Thanks Gaieus and Rich.
Both very helpful observations and I completely understand the dilemma. I thought I was just lost in not being able to figure out how to tie these poles down to the actual elevation to avoid the hovering you mentioned. It is very obvious especially over the terrain I am dealing with which has up to 200 ft offsets over 1000 linear ft of area. I will seek some other solution for the dilemma, but again thank you both for welcoming me to the forum and I look forward to visiting often as I am a developer at heart and dont always have to work in 100 mile increments!
tp

First, thanks so much for the quick reply. This is an electric power line that involves 345kV of renewable energy from wind farms in west Texas being transported to the metropolex area of Dallas - Fort Worth. I have found a very similar structure in the component warehouse that matches the pole that will be used. So now I just have to build the line across this vast area. I already know the route that must be taken and it is established in GE.

Hello. I am bran new to Sketchup so please feel free to direct me to the right forum for this question. I need to build a 100 mile electric transmission line across a pre-identified area in Google Earth. I am a Google Earth pro user, but use the free Sketchup version 8. Can anyone direct me to a good place to start with this intimidating assignment??
Thanks!
trent