Terrain data is updated independent from imagery updates. This update is the reason that models appear to be floating or sinking into the terrain. This not only affects user generated content, but also Google content as well. If you look at the bottoms of buildings in cities you may find floating buildings.
Recently concept3d designed and authored a series of modular, dynamic components for Thruflow. This video highlight the unique dynamic features authored within these models. A glimpse into the Component Attributes is offered to show how the component functions.
Some interesting dynamic features are:
• Position based hiding
• File size only changes marginally on scale
• High and [...]
Blog post and video of heli-ski day in British Columbia using GPS and Google Earth to track and capture the experience.
Combining Google Earth, Exterior 3D models and interior renderings for Hospitals
If you have seen any of the concept3D video training series, you’ve probably noticed the animated opening sequence.
It was created with a screen capture application simply recording an animated Dynamic Component created in SketchUp Pro 7. The words were added in a basic movie editing application.
In this two part tutorial learn how the Dynamic [...]
3D + Maps + Google Earth + building metadata provide recruits, alumni, security, event planners, sports fans and others with visualization tools that didn’t exist a year ago.
Description balloons are a feature in Google Earth that appear as a window in the shape of a text balloon you might see in a comic strip. Their primary purpose is to provide more information about a location in the form of text, images, videos and/or flash. More importantly, there are features and [...]
We live in an imperfect world and adding imperfection to your SketchUp models can add a realistic touch. This can be a tedious effort, but creating imperfect dynamic components with the RANDBETWEEN() function is actually quite easy and fun. I have created a four part tutorial to show you how to create an imperfect bike [...]