Loading 3D Tiles from Cesium Ion and Google Earth

TerraExplorer can load mesh layers in 3D Tiles format from Cesium ion and Google Earth.

To load a Cesium ion asset:

1.     On the Home tab, in the Add group, click the arrow next to 3D Layer, and select 3D Tiles from URL. The Load 3D Tile – B3DM dialog is displayed.

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Load 3D Tile – B3DM Dialog

2.     In the 3D Tile Root URL field, paste the following string:

§  For Cesium -
https://api.cesium.com/v1/assets/[ASSETID]/endpoint?access_token=[TOKEN]

Where:
ASSETID = The Cesium ion asset ID
TOKEN = The Cesium ion token
E.g.,
https://api.cesium.com/v1/assets/57599/endpoint?access_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJqdGkiOiIxMjQ2YTVmMykjsdfY3LTQ2YjAtYTc2Zi1mYzEyMTAkMjFiMGJiLCJpZCI6MTQ4MTMsInNjb3BlcyI6VnJhc3IiLCJnYyJdLCJpYXQiOjE1NjYzODU5ODB9.fs_IBExCAiesNTn1OlsTPbm7ykJciiTWvHbYFqjfcns

§  For Google Earth -
https://tile.googleapis.com/v1/3dtiles/root.json?key=[KEY
Where KEY = The API key that you used to access 3D Tiles service.

3.     Click Load. The 3D Tile is loaded into the project and listed in the Project Tree.