Hi Imran, The ArcGIS SketchUp plugin is no longer supported at 10. Here are the two main feature CREATION workflows, using 10: (1) Starting with a SKP (or DAE/3DS/FLT) file - Start editing in Scene or Globe (against a multipatch feature class) - If required, create an Edit Template for the multipatch layer - Select the multipatch template in the Create Features window - This enables the Insert tool (for placing multipatch features) - Click in the view where you want the 3D model to be placed - When prompted, navigate to the source SKP file - A new multipatch feature is created in the geodatabase (imported from the source 3D file), located at the point where you clicked - Move / rotate / scale the new multipatch feature, as needed - Optionally populate feature attributes, save edits (2) Starting with a GIS feature (such as a building footprint) - Use a feature attribute (such as bld height) to extrude the footprint into a block representation - Use the 'Layer 3D to Feature Class' GP tool to create a multipatch feature class - Select the multipatch feature/s you want to update, then use the 'Multipatch to COLLADA' GP tool to export them to DAE files - Load and edit the COLLADA files in SketchUp (or some other application) - Start Editing in Scene or Globe (against the applicable multipatch data) - Select the feature whose geometry you want to update from the DAE - Use the 3D Editor > Replace with Model command to switch out the existing block geometry with the more complex geometry (and optional textures) you created in the edited 3D model (COLLADA file). - Save edits Hope it helps! Gert 3D Team Hey, Gert, I have created a multipatch feature class and used Multipatch to Collada tool to export it to DAE file. But I got a warning (001099) saying "Unable to write ID_3Doutput_1.dae due to XML failure and an error message 999999 saying "Error executing function". Any idea? Thanks. Learner
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