Hey there, I’m using sketchup to work with city size models on the mac. I have the requirement to load additional data into the model at a later time- that has to be placed into the right place without manual scaling and moving it to the right place. That’s why I need the geolocation to be correct and being kept in the sketchup file.

I get most of the files in gis shape files - but I can export them into georeferenced dwg/dxf or kmz files that sketchup pro should be able to read.

When I import the dwg with the with the option to keep „Point of origin“ the model is far from sketchups (red,green,blue) Axes wich leads to errors to display and finding the model.

How do I deal with (large and complex) models that are far away from origin? Is there any good advise?
Does it help to change the geolocation in the sketchup model information?

The kmz file does not import at all… „Import failed“, although it is displayed correct in Google earth pro…

I couldn’t find any good shp plugin/extension that could handle complex files..There used to be an old Windows Only Sketchup 8 Plugin

Any recommendations are welcome, thank you!

Hello, does anyone know if there is an extension where one can quickly edit the xyz position of objects in sketchup? For example, sometimes i need to quickly ground objects to z=0 or to a certain height z=20. The Extension DropGC is pretty good, but limited to grounding objects. Would be super cool if there would be a transformation box with length and weight and a point of origin. Is there something? The Measurement box isn't too handy...

Thanks to all! I'll give it a try.....

mmh, I still have trouble getting emitters to work. I turned the enviroment settings to none and either changed sketchup materials in the maxwell scene manager to have max watts etc. or used mxm files that suppose to have emitter lights but none of them will glow! The scene will render dark and you see the material but it will not be a light source. What am I doing wrong?

Isn't it possible to render a night scene with artificial light? Have played around with the plugin, but haven't found any options to set a night scene. Am I missing st?