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GeoBridge — Help

Welcome. GeoBridge imports geoportal data directly into Revit projects: orthophotos, terrain models, 3D city models, and vector geometries from German official data sources, georeferenced correctly and optionally clipped to a polygon area.

Contents

Chapter Topic
Quickstart What GeoBridge does, recommended import order, ribbon overview
Before the first import Data sources, georeferencing concept, UTM convention, anchor variants
Import an orthophoto (DOP) Plugin workflow for georeferenced aerial imagery
Import a terrain model (DGM) Plugin workflow for DEM/XYZ and Toposolid
Import a city model (CityGML) Plugin workflow for LoD1/LoD2 and material mapping
Import vector geometries (GeoShape) Plugin workflow for GeoJSON/Shapefile/KML/CSV/GeoPackage, detail and model mode, export
Advanced topics Polygon filter, re-import, drift detection, multi-tile, Event Manager (new in 1.1), pristine rotation, diagnostic logs, DWG coordination body
Pro vs. Free Feature overview of the two editions
Help & Support Common issues, error messages, contact

First-time users start with Quickstart and then Before the first import. The plugin chapters can be read in any order afterwards.

The example test data (orthophoto, terrain, city model from Thuringia) is available free of charge on request — see Help & Support. Current release notes and additional information at lichtbus.de/geobridge.

The German version of this help is available at geobridge-help.de.html.