[esri.views.3d.state.ViewStateManager] #camera= Invalid camera

Blakearc

Hi all, I am trying to display a scene layer shared on ArcGIS online. I encountered a problem when I initiated the SceneView with camera property. The source code is as below,

const bSceneLayer = new BuildingSceneLayer({
  url: my_url,
 });

const basemap = new Basemap({
  baseLayers: [bSceneLayer],
 });

var map = new Map({
  basemap: basemap,
 });

const view = new SceneView({
  container: "viewDiv",
  map: map,
  camera: {
    heading: 90, 
    tilt: 45,
    position: [ -122, 38, 20000 ]
  }
 });

 

(The reason of initiating the map in this way is stated in another post)

The scene layer displays but the console shows me an error

 

The same error appeared when I tried to assign a new or cloned camera. And no effects when I tried to do view.goTo(...).

Why is this happened and how can I solve this error?
Thanks for helping

ArnoFiva

If you create a new camera object like this, the position of the camera defaults to WGS84: 

camera: {
  heading: 90, 
  tilt: 45,
  position: [ -122, 38, 20000 ]
}

This is most likely incompatible with the spatial reference of your building scene layer, which is why scene view throws an error. Granted, the error message could provide a bit more information.

You can create a valid camera object like this:

camera: {
  position: {
    x: -122,  /* replace with projected coordinate */
    y: 38, /* replace with projected coordinate */
    z: 20000,
    spatialReference: { wkid: 28992 /* Replace with wkid of your scene layer */ }
  },
  heading: 90,
  tilt: 45
}

 

Also, instead of adding your building scene layer as a basemap, better add it as a layer to your map. This will make sure widgets like the layer list and legend work properly out-of-the-box: 

const bSceneLayer = new BuildingSceneLayer({
  url: my_url,
 });

var map = new Map({
  layers: [bSceneLayer],
});

 

Hope this helps! Otherwise as Rene already pointed out, it would be good to have a running sample app you can share.