In Autocad: Open Kml

“Maya? The civil engineers in Denver are screaming. They need the graded pad locations in AutoCAD by noon. They can’t stake out the inverter pads without your drawing.”

Maya leaned back. The entire journey had taken two hours, four software applications (Google Earth, AutoCAD, a sketchy website, QGIS), one $49 credit card charge, and one coordinate system reprojection. She had started with a tourist map and ended with an engineering drawing. open kml in autocad

“Of course,” she muttered. This was the ancient ritual. KML (Keyhole Markup Language) was born from the world of Earth browsers and GPS devices. DWG (Drawing) was born from the drafting board. They were two languages that had never learned to speak to one another. “Maya

“Hank, I have a DWG, but it’s exploded. Every panel is four lines.” They can’t stake out the inverter pads without