North Arrows in Arc Scene

Question

I have been using ArcScene for a few months now, and am surprised to see that there is no North arrow option...

Indeed, I cannot find a way to add a North Arrow to any scenes. Am I missing something? Seems very very strange indeed. You would think that GIS software would include a North Arrow nad scale bar option at a minimum.

I must be missing something!

I have made a manual north arrow, using ArcMAp and a shapefile for another project, but it seems like this is not the way to go (it is very time consuming).

Any ideas from users. Any input from ESRI?

Any comments/suggestions/ideas are appreciated.

Marishka.

Bhagavathy · Answer

What do I do if the view settings option doesn't work in ArcScene?

NTNUIT · Answer

Hi there,

Is it possible to change the layout (color) on the arrows?

Regards
Jørn

NadyaBasos · Answer

Thanks for the answer. Nice improvement. Unfortunately I have 9.3.

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