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Chapter 4 Using Plugins Effectively<br />

2. This brings up a dialog where you can browse to your site. Once you have the location<br />

in view, use the Select Region button to select an appropriate region.<br />

3. This process imports two items into <strong>SketchUp</strong>: a flat orthographic view of your<br />

site and a textured terrain model (both are correctly georeferenced and oriented).<br />

You can switch between them by toggling visibility for the appropriate layers,<br />

as shown here.<br />

4. Turn on the terrain model visibility. Next, add a rectangular box where you want<br />

to acquire site data. Make sure they overlap, as shown here.<br />

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