Newbie question: Cityscape

[giodoc]

Hi All,

I'm new, so if my questions sound simplistic please bear with me. I'm a Maya artist, so totally new to sketchup....

 

I'm looking to build a cityscape. I'm trying to use google earth and sketchup to get the buildings and ground plane.

 

My question is:

1. What is the workflow to get models into sketchup from G.Earth, I know about the get current view option, but that just gets the flat ground plane...

 

2. How do I get the buildings etc in there at the right locations?

Does this have to be done manually by going to the google 3d warehouse button then getting a building and scaling adjsuting etc..

 

Just wonder if there is an easier and more accurate way of doing this?

 

Thanks

[Burk]

this one...http://sketchup.google.com/3dbuildviewer.html#id=0