VIEWING 3D ARCSCENE - SXD or 3D DATA IN ESRI SILVERLIGHT API BASED APPLICATION

Question

Hi,

I had gone through several posts, but still unable to find a way to view 3d data on ESRI Silverlight API based application. I came to know after googling, that I need to use isometric projection for viewing 3d. But still wondering why nobody has posted anything related in ESRI Silverlight API forums or I might have missed searching properly for the exact post. Anyways please - I need some good pointers (code samples if there are any...) on how to proceed for viewing my 3d vectors (which look very cool in ArcScene) on ESRI Silverlight API.

DmitryKomarov · Answer

The latest version of Silverlight does support 3D including hardware acceleration.
Does the latest ESRI Silverlight API support 3D?

Thanks.

vipulsoni · Answer

Silverlight does not support 3D, so therefore the API doesn't either. Also ArcGIS Server doesn't return Z values from geometries either.

Microsoft have announced that the next major update of Silverlight (v5) will add support for this. However we are not yet ready to announce whether we will be providing a 3D viewer built on this, but rest assured we are of course looking into what that feature could mean for the Silverlight API down the line.

Thanks for the update.

SomeGISGuy · Answer

Silverlight does not support 3D, so therefore the API doesn't either. Also ArcGIS Server doesn't return Z values from geometries either.
 
Microsoft have announced that the next major update of Silverlight (v5) will add support for this. However we are not yet ready to announce whether we will be providing a 3D viewer built on this, but rest assured we are of course looking into what that feature could mean for the Silverlight API down the line.