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# Plex-Earth

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> Plex-Earth brings satellite and aerial imagery, historical archives, and 3D terrain directly into AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Map 3D, and BricsCAD. Integrates with Google Maps, Nearmap, Vexcel, Hexagon, Airbus, Vantor, and custom WMS/WMTS servers, plus two-way KML with Google Earth.
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## Overview

### Key benefits of Plex-Earth

1\. Design with real-world data from day one
Waiting for a topographic survey or a site visit can slow a project by weeks. With Plex-Earth, teams can start layout work as soon as the project brief lands, using imagery and terrain that reflect real conditions. Early decisions are made with better information, which reduces the risk of rework later in the project.

2. Cut hours of manual imagery and terrain work
Bringing aerial imagery into CAD manually and building terrain from extracted Google Earth points can take hours per site, screenshots, per-pixel alignment, stitching tiles, converting, importing. Plex-Earth handles both automatically. Teams save several hours per project, and results stay consistent across drawings and users, so there's no variation based on who set it up.

3. Choose the right data source for each project
Not every project needs the same level of detail. Basemap providers cover early planning and standard site work. Premium providers step in when higher resolution or specialized coverage is required. Teams control cost by matching the data to the project, without switching platforms.

4. Work with terrain the way your project needs it
Import terrain from basemap country providers, GeoTIFFs, TIN meshes, Civil 3D surfaces, or survey data. When higher accuracy is needed, order premium DTM and DSM data directly through Plex-Earth. Contour generation, cut and fill calculations, and slope and direction analysis, all part of the same workflow, so results stay consistent across the project.

5. Share designs in Google Earth
Most clients and stakeholders don't work in CAD, but many are familiar with Google Earth. Exporting 2D or 3D designs to Google Earth gives them a way to explore the project on their own, at their own pace, in a real-world context. This shortens review cycles and cuts down on back-and-forth explanations.

6. Built and supported by a team that knows CAD
Plex-Earth is developed and supported by engineers with backgrounds in civil design and CAD workflows. Support responses come from people who understand what a project deadline looks like, not a generic help desk. The product has been in continuous development since 2009, with regular updates and new features released each year.

## About the vendor

- **Company**: PLEXSCAPE

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$1,475.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Angola, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia and 68 more

## Features

- 3D Imaging
- Data Import/Export
- Data Mapping
- Data Visualisation
- Geographic Maps
- Geolocation
- Image Management
- Interoperability
- Labeling
- Map Creation
- Reporting/Analytics
- Spatial Analysis
- Third-Party Integrations

## Integrations (5 total)

- AutoCAD
- BricsCAD
- Civil 3D
- Google Earth Pro
- Nearmap

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base

## Category

- [GIS Software](https://www.getapp.co.nz/directory/947/gis/software)

## Links

- [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.co.nz/software/2143023/plex-earth)

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