Assigning elevation to line from point attributes

Question

Hi all,

I figured this should be easier than I have found so I thought I would post this before manually entering or using attribute transfer mapping.  I have a feature class with 250+ points that have an elevation field.  These are surveyed points of a pipeline.  What is the most efficient way to create a ZM line for display in ArcScene/Globe?  Currently I am looking at creating individual segments of lines connecting each point and then populating Elevation1 and Elevation2 fields in the line feature class using the attribute transfer mapper.  With 250+ points and 2 clicks per Elevation field that is over 1000 clicks and a lot of time.

Who can shed some light on a better way to do this.

Thanks,
Jared

JaredCollier · Answer

Using the Points to Line tool would probably be the best start, although I am not sure if that will create the ZM as you specified.

Jeff, The problem I found with Points to Lines were the results randomly connected points without using a sequential # field.  So manually entering a sequence of numbers is just as time consuming.  I have yet to find a way to calculate a sequential # field on a sorted table.

Thanks for the input!

JeffreySwain · Answer

Using the Points to Line tool would probably be the best start, although I am not sure if that will create the ZM as you specified.

WinnKetchum · Answer

Sorry, misread your final objective.  I believe once you have the 3D points you can create a line feature by snapping to the points in ArcScene.  I am not sure if there is way to create lines from the points with a tool.