Blog : 3D

Google Earth internally works with meters as elevation units and this can be an obstacle when feet are the desired measurement units. This tutorial explains an easy workaround for viewing contour elevations values in Google Earth and their elevations in... more

Height units remain unchanged when coordinate conversions are applied, but sometimes it is required to change them, especially when the target format is limited to a specific unit, this happens with KML when the use of meters is a mandatory... more

The shape type PolylineZ of a Shapefile (SHP) contains a different Z coordinate value for each vertex of polylines. Import them as 3D polylines entities in order not to lose all of the details of the represented geometries ... more

3D modeled objects are exported to Google Earth (KML/KMZ) in a very easy and intuitive way. Different altitude and height modes are available depending on how the model has been created and the way want to be represented (relative to... more

Spatial Manager (CAD versions) includes the option to Insert Nodes when importing objects such as Polylines or Polygons. These nodes can be created as Points or as Block Inserts (if any have been defined) in the drawing. This functionality extends... more

Although you can find several examples in this Blog where you can see how to export 3D objects to Google Earth basing their altitudes on an attached data or on their constant Z elevation, you can also export native 3D... more