Or click the browse button and select a file saved to your hard drive.
How to upload wood flooring to google sketchup.
When you upload a model to the 3d warehouse sketchup automatically creates a preview image that s a snapshot of your modeling window.
Import a satellite snapshot from google earth to google sketchup then use the 3 d editing techniques and a few 2 d photograph as outlined in this tutorial so you can create your own unique image of a landscape that you then re upload back up to google earth.
Click the upload a model icon at the top of the main 3d warehouse page.
Follow these steps to upload your model to the google 3d warehouse.
On the upload a model page that appears as shown in the following figure drag and drop the file you want to upload into the sketchup file area.
Materials are essentially paints that have a color and optional texture defined within an image file.
This video will help you how to import auto cad files to sketchup.
Sketchup is a premier 3d design software that truly makes 3d modeling for everyone with a simple to learn yet robust toolset that empowers you to create whatever you can imagine.
We re preparing a new release of the 3d backend though which can handle non triangulated files and a lot more and after that it should be possible.
So the easiest solution for now is to have a geo located model in sketchup file geo location add location then file export 3d model and save a google earth kmz.
Image textures in sketchup are made up of tiles.
To make a large area of texture such as a brick wall sketchup uses a bunch of tiles right next to each other.
Open the model you want to upload in sketchup and fiddle around with your view until you like what you see.
To add detail and realism to your models sketchup enables you to paint materials on faces.
The siding and grass are also materials that have a color and texture.
This video will help you how to import auto cad files to sketchup.
For example in the following figure the roofing material has a blue color and a texture that simulates metal roofing.
Share that file with someone email it dropbox google drive put it on a web page whatever they can download and google earth will open and show them where it is.