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CAD file of the world

gruen
Does anyone have a CAD file of the entire world, showing all the cities and all the building footprints? Ideally 3-D with all the buildings fully detailed and scale figures of all the real people and animals? Make sure that all cities towns and villages are fully detailed? I need it today because my thesis advisor is about to fail me and I'm not sure if I should go to sci arc or UT Austin anyways, do you guys think I will be able to get a job with $150,000 in student loan debt? My grades aren't very good but I think I saw a portfolio once so if I took the GRE will I get in? Please the CAD file must be in micro station v 26:6dh,6 format ONLY and not too big my email account is already maxed out with funny cat videos. Do you think I should take REVIT or LEED classes? Which one do employers think is more important?
 
Sep 25, 13 8:51 am

You can't have everything.  Where would you put it?

Sep 25, 13 9:30 am  · 
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Roshi

As much of a joke that this is, it makes me wonder - is there a way to extract 3D info from Google Earth? Because, well, that would be awesome.

Sep 25, 13 9:44 am  · 
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xtbl

Jorge Luis Borges should be able to help you out.

Sep 25, 13 12:34 pm  · 
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ark1t3kt

This sums up 99% of posts on this forum...

Sep 25, 13 1:54 pm  · 
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I actually *do* have a CAD file of the whole world.  But I can only get it to print at full scale. 

Sep 25, 13 1:57 pm  · 
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curtkram

does it work with makerbot donna?  i bet you could 3d-print the world over the existing world.

Sep 25, 13 2:55 pm  · 
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I have one of the entire known universe. The problem is finding anything in it ... you keep zooming forever and it takes a really long time to refresh.

Sep 25, 13 4:30 pm  · 
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Yeah, so when I print a 24x36 sheet that's what I get - a blank 24x36 sheet.  Very accurate.

Miles when I tried doing "zoom extents" on your drawing it just kept going infinitely.  I'm still waiting, but according to the new top quark calculations I should only have to wait about 10 billion more years.

Sep 25, 13 11:23 pm  · 
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LITS4FormZ
What type of laptop should I get to open this file? I've heard that Macs are the best for architecture, especially autocad.

Thanks in Advance!
Sep 25, 13 11:41 pm  · 
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Here's mine:

Sep 26, 13 12:07 am  · 
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