How To Import Google Maps Into Twinmotion, in 3D!

In this "Importing Google Maps into Twinmotion Tutorial (in 3D!)" video I will build on the process I demonstrated a few weeks ago (here is the video: • Import Google Maps int... ) and show you how to take a mesh made from Google Maps and bring it into Twinmotion for context and visualization purposes.
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00:00 Introduction
00:55 Export from ReCAP Photo to FBX and Specific Export Settings
02:48 Import Into Twinmotion and What to Know
04:13 Real-World Example (Google Map, Revit, and Twinmotion Combined)
*Disclaimer* Be sure to read the Google Maps Terms and Conditions before using this process in a commercial setting ** Disclaimer **
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[@sheabrown]

What software would you use if you were needing to clear buildings from the rip? Or just kinda modify the rip in general

[@jpmatar10]

king. Thank you for your tips and tricks, always pushing for more!

[@prashantkarnik9302]

Thank you kid. You are the boss.

[@TheRevitKid]

💪💪

[@SityofLegends]

Thanks for this video, helps a lot.

[@salazarc.j.1493]

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[@1986ArtC]

Greetings, thank you for splendid tuts. What would be your piece of advice to get rid, remove, delete all trees from the model to be imported? My goal would be replace, place TM or any other program native tree models. Thank you in advance, if any.

[@zhengfeng6868]

Hi, I've tried import the 3D photos I've converted from the google map video that i've recorded. However, I've encountered some issue with Autodesk Recap Photo software. The software asked me to download newest version. I cant even open it. If i go and download the latest version of Recap Photo. It will pop up "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch."

[@poloo92]

Incredible

[@aamarmohammed7526]

i have enrolled in the twinmotion course. But i cant seem to get any content from it. Can you help me through?

[@TheRevitKid]

Thanks for enrolling! I will take a look and see what the deal is. Sometimes there is an issue with email confirmations and GPDR. Shoot me an email with your email address and I can chekc.

[@thepartisansarchive]

Thanks

[@eastudio-K]

Is this your preferred method?

[@diego.3445]

how this looks when you render the file???

[@TheRevitKid]

Looks awesome! ;)

[@tonystarks5721]

Hi, Thank you for nice video. The Recap program is belong to Autodesk? If yes i found some info they have free version and paid version, the free version is enough for export FBX? Thank you for answer

[@TheRevitKid]

Yes, it does. There are many photogrammetry programs out there...

[@katieallarddesign6951]

What software do you use to record your screen?

[@TheRevitKid]

I use OBS ... But any screen recording tool will work.

[@nguyenvantruong7543]

hi, how to see google map 3d like in your video, show me.

[@RealZynexx]

He literally explained it lol

[@davidecappello8226]

Can you do the same in enscape

[@TheRevitKid]

Funny you should ask... I am literally testing that out as we speak ;)

[@sandrapetkute6488]

@@TheRevitKid Any luck with the process? I was testing a couple of workflows, but I cannot crack it how to keep the image textures on the mesh in Enscape.

[@TheRevitKid]

@@sandrapetkute6488 I have successfully done it... Yes. There is a specific way you have to export from ReCap to bake the textures the way enscape wants them.

[@InfernalyAlien]

@@TheRevitKid that's great to hear, give me hope! Any chance you could give me a tip how to achieve it? I managed to get the texture in by importing FBX to formit first and then importing the formit file to Revit. However, this only allows to see textures in enscape now, my revit view looks like a white blob. Cheers

[@shbrooks1984]

@@TheRevitKid Second vote for seeing the process for Enscape!

[@zihaoli1549]

Mayday Mayday. I uploaded 90 photos up to the cloud. But the status shows it's waiting in the queue forever.

[@TheRevitKid]

Yeah…. That’s an Autodesk thing. Unfortunately, you’ll have to take it up with them ;)

[@6one8bimdesigntechnologies39]

👍

[@52thephotoshop]

Render Doc just lets you rip the geometry right out of the browser no need to mess around with photogrammetry

[@TheRevitKid]

Yes, that is also one approach... But you will still have to use a mesh program to get what you need out of the rip! Cheers!

[@2ambientarchitecture]

@@TheRevitKid you showed a video before of your own house by using photogrammetry from drone photos. is the 3d model better than ripping google maps?

[@TheRevitKid]

@@2ambientarchitecture Yes, because this will only be as good quality as the original object. With Google Maps you can only be as high quality as Google Maps (not so high) but with a drone you can get every angle of a building at high resolution to produce really good photogrammetry models.

[@2ambientarchitecture]

@@TheRevitKid another question: instead of brining the revit building model and mesh context model separately into twinmotion, is there a workflow to get the mesh model (not a pointcloud) into revit, then model within the context and then just bring the one revit model into twinmotion? (I tried to bring the mesh into sketchup, then import that into revit but the color / material information doesn't come with it)

[@TheRevitKid]

@@2ambientarchitecture Technically, with a few workarounds you can get the actual Mesh into revit but it will not have the texture applied... it will simply be the mesh object and it will not look all that good.

[@Instant_Nerf]

What a downer. when close up. The textures and meshes are so bad. If they improved those by just a little we could make movie scenes out of them. Sure from above with lighting and other fx it looks good.. but if you want to tell a story .. you want to be ground level from the camera angle.. and that right now is not possible.. I dont know why they just didnt use drones to capture the images when creating 3d maps.. they used satellites images and airplanes to take photos from different angles. I just think the quality from a drone especially with todays cameras.. and lidar.. would have been something special. But maybe that will come too. They can just send out multiple drones and auto map everything .. really fast .. It wont take as long as when the first started. The other thing we can do is replace some of the ground, trees, flowers, even watter effects from a ripped google map .. into blender.. etc. that also makes it nice for eye candy. Id like to make a documentary and I need footage.. I have all my aerial scenes.. just need lower scenes as if filmed from a camera crew.. if anyone has any suggestions about how to go about it. let me know. Going to these locations that I need footage from is not an option for me..I also want to point out this new technology that I believe will be a big part of being able to have really good quality and being able to move within a scene/space: The tech: Nerf: NEURAL RADIANCE FIELDS kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKe7gJ2MbKp7mM0 Mind blown.

[@lukeransfield]

Commenting again on this video that you really need to state at the start of the video that this breaches Googles Terms and Conditions. No one should be using this method for professional work (or arguably at all...).

[@TheRevitKid]

If it makes you feel better I will add a disclaimer to the description... To be fair, everything breaches Google's terms and conditions when it comes to Google Maps, literally, everything.

[@lukeransfield]

​@@TheRevitKid Its not about making me feel better, its about being open about the fact that if someone uses this technique, especially commercially, then they could get into serious trouble with Google (however slim the chance might be). Its up to people to decided whether they want to take that risk or not. On a more ethical level it comes down to whether you respect T&C & Copyright in general - whether you agree or not with Google Maps specific T&Cs is irrelevant (and has nothing to do with fairness). I just think this is a particularly big omission that you have a responsibility to warn people about (as someone that people learn from and listen to). Just my two cents though Jeff.

[@mike_in_helsinki]

@@lukeransfield Give it a rest. You are noise that no one watching this appreciates buddy. Go take your act elsewhere, or then just shut the f up.