Zooming and Synchronization

 

Plex.Earth tools work in conjunction with Google Earth to import imagery, surface information or specific data points. Most of the time Plex.Earth will automatically control the Google Earth window to zoom into the areas it uses for its functions. However sometimes you might wish to do it manually. Use:

	Zoom Area	when you want Google Earth to zone into an area you specify in AutoCAD.
	Locate Point	when you want Google Earth to center around a specific point you select in AutoCAD.
	Synchronize Autocad	to have AutoCAD zone into the region currently displayed in Google Earth.
	Synchronize Google Earth	to have Google Earth zone into the region currently displayed in your AutoCAD drawing.

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom Area

Use this command when you would like to specify an area of your AutoCAD drawing on which Google Earth will zone in. Google Earth will automatically move to the specified area and adjust its zoom level for best fit. 

 

Step 1:  Select the Zoom Area command from the dropdown menu

 

 

 

Step 2: Specify the area you want Google Earth to zone into

 

 

Step 3: Google Earth has moved to the desired region

 

Locate Point

 

Use the Locate Point command when you want Google Earth to center into a point specified in AutoCAD. Google Earth will maintain the currently used zoom level.

 

 

Step 1: Sse the Locate Point command from the dropdown menu

 

 

 

Step 2: Select a single point in your AutoCAD drawing

 

Step 3: Google Earth will center around the specified point of interest

Note that the camera will zoom out a bit before it moves, but will zoon in back to the original Eye alt level

to complete the operation

 

 

Synchronize AutoCAD

 

Use this command whenever you want your AutoCAD drawing to focus into the area currently displayed in your Google Earth window.

 

Step 1: Select the Synchronize AutoCAD command from the dropdown menu

 

 

 

Step 2: AutoCAD will adjust its focus to fit that of Google Earth

 

 

Synchronize Google Earth

 

Use this command whenever you want Google Earth  to focus into the area currently displayed in your AutoCAD window.

 

Step 1: Select the Synchronize Google Earth command from the dropdown menu

 

 

 

Step 2: Google Earth will adjust its focus to fit that of AutoCAD

 

 

 

 

For more information read the "Zooming and Synchronization" section of the user guide, which can be found here.