What's covered • • • • Note: ARCHICAD 17 was the last version to which the Google Earth Connection (GEC) Add-on was released. ARCHICAD now has a fully integrated SketchUp connection right out of the box. There is no need to download and install additional plugins.

The Google Earth Connection (GEC) Add-On package enables integration between ARCHICAD,, and through.kmz and.skp file formats. This capability moves users past the Building Information Model to the virtual world.

Features Note: ARCHICAD 16 is the last release of ARCHICAD to support Windows XP and any 32-bit operating system. The next major release of ARCHICAD will be 64-bit only, and will support only Operating Systems, including and: Some features of the Google Earth Connections Add-On are 32-bit only, therefore these functionalities are not available in the 64-bit version of ARCHICAD. These are: • Import snapshot from Google Earth to ARCHICAD • Direct upload from ARCHICAD to Google Warehouse • Direct download from Google Warehouse to ARCHICAD All other functions of the Google Earth Connections Add-on are available on 64-bit, and will be integrated in the next version of ARCHICAD: • Import and export in SKP format • Import and export of KMZ format • Direct upload of model from ARCHICAD to Google Earth More about Google Earth and connections in ARCHICAD 17 on. The following table shows the summary of features by Operating System. Share your model with others by uploading it to Google 3D Warehouse * The automated data exchange is not available on this Operating System. Please find the manual communication workflow Installation Before Installation • Be sure you have access to the Internet through a broadband connection (at least 512 Kbits/sec download).

• When installing the Add-On, you must be logged on as a member of the Administrator Group. • the Google Earth program (version 5 or newer) onto your computer and install it. Program Contoh Soal Tpa Bappenas S2 Pdf Reader. Install Steps • the Google Earth Connections Add-On. • Extract the downloaded executable file (on Windows only).

• The installer wizard will guide you through the rest of the installation. Evaluate ARCHICAD designs in real environment After setting up the terrain, you can import a 3D model into your ARCHICAD project • File menu/ Google Earth Connections/ Import Model from 3D Warehouse • In 3D Warehouse search for the 3D object you need • Press “Get Model” to start the download process • In ARCHICAD choose “Place relative” option to place the model Note: Objects from Google 3D Warehouse can contain large number of polygons. With the help of the Polygon Counting Tool you can control the number of 3D polygons in your ARCHICAD models.