Plex-Earth User Interface, Settings, and Commands

Applies to: Plex-Earth 2027 and Plex-Earth 2026

This article will explain the new user interface, available settings, and key commands in Plex-Earth to help you navigate and optimize your workflow.

User Interface

   Plex-Earth Ribbon

   Collection Manager

Settings

   Changing Default Units

Other Plex-Earth Commands

User Interface

Plex-Earth introduces a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed for improved accessibility and efficiency. The new UI retains familiar elements while integrating modern enhancements for a seamless experience.

Plex-Earth Ribbon

Plex-Earth 2026 is fully embedded in the AutoCAD ribbon, offering categorized tools under:

• Project: Assign georeference and pick the desired method.

  • Assign Georeference (PXV_GEO)

• Contextual Data: Tools for managing site views, imagery, terrain, and collection management. This includes:

  • Quick Site View commands

    Instantly preview site locations. Create Site Areas to import aerial/satellite and historical imagery and terrain, all-in-one, and Create Points of Interest.

    • Quick Site View (PXV_QUICKVIEW)
    • Create Site Area (PXV_NEWSITE)
    • Create Point of Interest (PXV_NEWPOI)
    Create Imagery commands

    Generate simple and high-quality images for CAD projects.

    • Create Imagery (PXV_IMAGERY)
    • Create Single Image (PXV_IMAGERY_SINGLE)
    • Create Mosaic (PXV_IMAGERY_MOSAIC)
    • Create Timeline (PXV_IMAGERY_TIMELINE)
    Create Terrain commands

    Import and manage terrain data from multiple sources and create volume bars.

    • Create Terrain (From Google Elevations) (PXV_TERRAIN)
    • Terrain from GeoTIFF (PXV_TERRAIN_FROMGEOTIFF)
    • Terrain from Objects (PXV_TERRAIN_FROMOBJECTS)
    • Terrain from Mesh (PXV_TERRAIN_FROMMESH)
    • Terrain from File (PXV_TERRAIN_FROMFILE)
    • Volume Between Surfaces (PXV_TERRAIN_VOLUME_SURFACES)
    • Volume Between Surface and Plane (PXV_TERRAIN_VOLUME_PLANE)
    Show Collection Manager

    Organize and manage all Plex-Earth elements created via the Collection Manager (PXV_COLLECTION_MANAGER). Check the full section about Collection Manager here.

• Google Earth Tools: Import/export KML/KMZ files, create placemarks and other Google Earth elements, and import images from Google Earth.

  Show all Google Earth Tools commands

  • Zoom to Area (PXV_GE_VIEWAREA)
  • Zoom to Point (PXV_GE_VIEWPOINT)
  • View by Camera (PXV_GE_VIEWCAM)
  • View by Sightline (PXV_GE_VIEWLINE)
  • Create Placemark (PXV_GE_PLACEMARK)
  • Create Path (PXV_GE_PATH)
  • Create Polygon (PXV_GE_POLYGON)
  • Import KML/KMZ (PXV_IMPORT_KML)
  • Import Images (PXV_GE_IMAGES)
  • Export KML/KMZ (PXV_EXPORT_KML)
  • Export 3D KMZ (PXV_EXPORT_KMZ3D)

• Raster Tools: Tools for raster images, such as clipping, merging, draping imagery to mesh, and importing/exporting World files.

  Show all Raster Tools commands

  • Import Camera Photo (PXV_IMPORT_PHOTO)
  • Import World File (PXV_WORLDFILE_IMPORT)
  • Export World File (PXV_WORLDFILE_EXPORT)
  • Merge Images (PXV_RASTER_MERGE)
  • Trim Images (PXV_RASTER_TRIM)
  • Replace Image (PXV_RASTER_REPLACE)
  • Drape Image on Mesh (PXV_RASTER_DRAPE)
  • Raster Clipping Tools 
    • Create Clipping (PXV_RASTER_CLIPCREATE)
    • Remove Clipping (PXV_RASTER_CLIPREMOVE)
    • Activate Clipping (PXV_RASTER_CLIPON)
    • Deactivate Clipping (PXV_RASTER_CLIPOFF)

• Service: Account information, network settings, help, etc.

  Show all Service commands

  • My Account (PXV_ACCOUNT)
  • Network Settings (PXV_NETWORK)
  • Sign Out (PXV_SIGN_OUT
  • Help (PXV_HELP)

Collection Manager

All-in-one palette where you can manage your Plex-Earth elements

Below shows the tabs for each feature in the Collection Manager. A list for each feature will be shown on the respective tabs.

Settings

The main settings for Plex-Earth can be accessed via the Gear icon located at the very bottom left in the Collection Manager

Site Settings

Automatically open the editor and fetch preview imagery for new Sites

POI Settings

• Automatically open the editor and fetch preview imagery for new Points of Interest (POI)
• Labels
  • Display Labels
  • Text Size

Imagery Settings

• Select Plot Quality
  • Draft: Optimized for speed, suitable when drafting
  • Final: Optimized for quality, suitable when plotting/printing
  • No Plot: imagery will not be plotted
• Manage Imagery Providers: Lets you manage the imagery providers, such as setting the default provider and adding custom maps

Terrain Settings

Enable Contour Smoothing: smooths the contour lines if checked

Custom mesh resolution for Google Elevations

• Automatic mesh calculation (Recommended): terrain resolution from Google Earth is automatically adjusted based on the selected region
• Custom resolution: Lets you manually define the terrain resolution. Take note that when setting a lower value, the result might be the same as higher ones, as the values might just be an interpolation of the basic data. 

There are also other settings/options that are available via other commands, such as Export KML/KMZ options (more info here). If you want to know something more specific, please contact us.

Changing Units

At the very bottom of the Collection Manager, click on the units.

To change default units, click on the Settings button located at the very bottom left in the Collection Manager palette → General → Set Default Units. Alternatively, type in PXV_DEFAULT_UNITS in the command line.

Other Plex-Earth Commands

Below, you can find the list of other Plex-Earth 2026 commands that can be typed into AutoCAD/BricsCAD's command line. which might not be available through the ribbon or the Collection Manager palette

General Customization and Fixing commands

Below you can find commands that affect predefined options of Plex-Earth and commands that fix common issues.

Imagery Commands

Below you can find commands related to the imagery features of Plex-Earth.

Raster Imagery commands

Here, you will find commands related to the raster file images you create or process with Plex-Earth.

Terrain Commands

Below, you can find commands related to the terrain feature of Plex-Earth.

Import and Export to Google Earth commands

Here, you will find commands related to importing and exporting 2D and 3D objects to Google Earth.