How to match a big horizontal building to GE´s terrain?
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Ace,
I downloaded the model from 3DW.
First, there is no Terrain or Snapshot layer in the model. So, it won't be geo-located when you upload it to 3DW. You have to keep the Terrain layer in the model even though it doesn't show in 3DW.
Second, uncheck the edges. You only need them when you're building the model. They look strange when viewing the finished model. Click View>Edge Style and remove the check mark next to Display Edges.
Third,Use the Soften/Smoothe Edges tool on the new terrain group. Right click the group, the chose Soften/Smooth Edges from the context menu. Check the box for Soften Coplaner and set the slider at something over 130 Degrees.
Fourth, go to 3DW and delete the model. Now with the terrain layer in the model, export it again to 3DW.
That should do it. Nice building, by the way. Porto Alegre looks like a niice town.
Tom
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Sorry Tom, no luck. In fact, I had already added the terrain layer and tried uploading it again. Only difference was that I had not deleted the other model from 3D Warehouse before. Now I did it exactly like you said, deleting the model first, then uploading the model with the Terrain Layer... but as I said, no luck. Still no option to say the building is real and correctly geolocated, still no KMZ being created by 3D Warehouse
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Can you paste the URL of the new one? (The old obviously doesn't work any more)
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Hi,
OK, here's what I did: I downloaded you latest model from 3DW. Then I went into the Model Info window and chose the Location page. I checked the box "Use Georeferencing". Then I uploaded the model to 3DW at http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=7c2cdad3f08176b63b1f82950a151c08
It looks like it worked because it shows correctly on the Map option in 3DW.I called it Temp and I'll leave it up for a couple of days then I'll delete it from 3DW
tom
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So it wasn't georeferenced? (Sorry, I couldn't get to downloading it yet).
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so it seems the "set geolocation" box got unchecked somehow (probably I did it by accident).
thanks for the tip. It worked flawlessly now. Btw, uploaded another building already!
My Porto Alegre Models
Ipiranga Tower
Receita Federal building
IPASE (Social Welfare Institute) and Public Market
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Becoming ever more exciting.
One or two 3D model doesn't seem to make much difference but when there are a bunch in a close vicinity, it suddenly becomes interesting as you "start to feel" the mass of the city itself.
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@gaieus said:
Becoming ever more exciting.
One or two 3D model doesn't seem to make much difference but when there are a bunch in a close vicinity, it suddenly becomes interesting as you "start to feel" the mass of the city itself.
I agree, and one of my first objectives at modelling Porto Alegre is to recreate all of the buildings in the Borges de Medeiros Av. "urban canyon".
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I'm glad it all worked out. I've deleted the model in my section of 3DW.
I like the models together.
Tom
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my fifth building, Espaço CIEE, located at 3rd Perimetral Avenue, Porto Alegre. You can two of my other buildings (Mercado Publico and IPASE) at the distance, a few km away, in the right.
and here a photo of 3rd Perimetral Avenue, looking north (cant see downtown in this shot)
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