She saved the file: SolarArray_CAD_Ready.dwg .

She called Leo back. “It’s not going to be a direct open. I have to convert it.”

Maya looked at the KML file on her desktop: SolarArray_Final.kml . She clicked it. Google Earth opened, showing a beautiful, three-dimensional tapestry of color-coded polygons: blue for solar panel arrays, red for high-voltage cable trenches, green for environmental exclusion zones. It was a perfect map for a drone pilot or a GIS analyst. But it was worthless to the CAD operator in Denver who ran AutoCAD Civil 3D.

“Hank, I have a DWG, but it’s exploded. Every panel is four lines.”