So many people have never seen this ribbon before in Autocad Civil 3D 2014.

Probably due to the fact that it is not loaded due to a bug in Civil 3D 2014.

It’s really annoying because we are all often asked to display aerial photos into our drawings and it should be as easy as two or so clicks.

EDIT.. by the way, this doesnt plot in 2014, it will plot in 2015 though! You can use the free method explained here to get around this

So if you can’t see this ribbon, here is how to bring it in..

1. Copy the attached CUIX into c:\Autocad\CUI
Download Geolocation.cuix here

2. Type CUILOAD and select the CUIX located at c:\Autocad\CUI\geolocation.cuix

3. Now just assign a coordinate system to your drawing (use MAPCSASSIGN or the drawing settings tab in propsepector)

4. Select what type of background you want (you will need to create an Autodesk Account if you don’t already have one)

5. Then Pow – Bing Imagery straight into your drawing!

Regards