Hey Elias, thanks for the update. Actually, the survey team just realized they forgot to send the KMZ of the drainage area. Can you add that in real quick? It shouldn't take long.
She knew the enemy now: projection. Google Earth used WGS84, a geographic coordinate system based on latitude and longitude on a sphere. Her drawing was set to State Plane, a grid designed to minimize distortion over a small area. The KML had been flattened like a pancake, and all the juicy terrain data had squirted out the sides.
She needed a different approach.
He cracked his knuckles and opened AutoCAD 2024. The familiar gray interface loaded, his sanctuary of logic.
He selected the jagged polyline and typed OVERKILL . He set the tolerance to 0.1 feet, removing the redundant vertices that would otherwise crash the file size. autocad import kml
"Time for the heavy lifting."
: In the dialog box, change the "Files of type" to * Google KML (*.kml, .kmz) . Configure Options : Hey Elias, thanks for the update
How to Import KML Files into AutoCAD: A Complete Guide Key geographic data often arrives in KML (Keyhole Markup Language) format. Google Earth, GIS software, and drone mapping tools generate these files. However, vanilla AutoCAD lacks a direct, one-click button to open KML data.