CAD tip # 5042:

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Exporting Civil 3D projects to Google Earth.

Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 contains an undocumented command allowing to easily export (publish) the terrain surface, road, etc. to a .KML file for Google Earth.

Assign a coordinate system to your drawing, model your road or other 3D terrain model and create a 3D surface.

On the commandline enter the EXPORTGOOGLEEARTH command (or AeccExportGogleEarth, or EXPORTKML), select the surface and name the resulting KML file.

Then you can load the KML file directly into Google Earth.

More advanced functionality is available in the "Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 Extension for Google Earth" (technology preview) offered by Autodesk for all Civil 3D 2007 users and in the "Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD 2008". It contains an interactive wizard for publishing your project to a KML file for Google Earth, Google Earth Plus and Google Earth Pro.

GE Extension can be found on the Autodesk Labs web site.

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applies to: Civil 3D 2007 · Civil 3D 2008 · AutoCAD 2008 ·

See also:
Tip 14468:	How to connect Bing Maps in AutoCAD 2026 (and higher)?
Tip 13971:	What do geolocation codes like 8FWPXFCF+82 or 33UVQ61402434 mean?
Tip 13512:	How to open Google Earth directly in your AutoCAD window?
Tip 13296:	How to correctly load a KML/KMZ file into Civil or Map 3D?
Tip 9375:	How to import 3D CAD data into Autodesk FormIt?

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