geometric coordinates

[mikemarcos]

wzzzup, my problem looks like this:

i have to create a road from google earth to autocad. i allready converted the coordinate from " ' and degrees into x y z coordinates but this did not work

can someone else sugest something else?or a program that converts geometric coordinates into autocad drawings? i own you one thanks aloooot

[Organic]

What is your level of experience with AutoCad?

 

It shouldn't be hard to approximately draw in a road on top of a Google Earth aerial image and then move it to the approximate coordinates. It won't be that accurate remember though.

[mikemarcos]

THAKS, i can manage with autocad

do you knoww any tools or programs to drawn a schetch in google earth?

[eldon]

I already converted the coordinate from " ' and degrees into x y z coordinates but this did not work

 

Did you remember that a degree in the North-South direction is not the same length as a degree in the East-West direction

 

Have you tried to set the Show Lat/Long to Universal Transverse Mercator when you are using Google Earth?

[mikemarcos]

let's say I had the coordinates corectly converted

how do I get them in autocad?

[eldon]

I am not sure whether this is a trick question, but I would just draw it in AutoCAD.

 

Perhaps you are looking for a magic way, where you just press a button

 

Have you tried Plexscape?

[Tiger]

How do you have the X,Y,Z-coordinates?

 

On a piece of paper? - start a PLIne and input coordinates

In an excel/text/csv file? - check out Lees Pointmanger (http://lee-mac.com/ptmanager.html)

A drawing file? - see if its a format that AutoCAD can Import under the Import menu under File (or 'A')

[mikemarcos]

I tried ToolTp

I have the ccordinates in excel in. I'v converted them with transdatro

i will try out these methods , and reply with a result

10x verry much

[mikemarcos]

weel eldon, i have to say that plexscape did the trick

but i still can't manage to convert geometric coordonates to autocad points

anyway i own you a berr or something like that

cheeers:D

[SLW210]

Try the Google Earth extension from AutoDesk Labs.

 

As far as inserting points to coordinates, it would be easier IMHO to use excel and a script. Search on CADTutor, there are several threads.

[mikemarcos]

thanks dude, but I allready have the coordinates, i needed to insert them from a text file into autocad , an d i used topolt. it work great

chears :wink: