Need a little help from my (computer savvy) friends

I am not sure about C3D2012 but this should work I know it does in a few of the Civil 3D. use the command KML. select the lines you want, and use 5 feet elevation related to the ground, Text and bold lines do not work to well. Make sure you have the coordinate system in CAD as well.

In 2012 i believe it was
EXPORTKML
or
PUBLISHKML
if i recall correctly!!

You need to have your ducks in a row; I have Carlson 2012 so it's probably a little different.
Under Settings>drawing set up; make sure you have the right projection and zone.
Make sure the boundary line is a polyline.
under file>Polyline File choose Write Polyline File>choose google and pick your polyline.

Voila; save it to a folder of you choice and email to whom ever you please.

Thanks all! btw - EXPORTKML is not an AutoCAD command....but PUBLISHKML works great!

paden cash, post: 395774, member: 20 wrote: ...it can't be as hard as I'm making it!

I dunno if it's in newer autocad, or in the autocad maps, or what, so I'll chunk it out there, but on the stuff I use, under the file tab, under the export button, is a choice to export as a .kmz file. If you have your stuff in the right projection and zone, yo choose to export the lines as a .kmz, and pick the ones you want, and it writes a .kmz file that exports right to google earth. If it dont work for ya, I tried.

Google Earth Pro is now free, it has option to import dgn files. I would guess that you have to have drawings in UTM projection.

paden cash, post: 395774, member: 20 wrote: I've just had a client express his wishes for a kml file to view his property on google earth. I have an older version of MS V8 that appears to be no help. I also have a buddy's laptop here with C3D2012 on it. I have not looked at the AutoCAD yet. Is there an "export kml" button?

Can somebody give me some brief instructions on this...it can't be as hard as I'm making it!

I am asking WHY? All he needs is an address to view his property on Google Earth.

I suspect he may want to do something along his property lines, that might get a surveyor into trouble.

I provide ortho images as underlays to certain clients, but only after I have geo-referenced the property myself. You have no control over what current or future images your client wants to use, so you are accepting the mistakes or miss-deeds of others.

Paul in PA

Paul in PA, post: 395941, member: 236 wrote: I am asking WHY? All he needs is an address to view his property on Google Earth....You have no control over what current or future images your client wants to use, so you are accepting the mistakes or miss-deeds of others.

Man, you tea-sippin'-Yankees get all janky-weird about stuff.

Pray tell what address should he use on Google Earth to view this?...And as for why...His son and he are spotting possible deer stand locations and wanted to take his phone with him on the 4 wheeler...

The chances of him suing me because he didn't bag a deer are pretty remote.

Man - it looks like they have cut every single tree allowable by law. From the looks of that reservoir, they are getting some erosion run-off too.

Trimble TBC, easy as pie to export a kml. Use it all the time. Mostly for my own use but have sent clients kmls for their use also.

imaudigger, post: 396079, member: 7286 wrote: Man - it looks like they have cut every single tree allowable by law. From the looks of that reservoir, they are getting some erosion run-off too.

This was prairie 100 years ago. Any trees you see there are just what started growing after we fenced and plowed. And I'm sure the pond is getting a lot of silt. It's a really sandy loam that erodes quickly. This area burned in 2010. Heavy rain after the ground cover is gone can do a great deal of damage. Prairie soils (what's left of them) are difficult to retain.