# 3D Tiles

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## [How to publish 103M splats on Cesium? How to process 20,000 photos for a 3DGS model on a single RTX 4090? After 3 months of R&D, I found the answer. BUT can't publish it on Cesium!](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-publish-103m-splats-on-cesium-how-to-process-20-000-photos-for-a-3dgs-model-on-a-single-rtx-4090-after-3-months-of-r-d-i-found-the-answer-but-cant-publish-it-on-cesium/42910)

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**Author:** [@Andrii\_Shramko](https://community.cesium.com/u/Andrii_Shramko)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-publish-103m-splats-on-cesium-how-to-process-20-000-photos-for-a-3dgs-model-on-a-single-rtx-4090-after-3-months-of-r-d-i-found-the-answer-but-cant-publish-it-on-cesium/42910 "2025-08-23T20:56:37Z")

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Hey friends! I want to share the results of a major research effort. The goal was ambitious: to generate a hyper-detailed 3DGS scan from a massive dataset—20,000 drone photos at full resolution (5280x3956px). All of this…

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## [Rvt/IFC to 3D tiles](https://community.cesium.com/t/rvt-ifc-to-3d-tiles/42154)

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**Author:** [@Mateo\_Restrepo\_Jimen](https://community.cesium.com/u/Mateo_Restrepo_Jimen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/rvt-ifc-to-3d-tiles/42154 "2025-08-21T09:50:34Z")

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Hello everyone, Is there a way to convert Revit (.rvt) or IFC BIM models to 3D Tiles format without having to open Revit or use its add-ins? I’m looking for options such as APIs, command-line utilities, or packages that…

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## [Is Copernicus DEM covers Morocco?](https://community.cesium.com/t/is-copernicus-dem-covers-morocco/42901)

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**Author:** [@bokh\_bokh](https://community.cesium.com/u/bokh_bokh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/is-copernicus-dem-covers-morocco/42901 "2025-08-20T10:30:34Z")

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hello guys Does Cesium World Terrain+ include higher-resolution DEM data for Marrakesh, Morocco?

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## [Does 3D tiles contain global geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude, height)?](https://community.cesium.com/t/does-3d-tiles-contain-global-geographic-coordinates-latitude-longitude-height/42791)

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**Author:** [@farazuic2](https://community.cesium.com/u/farazuic2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/does-3d-tiles-contain-global-geographic-coordinates-latitude-longitude-height/42791 "2025-08-16T10:57:22Z")

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I created a clip and downloaded in 3D tiles format. Is the global geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude/altitude) info embedded in 3D tiles or the encompassing .glb files? For example, when we go to google maps and…

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## [Simulating Wind Sway on a Telecom Tower Using 3D Tiles in Cesium](https://community.cesium.com/t/simulating-wind-sway-on-a-telecom-tower-using-3d-tiles-in-cesium/42650)

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**Author:** [@monika.shaw](https://community.cesium.com/u/monika.shaw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/simulating-wind-sway-on-a-telecom-tower-using-3d-tiles-in-cesium/42650 "2025-08-10T16:00:48Z")

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Hello everyone, I’ve uploaded a 3D Tiles model of a telecom tower to Cesium ion and I’m trying to simulate a swaying effect to mimic how the tower would move in the wind. Ideally, the base of the tower should remain fix…

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## [CORS error when loading Cesium3DTileset.fromIonAssetId](https://community.cesium.com/t/cors-error-when-loading-cesium3dtileset-fromionassetid/42616)

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**Author:** [@sigridge](https://community.cesium.com/u/sigridge)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cors-error-when-loading-cesium3dtileset-fromionassetid/42616 "2025-08-08T08:56:17Z")

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Hi, I’m fairly new to Cesium, so if this is in the wrong category, I’m sorry. I have a Blazor webpage, that uses Javascript interloped, to use CesiumJS. Before the summer I was able to use Cesium3DTileset.fromIonAssetId…

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## [Question: Clarification on rendering ADD refinement tile children](https://community.cesium.com/t/question-clarification-on-rendering-add-refinement-tile-children/42286)

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**Author:** [@gkjohnson](https://community.cesium.com/u/gkjohnson)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/question-clarification-on-rendering-add-refinement-tile-children/42286 "2025-08-01T17:52:01Z")

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Hello! I’ve received some requests about the differences in the number of tiles loaded between Cesium and the 3DTilesRendererJS project and wanted to clarify what the “right” thing to do is. I’ve made some comparison pro…

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## [Best Practice for Dynamically Loading 3D Tiles Based on Camera Distance?](https://community.cesium.com/t/best-practice-for-dynamically-loading-3d-tiles-based-on-camera-distance/42179)

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**Author:** [@jhonnmick](https://community.cesium.com/u/jhonnmick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/best-practice-for-dynamically-loading-3d-tiles-based-on-camera-distance/42179 "2025-07-21T20:02:07Z")

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Hey Cesium team and community, I’m currently working on a city-scale visualization where loading all 3D Tiles at once impacts performance. Is there a best practice or example for dynamically loading/unloading 3D Tileset…

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## [Photorealistic google 3d on my own layer?](https://community.cesium.com/t/photorealistic-google-3d-on-my-own-layer/42128)

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**Author:** [@OlaGIS](https://community.cesium.com/u/OlaGIS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/photorealistic-google-3d-on-my-own-layer/42128 "2025-07-19T16:28:15Z")

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I have a dataset with 3D buildings. Very accurate with roof and walls. It is also georeferenced. I was wondering if there is an automatic/easy method for getting the photorealistic google view on my own layer? Something…

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## [Clarification of 3DGS support status](https://community.cesium.com/t/clarification-of-3dgs-support-status/42019)

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**Author:** [@Chiiii](https://community.cesium.com/u/Chiiii)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/clarification-of-3dgs-support-status/42019 "2025-07-13T15:49:53Z")

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Hello Support Team. In the main branch (1.130.1), 3DGS is now supported experimentally, as stated in the following statement: “Added experimental support for loading 3D Tiles with Gaussian splats encoded with SPZ compre…

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## [Reference Cesium in MicroStation](https://community.cesium.com/t/reference-cesium-in-microstation/36674)

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**Author:** [@jp.visagie](https://community.cesium.com/u/jp.visagie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/reference-cesium-in-microstation/36674 "2025-07-08T19:07:14Z")

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Good day Would like to know if it is possible to reference a cesium tile in Bentley Applications. Reference attachment or reality model.

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## [Tiles tileset for this model](https://community.cesium.com/t/tiles-tileset-for-this-model/41900)

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**Author:** [@twilight2054](https://community.cesium.com/u/twilight2054)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/tiles-tileset-for-this-model/41900 "2025-07-08T16:08:51Z")

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Got it! You have a single b3dm model and its position is given in EPSG:5186 coordinates. You want to create a Cesium 3D Tiles tileset for this model. Here’s a step-by-step guide in English on how to create the tileset.j…

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## [3DTiles Without Fixed Graphics](https://community.cesium.com/t/3dtiles-without-fixed-graphics/41837)

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**Author:** [@mdc9001](https://community.cesium.com/u/mdc9001)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/3dtiles-without-fixed-graphics/41837 "2025-07-03T13:58:08Z")

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I’m looking at ways to stream large geospatial datasets that represent a collection of photos. The each photo would have a position associated with it. These collections may have thousands of photos so I don’t want to …

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## [3D tile data out of date in region](https://community.cesium.com/t/3d-tile-data-out-of-date-in-region/41537)

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**Author:** [@ElderCrusader](https://community.cesium.com/u/ElderCrusader)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/3d-tile-data-out-of-date-in-region/41537 "2025-06-25T10:39:54Z")

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For the past week my Google 3D tiles seem to be out of date, giving me data from 10+ years ago. I’m working on a region of the Gold Coast in Australia which has significantly changed over the past 10 years, meaning it’s …

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## [Google 3d tiles](https://community.cesium.com/t/google-3d-tiles/41341)

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**Author:** [@neil-hooton](https://community.cesium.com/u/neil-hooton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/google-3d-tiles/41341 "2025-06-20T19:41:20Z")

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Hi, sorry for a potentially repeat question, i notice that google maps are now providing 3D rendered tiles in the maps app rather than obliques. The tile resolution/mapping in maps appears to be higher that that currentl…

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## [Uploadind my cesium 3d tile on Geonode](https://community.cesium.com/t/uploadind-my-cesium-3d-tile-on-geonode/41502)

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**Author:** [@wjoachimjk](https://community.cesium.com/u/wjoachimjk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/uploadind-my-cesium-3d-tile-on-geonode/41502 "2025-06-20T08:29:12Z")

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How can i upload my 3d tile from cesium ion to Geonode

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## [Add attribute on build](https://community.cesium.com/t/add-attribute-on-build/41467)

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**Author:** [@mercurio236](https://community.cesium.com/u/mercurio236)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/add-attribute-on-build/41467 "2025-06-18T15:23:44Z")

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I have a project and I need to put some attributes in the construction, I tried to use the local .glb, but I saw that the .glb file is a single object, I wanted to know how I can add these clickable attributes in the con…

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## [Searching for local .glb file 3D Tiles BIM](https://community.cesium.com/t/searching-for-local-glb-file-3d-tiles-bim/41352)

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**Author:** [@mercurio236](https://community.cesium.com/u/mercurio236)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/searching-for-local-glb-file-3d-tiles-bim/41352 "2025-06-12T21:46:44Z")

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Hello everyone, I wanted this project in .gbl format to place locally in my project, I’m curious, does anyone have the file and can make it available?

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## [Point Cloud Classification Labels in 3D Tiles](https://community.cesium.com/t/point-cloud-classification-labels-in-3d-tiles/41135)

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**Author:** [@mdc9001](https://community.cesium.com/u/mdc9001)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/point-cloud-classification-labels-in-3d-tiles/41135 "2025-06-03T21:18:04Z")

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Is anyone aware of existing ways that classification labels are stored in point cloud 3D Tiles? I know that I can access the Classification property for styling, but as far as I know it is just a numeric value. I haven’t…

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## [How to convert .obj to 3D TIle](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-convert-obj-to-3d-tile/40402)

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**Author:** [@Huebnerm](https://community.cesium.com/u/Huebnerm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-convert-obj-to-3d-tile/40402 "2025-05-19T10:56:33Z")

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Hallo guys, I have a layer in .obj format which I want to convert into 3D tiles. It is in ETRS89 UTM32N. I have already loaded it into cesium ion and tried to convert it with obj2tiles. But after that the layer is not i…

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## [Test gltf examples for 3D tiles 1.1](https://community.cesium.com/t/test-gltf-examples-for-3d-tiles-1-1/40264)

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**Author:** [@andreasplesch](https://community.cesium.com/u/andreasplesch)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/test-gltf-examples-for-3d-tiles-1-1/40264 "2025-05-01T15:38:18Z")

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I noticed that many tilesets and examples still use legacy formats like b3dm which are deprecated with 3D Tiles v. 1.1. In an effort to start collecting more examples which exclusively uses glTF, I found that @Marco13’s …

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## [How to Apply Photorealistic Textures and Styles to 3D Tileset Buildings in CesiumJS and Cesium for Unreal](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-apply-photorealistic-textures-and-styles-to-3d-tileset-buildings-in-cesiumjs-and-cesium-for-unreal/40282)

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**Author:** [@asmwork255](https://community.cesium.com/u/asmwork255)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-apply-photorealistic-textures-and-styles-to-3d-tileset-buildings-in-cesiumjs-and-cesium-for-unreal/40282 "2025-04-29T14:24:14Z")

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Hi team, I’m currently working on a CesiumJS web application and have generated a 3D Tileset of buildings using the .b3dm format along with tileset.json. During the tileset generation process, I’ve applied some initial …

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## [Get the number of triangles of the tiles in the tileset](https://community.cesium.com/t/get-the-number-of-triangles-of-the-tiles-in-the-tileset/40111)

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**Author:** [@h\_hhw](https://community.cesium.com/u/h_hhw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/get-the-number-of-triangles-of-the-tiles-in-the-tileset/40111 "2025-04-25T07:05:54Z")

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Why do I use the code to get the number of triangles of the tiles in the tileset, but the first few tiles show a value of 0, but when I look in the 3D Tileset Inspector, I find that the tiles that show 0 have a triangle …

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## [Extension for automatic ENU registration](https://community.cesium.com/t/extension-for-automatic-enu-registration/40030)

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**Author:** [@andreasplesch](https://community.cesium.com/u/andreasplesch)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/extension-for-automatic-enu-registration/40030 "2025-04-20T01:07:01Z")

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After studying the 3d tiles spec. and comments here, I think that 3d tiles as content by itself is CRS agnostic, eg. it is not geospatial. This is a bit surprising since Cesium created it and there a quite a few question…

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## [3dtiles information such as the number of triangles](https://community.cesium.com/t/3dtiles-information-such-as-the-number-of-triangles/40106)

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**Author:** [@h\_hhw](https://community.cesium.com/u/h_hhw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/3dtiles-information-such-as-the-number-of-triangles/40106 "2025-04-19T19:54:12Z")

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How do I get information such as the number of triangles and faces of the tiles in 3dtiles?

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## [Come see what's new in 3D Tiles at the Cesium Developer Conference](https://community.cesium.com/t/come-see-whats-new-in-3d-tiles-at-the-cesium-developer-conference/40012)

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**Author:** [@sean\_lilley](https://community.cesium.com/u/sean_lilley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/come-see-whats-new-in-3d-tiles-at-the-cesium-developer-conference/40012 "2025-04-15T17:02:48Z")

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Hi everyone! We’re hosting our first ever Cesium Developer Conference on June 24 & 25 in Philadelphia and I’m going to be presenting on what’s new in 3D Tiles. This includes our latest work for Gaussian splats, voxels, …

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## [3D Tiles 1.1 Metadata for CesiumJS](https://community.cesium.com/t/3d-tiles-1-1-metadata-for-cesiumjs/39617)

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**Author:** [@kschoi-cesium](https://community.cesium.com/u/kschoi-cesium)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/3d-tiles-1-1-metadata-for-cesiumjs/39617 "2025-04-10T06:17:59Z")

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Regarding 3D Tiles 1.1 metadata specification, I wonder how should I prepare a tileset in terms of assigning metadata to elements to a tileset. A good example is on Sandcastle’s 3D Tiles 1.1 Photogrammetry Classificatio…

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## [Using a "local" box vs. a "global" region bounding volume](https://community.cesium.com/t/using-a-local-box-vs-a-global-region-bounding-volume/39877)

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**Author:** [@sdbrown](https://community.cesium.com/u/sdbrown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/using-a-local-box-vs-a-global-region-bounding-volume/39877 "2025-04-09T15:55:20Z")

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I’m learning how to make 3D tilesets for some of my datasets. I was able to successfully load my facetized geometry into Ion using a “box” BV that reflected the bounds of the underlying glTF and then I added a transform …

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## [Revit, Forma, Twinmotion and Enscape](https://community.cesium.com/t/revit-forma-twinmotion-and-enscape/39772)

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**Author:** [@Fabio\_Rob](https://community.cesium.com/u/Fabio_Rob)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/revit-forma-twinmotion-and-enscape/39772 "2025-04-05T11:16:22Z")

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Is there any workflow for using the 3D tiles with Revit, Autodesk Forma, Twinmotion, and Enscape? I know it works in Unreal, but not many Architects have experience in Unreal. Is there any option to import the tiles in…

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## [ClampToGround for Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles Broken](https://community.cesium.com/t/clamptoground-for-google-photorealistic-3d-tiles-broken/39720)

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**Author:** [@vridianltd](https://community.cesium.com/u/vridianltd)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/clamptoground-for-google-photorealistic-3d-tiles-broken/39720 "2025-04-02T14:21:48Z")

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The ClampToGround behavior in Cesium no longer seems to recognize Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles as “the ground” in both Cesium Stories and Sandcastle. I have tested this with KML and GeoJSON datasets and the behavior i…

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