GOOGLE MAPS in LUMION! I'm Back

Google has made it so you can actually directly access their API and pull tiles from Google Maps/Earth. This is extremely helpful for getting an idea of space you are rendering or adding background elements in.
In this video I will show you how to set up the API, and how to download the add-on, configure the mesh to be exported right into Lumion. The audio in the last half is a bit weird, I apologize I am a bit rusty with setting up the recordings.
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Download Script and Links Here:
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Let me know what you think in the comments below!
INTRO MUSIC:
Music: www.bensound.com - "Dream"
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Music: Bensound
License code: WP1DC8XTFPXZWEHH
Timestamps in the video:
Opening Clip 0:00
Introduction 0:30
Gumroad (Link Below) 1:04
Install BLOSM in Blender 1:40
Get API from Google 2:40
Credentials Page 3:10
Enter Information in Google 3:50
Your API Key 5:00
Turn Map Tiles API On 5:25
Add Google API Key to Blender 5:45
Selecting BLOSM Area 5:55
Change OpenStreetMap to Google 3D Tile 6:15
Select Box Area for BLOSM 6:25
Select Quality Level 6:50
Pull Map Tiles 7:45
Increase View Distance in Blender 8:05
Go into Material Preview Mode (Hold Z) 8:20
Looking at Materials 9:00
Shading Tab 9:20
Why The Default Materials Don’t Work 9:40
Export-Ready Option 10:00
Why We Do This 10:30
Blender Principled Script 11:00
Scripting Tab 11:30
Change Specular and Roughness 12:00
Packing Textures 12:30
Unpack Textures 12:50
Export FBX 13:20
Importing to Lumion 14:00
Examining Model 14:30
High-Quality Model 14:50
Breaking Up Model (If needed) 15:20
Removing Unused Materials (If needed) 16:20
Export FBX Piece (If needed) 17:00
Importing New Pieces to Lumion 17:30
Importing and Aligning Piece 18:30
Align Positions 19:00
Comparing Draft and High-Quality 19:25
Use Whatever Quality You Feel Works Best! 20:00
Closing 20:58

[@multiplemitch]

SO glad to have Google Map terrain in my render. I was really having issues importing new pieces 17:41 helped. cracking a cold one for LL tonight

[@geoff2579]

Great to see you back Greg! I've already made use of the google map terrain with Blender/D5. It worked well for me 👍

[@philippposch2797]

Glad to have you on youtube!

[@salmansa3467]

good to see you back with lumion!

[@peternauta3077]

Great to see ya back man ! Cheers !

[@sanketkasar520]

welcome back !! Glad to see you

[@davidmurphy991]

Excellent Tutorial.........I've Been looking for something like this for a while, thank you...............Subscribed 🙂

[@kellyelena]

Welcome back!

[@davidglover7870]

If anyone is having issues with the script just change the values inside the brackets from [2] to ["Roughness"] and [11] to ["Specular"] I guess they changed the numbering some time ago

[@Horseman_04]

Welcome Back!

[@LuminousLabs]

Thank you!

[@laszlokerekes3202]

just wondering if there was a way to clean up the mesh before exporting to lumion

[@DavidMilitoBattz]

you´re alive! haha

[@davidmurphy991]

Could you do a tutorial on how to split the 3D Tiles into individual pieces?

[@nnay00]

Thanks for the scripts!
I've been looking for a way to edit materials automatically for export to D5, the time saved will be enormous.

[@LuminousLabs]

Perfect! You can actually change it to work with any of the inputs, you just have to go down the list and count. I think the script used 12 and 14 but that can easily change.

[@LuminousLabs]

Also I am making a version of this video specifically for D5 over the next few days.

[@Eyeameun]

Nice video, thank you. Currently, when I reach Googles API page, it now states you'll recieve $300 free credits and wont be charged when you're credit runs out. You'll only start getting charged, when you activate your paid account.

[@therac23]

What specs does your pc have? Just curious

[@LuminousLabs]

I have a 3090 with a 3950x cpu and 64gb of ram. I don't think it makes a huge deal for pulling the data from Google, since I think the bottleneck is google itself but I may be incorrect about that.