KMZ import -> Rhino

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I’ve got a KMZ file and no access to any other source data, and need some way of importing the data to Rhino, preferably to nurbs. I know this is a google earth file type, and could be read in Sketchup, but even in that workaround, saving it again to SKP imports it as a mesh to Rhino - are there any other ways to perhaps convert it to a SHP file or import it otherwise? Thanks

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Hi - The KML file format stores 3D information as polygons, so any import would result in a mesh anyway. You could probably run ToNURBS on the imported mesh.
-wim

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Can anyone explain, step by step, how to import a KMZ or a KML into Rhino?

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Hi Valeria -

The Heron plug-in for Grasshopper has a Import Vector component that reads KML files.
-wim