New Toy! - Publish to Google Earth

Autodesk has given us a new tool to play with... a new extension to publish Civil 3D to Google Earth. Now this is a different program than the one that was shown to us a couple of weeks ago, which was EXPORTGOOGLEEARTH.

Here is a list of some key features.

- Take complete control over the data you want to publish and how you want it to display including symbology and elevation

- Add layers of available Google Earth data including buildings, transportation systems, roads, etc to view your project within the context of the surrounding area

- Publish Civil 3D objects as Google Earth placemarks allowing you to quickly locate and navigate to a specific place on your project site

-Create drive-throughs along road centerlines and save snapshot views of your project site from different vantage points

- Associate points in your Civil 3D model with realistic 3D content (in KML format) such as light poles along a street, houses, or cars

- Publish your data using the coordinate system already specified in your drawing, pick from over 100 coordinate systems at publishing time, or apply a user-defined coordinate system.

Publish to Google Earth. The Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2007 Extension for Google Earth™ allows you to publish intelligent Civil 3D objects (geometry and metadata) including points, parcels, alignments, corridor models, surfaces, and hydraulic networks directly from Civil 3D to Google Earth. Through the wizard-driven interface, you have complete control over what data you want to publish and how you want it to display including symbology and elevation.

Download the Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 Extension for Google Earth:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7294687&linkID=3549304

Download Google Earth:

http://earth.google.com/

Important: To install the Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 Extension for Google Earth, you must have Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 already installed. To run the Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 Extension for Google Earth, you must also have Google Earth installed. The Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 Extension for Google Earth works with the free version of Google Earth, Google Earth Plus and Google Earth Pro.

Trimble Link Now Available

The Trimble Link software is now abailable for the LDT and Civil 3D 2007.

Follow the Link: http://www.trimble.com/link_ts.asp?Nav=Collection-27103

Getting Back Into the Groove

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I had a new addittion to the family, a baby girl. So things are starting to get back to normal, if that is possible. I will be posting shortly on some of the new features along with some tricks for the new products.

A question for you... What is it that you want to know more about?

I also got some comments that this info is great but most users were not able to go in and see for themselves the functionality. It seems like everyone is still waiting to recieve their software.