The output Web Scene will contain properties of the input ArcScene document such as stored bookmarks as camera positions, Layer visibility and Vertical exaggeration.

Any extruded features should be converted to 3D features using the Layer 3D to feature class tool.

Point or line features must be rendered with 3D symbols (such as spheres or tubes) to be exported.

A few things to remember before running the tool

All you need is ArcScene 10.2 and a 3D Analyst license. WebGL is supported in recent versions of most popular browsers.Īt ArcGIS 10.1 you needed CityEngine to make a 3D scene file (.3ws) but at ArcGIS 10.2, you can do this by using the new Export To 3D Web Scene geoprocessing tool. It’s done using the CityEngine Web Viewer, which is an application based on WebGL technology that allows you to view 3D content in a web browser without installing an additional plug-in. Yes, that’s right – 3D GIS over the web!!! Here’s how you do it… There is another way, one that is easy to create, easy to share, needs no plugins or software, is highly realistic and is interactive! Oh, and it’s all in a web browser. Or, you could create a layer package or KML and send that to them – this of course needs them to have desktop software to view it like ArcScene or ArcGIS Explorer. Well, you could create a high-resolution screenshot like the one above or maybe a video animation and send it to them. Once you have followed Mike`s workflow and come up with a beautiful geological block diagram in ArcScene like the one below, how do you share it with others to help spread a better understanding of the problem at hand ?Ĭredit: Mike Phillips – Creating geological block diagrams 2 The workflows described require ArcGIS Desktop 10.2 along with the 3D Analyst extension. In this blog, I will show you how to share your model over the web using Esri’s CityEngine Web Viewer. In a previous blog post, my colleague Mike Phillips showed us how to create geological block diagrams using ArcScene. Sharing 3D models using Esri’s CityEngine Web Viewer

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