(I built my model by exporting footprints and simple features from ArcGIS using the plugin along with the control points than once the model was completed i used the control points as a guide to manually geo-reference. The general consensus is that it is NOT possible with the Sketchup 6 Plug-in and version 9.3.1 and older although i remember doing it myself resizing and moving the model manually to a set of control points. Is there any way to georeference the model within ArcGIS? I found a number of ways to do this but there is an issure with the model not being georeferenced. Use the 3D Editor > Replace with Model command to switch out the existing block geometry with the more complex geometry (and optional textures) you created in the edited 3D model (COLLADA file).
Select the feature whose geometry you want to update from the DAE Start Editing in Scene or Globe (against the applicable multipatch data) Load and edit the COLLADA files in SketchUp (or some other application) Select the multipatch feature/s you want to update, then use the 'Multipatch to COLLADA' GP tool to export them to DAE files Use the 'Layer 3D to Feature Class' GP tool to create a multipatch feature class Use a feature attribute (such as bld height) to extrude the footprint into a block representation (2) Starting with a GIS feature (such as a building footprint) Optionally populate feature attributes, save edits Move / rotate / scale the new multipatch feature, as needed
A new multipatch feature is created in the geodatabase (imported from the source 3D file), located at the point where you clicked When prompted, navigate to the source SKP file Click in the view where you want the 3D model to be placed
This enables the Insert tool (for placing multipatch features) Select the multipatch template in the Create Features window If required, create an Edit Template for the multipatch layer Start editing in Scene or Globe (against a multipatch feature class) (1) Starting with a SKP (or DAE/3DS/FLT) file Here are the two main feature CREATION workflows, using 10: The ArcGIS SketchUp plugin is no longer supported at 10.