Google Earth imagry, .shp files and sketchup
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I need some help and am not sure where to post this so please feel free to move to a more appropriate section if necessary.
I have a co-worker who is working on siting a transmission (High voltage powerlines) line across approximately 150 miles of terrain. She needs to make an animation of a flythrough along the route. She created all of the components in Sketchup and placed them in Google Earth Pro, however, the animation quality is unacceptable and very "shakey".
Her plan now is to overlay the .shp files over the Google Earth Imagery and then export that to 3dMax to create a flythrough without the route "shaking". Will this work? It's obvious that the files are extremely large and sketchup won't be able to process all the .shp file data, so that's why she is considering 3dMax.
Here is where we need your help. 1. Can .shp files be imported into 3dMax? 2. Can the Google Earth (.kmz)files be imported into 3dMax (She can convert the .shp files to .kmz files). 3. Lastly, is there an easier way to go about this? We're open to other programs if they don't have too steep of a learning curve. We just have to have the project finished by next Tuesday. The data is complete, we just need to merge it all together! Thanks in advance for your help!
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It sounds like you have access to GIS software if you're using .shp files, am I right? If so, have you tried ArcScene? I've had decent results using SU to create my 3D structures and bringing them in as symbols. Let me know if this is the case and I can dig up a link to the workflow I used.
Where in Phoenix? I lived there for a long time and did a lot of work in the utilities biz.
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