While standard AutoCAD can insert images and assign locations, the heavy lifting (Surface import and advanced KML publishing) is significantly better in AutoCAD Map 3D or Civil 3D . If you are using standard AutoCAD, you may need LISP routines or third-party plugins (like Plex.Earth) to get full terrain functionality.
For three weeks, Maya became a cartographer. She stripped her massive DWG file down to its skeleton: just the site boundary, the building footprints, and the access road. She used the GEOGRAPHICLOCATION command, feeding in the exact lat/long of the Andean valley. AutoCAD hummed, accepted the coordinates, and drew a faint, glowing north arrow. Step one was done. autocad to google earth pro
This is essential for preliminary site analysis without paying for expensive survey data immediately. While standard AutoCAD can insert images and assign