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You can also provide clients with a more detailed, clear look at how the design fits into the environment and the location in relation to other key features or landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company, Plex-Earth Lite uses the satellite images from Google and then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Easily aligns and scales Google Maps with your viewport area as a background, which you can toggle on or off<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zooms and synchronizes Google Earth with your AutoCAD drawing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creates placemarks, paths and polygons directly from within your drawing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offers ability to import single elements with a simple copy-paste from Google Earth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/06\/Plex-Earth-Lite-Screenshot-2.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1200\" data-lbwps-height=\"675\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/06\/Plex-Earth-Lite-Screenshot-2-300x169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/06\/Plex-Earth-Lite-Screenshot-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Plex-Earth Lite Screenshot \" class=\"wp-image-13122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/06\/Plex-Earth-Lite-Screenshot-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/06\/Plex-Earth-Lite-Screenshot-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/06\/Plex-Earth-Lite-Screenshot-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/12\/06\/Plex-Earth-Lite-Screenshot-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I created Plex-Earth my aim was to build something other engineers could use freely. 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