am using Civil3D 2010 and it is my understanding that I can import Google Earth objects directly into Civil 3D. Can anyone explain how I would import line work. The help file explains how to import the images and the elavation data, but not any linework.
Thank you in advance!
OK, after much more care reading C3D and autocad HELP files.....
Google Earth Import and Export Command Reference
The following table lists the AutoCAD Civil 3D commands related to import and export operations with Google Earth and briefly describes their functionality.
Command
Description
GETime Attaches the timespan information to civil object entities
ImportGEData
Imports Google Earth image and terrain data into a created TIN surface
ImportGEImage
Imports a Google Earth Image into a drawing
ImportGEMesh Imports elevation data of the current Google Earth view into AutoCAD Civil 3D as a mesh
ImportGESurface
Imports Google Earth terrain data into a created TIN surface
PublishKML
Publishes Civil design data to Google Earth in the KML (uncompressed) format
PublishKMZ Publishes Civil design data to Google Earth in the KMZ (compressed) format
So the short anser is NO you can NOT import these route tracings directly from Google Earth into C3D or Autocad; without using a(n) intermediate step of translating the data.