Converting SketchUp city model to Cesium tileset

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Hi,

We have a big model from an architecture firm depicting a whole section of a new part of the city and we’d like to use this model in our Cesium viewer. As the model is really big we need some way to convert it into a format which can be used. We have looked into exporting the model as COLLADA but as we understand it – even that format will be too heavy.

Is there any way to convert our model to a proper 3D Tileset for use in the viewer?

Thank you,
Jonathan

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Hi Jonathan,

When you say you’ve looked into exporting the model as COLLADA, do you mean just one large .dae file or using KML/COLLADA (several .dae files with one or more .kml files containing the models’ locations and other metadata)? It’s true that a large model may not be able to be tiled, but the KML/COLLADA approach is usually a good way around that if your software allows for that kind of export.

Matt