AERIAL IMAGERY • 3D TERRAIN • GOOGLE EARTH

Real-world context for your preliminary AEC design.

Bring the right imagery and elevation data into AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and other CAD tools with just a few clicks.

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Everything you need to see your design in a real-world context.

Built for busy AEC teams who want better early decisions, not more platforms to manage.

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Imagery

Import up-to-date and historical imagery from top providers directly into your drawings.

Terrain

Import terrain and elevation data to create surfaces, contours, and quick cut/fill estimates.

Timeviews

Use historical satellite imagery to see how your project site has changed over time.

Visualization

Easily export your CAD designs to Google Earth for clear, real-world visualizations.

Plex-Earth plugs your designs straight into imagery from Airbus, Vantor (formerly Maxar), Nearmap, Hexagon, plus familiar basemaps like Google Maps and Azure Maps.

The best aerial imagery from leading industry providers, without separate contracts.

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Integrate Google Earth terrain and imagery with your CAD workflow

Plex-Earth plugs your AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and BricsCAD workflow straight into Google Earth and Google Maps, so you can work with familiar views instead of starting from a blank grid. Bring site context into CAD in seconds, then send designs back to Google Earth when you need a simple, shareable 3D view.

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For professionals and teams who are done flying blind and ready to make better decisions.

For preliminary site design

Quickly bring georeferenced satellite imagery and terrain into CAD to understand existing conditions, constraints, and access before detailed design.

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Use high-resolution aerial imagery and terrain data along 30–200-mile corridors to test alignments and de-risk early routing decisions.

Road, rail, and corridor studies

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Combine up-to-date satellite imagery, terrain, and shading context to size solar layouts and validate locations in the early design phase.

Solar and renewable energy projects

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Support subdivision layouts, drainage studies, and utility planning with realistic site context inside AutoCAD, Civil 3D, BricsCAD, and other CAD tools.

Municipal and land development planning

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  • With Plex-Earth, a project costing $25,000 can cost half.

    —Sean Price, Civil Engineer, Parkhill

  • Plex-Earth has been a huge benefit to our company for many years now. It has saved us thousands of dollars and man hours since we started using the software.

    —David Gouger, Senior Technician, Stantec Consulting Services

  • At ASUS, the utilization of Plex-Earth has dramatically increased our productivity and accuracy in referencing Nearmap and Google Earth images into our AutoCAD products

    —Joseph Glick, CAD Technician, American States Utility Services, Inc.

  • Phenomenally useful when combining archaeological data and interpretations in AutoCAD with the powerful display options of Google Earth.

    —Dr. Lacey M. Wallace, Research Associate, Cambridge University

  • This has helped us to identify key issues (low water pressure, areas with high risk for erosion damage, etc) that we would not have been able to see clearly.

    —Adam Kirchner, Civil Engineer, Engineers Without Borders USA

  • Plex-Earth is an amazing tool! Instead of making conversions through ArcGIS I can now produce the same results directly into AutoCAD and at a fraction of the time.

    —Sotiris Sofias, Land Surveyor, Oil & Energy Sector

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Plex-Earth at a glance

    • Civil engineers and CAD designers working on preliminary site design and corridor studies

    • AEC professionals & teams using AutoCAD®, Civil 3D®, BricsCAD® for site planning and feasibility

    • Solar designers and design teams planning rooftop and ground-mounted PV projects with satellite imagery

    • Utilities, telecom, and transportation professionals and teams designing long linear infrastructure projects

  • Plex-Earth is most commonly used for preliminary AEC design work, like site checks, feasibility, layouts, and corridor studies, where accuracy and speed play equally important parts in the workflow.

  • Plex-Earth connects to the CAD tools AEC designers already use, so you don’t have to add another standalone platform.

    • AutoCAD® (including Architecture, Mechanical, Map 3D, Plant 3D): versions 2020–2026

    • Civil 3D®: versions 2020–2026

    • BricsCAD® (Pro, BIM, Mechanical, Ultimate): V21–V25

  • Yes! Plex-Earth lets you reuse data you already have, including GeoTIFFs, KML/KMZ and survey files, instead of starting every project from scratch.

  • Absolutely. Plex-Earth can send your CAD drawings to Google Earth as KML/KMZ, so anyone can review the project in a familiar 3D view.

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Plex-Earth will reinforce your entire team's process, from providing amazing engineering insights to simply avoiding errors.

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