Quickly add Google Earth site context to your Revit model – using free CADtoEarth

One of the greatest things about Revit, and BIM in general, is that we usually design ‘in context’ – that is, with as much site information as we can get our hands on…

Vasari has that handy little option to import a Google Earth image into your model – well now, Revit has an add-in that does a bit more, including:

• import surface from Google Earth
• upload building to Google Earth

It is called:
CADtoEarth | Autodesk Revit | Autodesk Exchange Apps

Here is a quick guide on importing topography from Google Earth:

1. Close Revit
2. Install the tool from above link
3. Start Revit
4. Click the CADtoEarth Pane button
5. Use the search box at top of the dialog to find your site
6. Zoom in until the ‘can’t save’ message disappears
7. Click the Surface tab in the dialog and click  Save Earth’s Surface
8. Leave the dialog open, and click the Get Surface button on the Revit add-ins Ribbon panel
9. Your surface has now been added to the Revit file as a Import Symbol.
10. Use the Topography tool if you want to create a proper Revit topo from the imported data

Heads-up:
http://revitaddons.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/cadtoearth.html

From their website:

• Upload a model directly from modeling session onto Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual Earth
• Import a section of the surface of the Earth directly from Google Earth into modeling session
• Position your 3D structure on the imported surface within modeling session and then upload it back to Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual Earth
• Perform the same operations on 2D objects in modeling environment and Google Maps

CADtoEarth | amcbridge.com/

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