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Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

KaylaFolkins — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:32:09 GMT

On the blog last Friday they included a video from Green Mountain Geographics that outlines how SU and ArcGIS 10 work together:

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2010/10/arcgis-10-and-sketchup-8.html#links

Friends again - yay! 😉

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

JakubSisak — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:16:20 GMT

This is fantastic Kayla!
If i could rate on this forum, you would get all the points possible fir this little tidbit.

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

KennyMorris — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:41:08 GMT

Does anybody know if this same workflow works with ArcGIS 9.3.1?

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

JakubSisak — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:05:45 GMT

Collada export is new in version 10 so this blog article only applies to version 10.

This only means that you cannot export ArcGIS multipatch to SketchUp but you can use the SketchUp 6 plugin to export TIN and vector feature classes. (In version 10 vector featurs cannot be easily exported unless polygons which need to be converted to multipatch first)
In ArcGIS 9.3.1 and older you can use a command to import SketchUp 6 models but georeference information is not imported.

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

KennyMorris — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:09:49 GMT

Collada export is new in version 10 so this blog article only applies to version 10.

This only means that you cannot export ArcGIS multipatch to SketchUp but you can use the SketchUp 6 plugin to export TIN and vector feature classes. (In version 10 vector featurs cannot be easily exported unless polygons which need to be converted to multipatch first)
In ArcGIS 9.3.1 and older you can use a command to import SketchUp 6 models but georeference information is not imported.

Thank you for the response. I have Sketchup 8, don't know if that makes a difference. Do you know of an article explaining the command line procedure? Also do you know of a solution to georeferencing?

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

JakubSisak — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:16:55 GMT

Import3DFiles_3d (in_files, out_featureClass, {root_per_feature}, {spatial_reference}, {y_is_up})

For additional info search help for "Import 3D Files"

As for georeferencing; you have to move and rotate manually.

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

KennyMorris — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:32:59 GMT

Thanks for your help

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

Gert_van_Maren — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:08:22 GMT

Hi, there is also a video on the 3DGIS resource center showing this particular work-flow:

http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/3dgis/default.aspx

Regards Gert

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

JakubSisak — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:27:37 GMT

Hi, there is also a video on the 3DGIS resource center showing this particular work-flow:

http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/3dgis/default.aspx

Regards Gert

Thanks Gert. This blog explains version 10 work flow, Kenny wnats to be able to do this with ArcGIS 9.3.1

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

JakubSisak — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:49:14 GMT

Hi, there is also a video on the 3DGIS resource center showing this particular work-flow:

http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/3dgis/default.aspx

Regards Gert

Is there a solution for vector features? More specifically points and polylines? Polygons can be converted to multipatch so this is an OK workaround but what if i would like to export points, polylines, polygons and multipatch features to SketchUp, modify them and import back into ArcGIS?
I tried KML but KML exported from ArcGIS fails to import into SketchUp.

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

KennyMorris — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:12:30 GMT

I'm having trouble with the ArcGIS to Sketchup workflow. I have 4 building footprints that I extruded. I want to get them into SketchUp for Editing. Here's what I'm doing.

Layer 3D to Feature Class ----> Multipatch to Collada -----> Open in SketchUp 8

SketchUp will not open Collada file. The files I try to open are .dae SketchUp gives me a message saying "this does not appear to be a SketchUp Model"

I've watched these videos over and over trying to pick up on a step I may have missed.
http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/3dgis/archive/2010/10/25/ArcGIS-to-SketchUp-and-back.aspx
I noticed in one of the videos the collada folder contains .kml file. In my collada folder I do not see a .kml files only .dae files.

I'm at a loss at this point. I know I'm missing something just don't know what. Any info would be great. Thanks

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

JakubSisak — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:22:39 GMT

SketchUp will not open Collada file. The files I try to open are .dae SketchUp gives me a message saying "this does not appear to be a SketchUp Model"

You have to import the files not open.

Sketchup 8 -> File -> Import -> Files of TYpe: Google Earth/COLLADA Files (*.kmz, *.dae)

The model will look weird; Select all and explode -> select all faces and paint -> group

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

KennyMorris — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:56:41 GMT

Thanks for the response. When I import here's the error I get.

Re: Google SketchUp blog explains GIS workflow

JakubSisak — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:07:30 GMT

I get the same error when I attempt to import KMZ that was generated from ArcGIS into Sketchup 8.

As far as I am concerned, it is currently NOT POSSIBLE to import data other then Multipatch using ArcGIS 10 into Sketchup version 7 and 8. I started a thread about this issue both here and on StackExchange with no results. The only way is to export to DXF then import to sketchup but data will not be referenced so some of of geo-referencing method is required to scale the DXF. Also as far as i know only COLLADA can be brought back into ArcGIS georeferenced, not vector features. The entire Sketchup Model can be imported so long it is saved as SketchUp 6 version, unfortunatelly it will not be geo-referenced.

However, i am able to import multipatch features generated with 3D Analyst into Sketchup, but so far i have only tried converting TIN to multipatch and importing into sketch-up.