Place Model Button

Use the Place Model button to place your SketchUp models in Google Earth. This button is used as a quick mechanism for viewing your model in Google Earth as you are working on your model.

Placing Your Model in Google Earth

To place your model Google Earth:

1. Use the Snapshot, Toggle Terrain, and SketchUp Tools to create and place your model on a Google Earth snapshot image.
2. Ensure Google Earth is running.
3. Click the Place Model button to send your model to Google Earth. SketchUp creates a temporary file of your model and places the model in Google Earth at the proper location.

Note - Reverse the faces in your model (within SketchUp) if your model appears black in Google Earth. Select the faces to reverse and then context-click and select Reverse Faces from the context menu.

4. Repeat this process until your model appears as you would like it in Google Earth.

Note - Use the KMZ export option to export the final model for use in Google Earth. See the Input and Output section of this guide for further information.