Google Earth Export - placemarks appear in Google Earth

Question

in Microstation V8i I have successfully exported to kmz files - and get the expected results - for viewing in Google Earth. 
 However, I have recently upgraded to to Connect Edition and now get placemarks (push pin and style no.) appearing in Google Earth. See image. 
 
 I do not want the placemarks. Is there a way to disable these, I didn't get them when using v8i. 
 Thanks for any assistance you may give.

Zuhair Almaghrabi · Accepted Answer

Hey guys, you have to click on it them remove the icon.

Kevin Snook · Answer

Jayson, 
 When sharing the style in GE the program is forcing a change on all elements and they become one color, I don't think this is a viable solution when you want to maintain the colors from ORD. I'm in ORD 10.10 and it is still happening "UNLESS" you set the GE export option to KMZ and Collada.

Jayson Perry · Answer

Hello all, 
 Be advised that Defect # 1079390 has previously been filed with our development team regarding this issue and is currently being considered for resolution on future updates of MicroStation CONNECT. 
 As a workaround, you might consider changing the Format to "KML and Collada" as opposed to "KML Only" within the Google Earth Settings before exporting to KML. 
 Hope this helps! 
 -Jayson

Ron Jones · Answer

Hi Craig, 
 I took a look at your files and the MicroStation elements that are becoming Placemarks when exported from Connect Edition to KMZ are Zero Length Lines . Strangely, not all Zero-Length Lines become placemarks. 
 Until Bentley actually fixes the problem, a work-around would be to remove all zero length lines before exporting a KMZ. 
 Jon Summers has developed the freeware MVBA utility, Zero-Length Lines , which makes it easy to find and delete these elements from your dgn. 
 Regards, Ron

Jayson Perry · Answer

Hi Zuhair, Thanks for posting in our MicroStation Communities Forums. Yes, I agree this would be a suitable solution. Here is a slight variation to your steps so you can hide all placemarks globally at the same time: 1. In Google Earth, in the Places section, right click on the KMZ file>Properties>Style,Color tab 
 
 2. Select Share Style 
 3. Click on the Icon button 
 4. Select No Icon and then OK. You will see that there will no longer be an icon in the top left of the dialog. 
 5. Save changes in Google Earth. You might consider creating a new .kmz file altogether or saving to My Places for future use. HTH, Jayson P.

Jayson Perry · Answer

Hi Kevin, Thanks for the info. Yes, I see what you are saying. Looks like some of the options in the Style, Color tab in Google Earth (Color, Width, Scale, Opacity) could help at least to provide a little more control over element display when utilizing this workaround. 
 Note that by default, if there are points in your drawing/model file, they will be treated as placemarks. Some other workarounds would be to: 
 
 Set the Minimum element size to a small value such as 0.001 in Google earth settings so that it will be ignored 
 If you don&rsquo;t want placemarks, then delete those points in the working .dgn file

HTH, 
 Jayson

Google Earth Export - placemarks appear in Google Earth

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