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How to export a jpg from ArcScene?
There is no Layout View in ArcScene.
You can export your scene to JPG by using File > Export Scene > 2D... and selecting JPEG in the Save As Type drop-down of the Export Map dialog.
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Why ArcGIS application does not have label manager?
That's ArcScene, not ArcMap, and as such has no real labelling abilities. However there are plugins.
See this plugin for one potential solution: http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.0/Samples/...
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Labelling an axis in ArcScene?
Turn on the 3D Graphics toolbar, adjust some of the default text graphics properties before you add a label so that it is added large enough to see/find.
Select the 3D Text tool
Use the 3D Text tool ...
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Choosing video card in laptop to use with ArcScene
GIS wont be a big drain on your graphics card. You might not want to hear this, but even an Intel integrated graphics chip will do fine.
I definitely wouldn't go for a workstation graphics card, they ...
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Why is my DEM in ArcScene flat, not 3D?
A DEM is simply a grid of values representing elevation. To visualize the elevation in "3D" in ArcScene, right-click the DEM layer and go to properties. Under the Base Heights tab, select the "...
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Making 3d block from flat 2d polygon in ArcScene?
The workflow to get this:
Elevation of original buffer = 100m.
I defined plateau elevation = 150 m, and computed D=50/tan(35).
D=71.40 m.
Next - create negative buffer "outside only" with minus 71.40 ...
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Exporting 3D map from ArcGIS Pro?
I've found a useful work around right now that works in FME
As a reader select your .shp file from ArcGIS Pro.
First you need to transform the shape to an 3D generated environment (important to ...
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Applying same symbology to different DEMs?
What you could is to create a Mosaic Dataset. Here the singles tiles are converted into one large tile which shows continous displaying.
Here is the reference for the tool on the ESRI website:
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How to add 3D features in Online ArcGIS (Story Map)
A quick search uncovered Make your first scene in the ArcGIS Online Help:
A scene is symbolized 3D geospatial content that includes a multiscale
basemap, a collection of 2D and 3D layers, styles, ...
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Calculation of surface of external walls of buildings from a cadastral footprint shapefile
INPUTS:
PROCESS:
Join summary table to S_JOIN using line id
Select not shared walls using
"SUM_ST.FIRST_BLDI" = "SUM_ST.LAST_BLDID"
Remove join and export selection to new dataset called ...
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Why is my DEM in ArcScene flat, not 3D?
In ArcMap use the Identify tool and point at cells (pixels) in the raster. It should give you 2 or more values, among them "Stretched" and "Pixel value". Stretched is the colour/brightness, and ...
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Multipatch footprint of Sun Shadow Volume in ArcScene (removal of below ground shadows)
I also encountered this problem (shadows appearing below the ground) and it took me a while to figure out a workaround (I suspect that the problem exists because the tools are not yet used very much - ...
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Displaying multiple stacked layers in ArcMap
The Layout View of ArcMap only displays a planimetric view.
For the view that you seek you could investigate the ArcScene application of ArcGIS 3D Analyst.
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Assigning elevation to reclassified raster in ArcScene or ArcMap
Go to the Layer Properties of your Geomorphogical_FPA layer, Base Heights tab. Click the radio button 'Floating on custom surface'. Choose your DEM as the surface to drape the classified image on top ...
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Clipping TIN layers to pit shells
The tools that you need are located within ArcToolbox which can be accessed in ArcScene's tool bar or ArcGIS desktop. Look for this icon. Some of the tools that will allow you to calculate volume are ...
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Getting smoother contours using ArcScene
You might try turning on anti-aliasing in your graphics drivers. ArcScene should benefit from this since it uses OpenGL to render in 3D using your graphics hardware. Be aware though that this tends to ...
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Visualizing Tunnel mapping with ArcGIS
This will not be mych of an answer; You may be able to "sort of" visualize an already finished mesh in ArcScene you will definitely NOT be able to create it in ArcGIS. I don't have much experience ...
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Drawing 3D line from x,y,z coordinates of start and end points of 2D line for trajectory modelling?
Using the 3D Analyst extension, you can ingest the x, y, z coordinates from tables, each representing a feature in the input data set. A Python script like this can automate writing these tables, and ...
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ArcScene can't symbolize LAS points by classification code or return number
Fusion will allow 3D visualization by return number and return class (if the .las files contain such information).
Open the software, import a georeferenced background image of the scene (any image, ...
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Editing 3D object in ArcScene and exporting as a VRML file
It is a LONG time since I used ArcScene and Exported to VRML. However, I used to do something similar a lot. The VRML exported from ArcScene is verbose and not always well-formed so I didn't like it ...
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Looking for more realistic 3D terrain renderer than ESRI Arcscene
Dynamic or real-time viewing
For real-time viewing, start with the Virtual Terrain Project. Open source from a proficient developer it has native GIS smarts. Even if you opt not to use VTP the ...
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Using "texture" image from Drone2Map for ArcGIS?
I was also trying to find out about textures in Drone2Map, but I didn't get a reply from ESRI.
So I tested the trial versions of Agisoft PhotoScan Professional (www.agisoft.com) and Pix4D PhotoMapper ...
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2D polygons with height attribute to 3D features for ArcGIS Online
Currently extruded polygons from Pro are not supported in the web scene viewer. The scene viewer allows you to extrude polygons on feature layers but only by a set number not an attribute value. If ...
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Displaying ArcScene animation (*.asa) in Powerpoint?
I tend to export them as a movie format then embed that into the powerpoint. The .asa file is meaningless without the the original ArcScene document.
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Rotate shapefile in 3d (about x-axis)
I placed points along section line at regular interval:
and sampled top and bottom elevations of clay and basalt layers:
After that I ran script below twice from active mxd. Highlighted fields are ...
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Slow rendering of tin of large area in ArcMap?
ArcScene has some limitations, although I think the link I am providing is for x86 systems.
From personal experience you cannot load large TINs(> 1GB) into ArcScene/Desktop and visualize, but you can ...
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Exporting 3D map from ArcGIS Pro?
In ArcGIS Ideas there is an enhancement requested to Support Export of 3D PDF out of ArcGIS Pro which sounds like the requirement that you are trying to meet.
Consequently, it would appear that ...
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Arcscene 3D.wrl file to interactive 3D pdf
With Adobe Acrobat Pro DC or Adobe InDesign you can import *.u3d or *.prc format in PDF. You can use 3D features interactively with these formats in PDF.
Export your scene in "VRML" format. In ...
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Why is my DEM in ArcScene flat, not 3D?
Hillshade raster is a 2D representation of the surface created from the DEM (3D) input. In order to display the hillshade as a "3D" surface, you will need to draped it onto the source DEM (or any ...
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Changing height/interpolation/shape of raster layer
Expression suggested by @Chaz will result in island like elevation model, because condition, where bedrock is below surface missing. The expression in field calculator should look something like:
Con ...
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