Convert those values to metres, and 'Edit 3D features', Select your model Multipatch feature, and 'Move.' by these amounts. This plugin allows you to export your Sketchup model as a DXF or STL files readable by most CAM and 3D printer software. The free version of Sketchup has limited file export options and many CAM programs will not recognise the native Sketchup (SKP) file format. SketchUp Import is an option of the File menu of SketchUp through which you can import different 2D drawing files into it for making a 3D model of that drawing. Hello, I know that you’re not supposed to be able to import. In SU, read the value of ModelTranslationX, ModelTranslationY from the model's GeoReference AttributeDictionary. Informatie (ENG) This is a plugin script for Google’s free 3D design program Sketchup. Now your model is part of the FeatureSet, inheriting its coordinate frame.

In ArcCatalog10, create a new FeatureSet in your geodatabase (I call it '3D_Models'), using your original coordinate system (I guess you should use UTM if you started your modelling inside Sketchup and georeferenced it via its Google Earth link), then use the 'Import 3D Files' from the Toolbox to import the file 'Model.DAE' into a new Multipatch FeatureClass (let's call it 'Model') inside 3D_Models. Now, how to place them in ArcGIS10:Įxport a file, let's call it 'Model.DAE', (Collada DAE, not SKP version 6) from SU8. I started the models still with the SU plugin in ArcGIS9.3, which means they have a proper Georeference AttributeDictionary. After some tries, this is the way I found for models which I built.

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