Latest Contributions by JohnEsch

Hello, I have produced many 3D multipatches of subsurface geological formations or groups of formations and would like to convert these multipatches to file formats that can be used in 3D printing (.stl). I have spent several hours working with Blender attempting to bring in exported .obj files out of ArcGIS Pro into Blender and also attempting to bring in the raster grids the make up the top and bottom surfaces of each one of these formation packages. Blender is a beast of a program with a pretty steep learning curve.  The end goal is to be able to create stackable 3D prints of  each of these formation packages like they have done in Alberta, Ontario and Illinois. Alberta: https://ags.aer.ca/public-geoscience/3d-printing-files Ontario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y_iIyY1ONI Illinois: https://library.isgs.illinois.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c593.pdf Does anyone have any tips or suggestions to go from 3D multipatches to 3D prints. It would be nice if ArcGIS Pro had better compatibility with 3D printing and allowed exporting .stl files directly.  Below is an animated gif of 7 formation groups of the Michigan Basin, These are 7 different multipatches.  Southern Alberta Geological Model     ... View more

Used EBK3D on subsurface borehole lithological geological data, the geostatistical layer appears to fit the input data well as far as vertical extent and vertical exaggeration (VE). Used the GA Layer3D to NetCDF tool to convert the geostatistical layer to.NetCDF. Then added the outputted Multidimentional Voxel Layer (.nc file) the to the scene, it appears to have used the wrong vertical extent, VE or vertical datum. Even after changing the voxel layer to the same VE as the other layers, it doesn't display properly.  DEM on top,  bedrock surface in red at bottom. 3D boreholes with lithologies extruded down by each unit thickness. VE 40x  Sumnerville and Sister Lakes 7.5 minute quads, Cass County Mi. 3D borehole and EBK3D geostatistical layer, good fit Add voxel layer, for some reason it comes in with a VE of 27.5 When I change VE to 40 it makes it worse If I fudge the VE to 12.3, the voxel layer nearly matches the vertical extent of input data and the intermediate geostatistical layer. 40/3.2808 =12.2  3.2808 ft/m Seem to be a units (Ft or M) or VE or vertical datum issue. Have other had this issue or any suggestions on how to resolve this? Thanks       ... View more

Many states or counties are reporting daily new COVID-19 cases and new COVID-19 deaths. This data charted either on a statewide or county level is often erratic. But a 3 or 5 or 7 day running (moving) average of the data plotted on top of the daily new cases or deaths does a better job of presenting the overall trend in the data. I am looking for a Python script or Arcade expression that I an use to quickly calculate a 3,5, or 7 day average of the data to use in ArcGIS Pro, AGOL, or a Dashboard. I am also looking for a way to keep the data up to date. Thanks ... View more

In AGOL one can spend a significant amount of time, filtering, symbolizing, configuring a custom popup for a given layer for a web map. This same layer may need to be used in a number of different web maps/apps for a variety of different purposes. I would rather not recreate the wheel and refiltering, resymbolizing, reconfiguring a custom popup for each web map that needs to use this layer. It would be very helpful if AGOL could allow copy and pasting layers from one web map to another. ... View more

I am able go get and use the ArcGIS Explorer add-ins but I am having a hard time creating an application configuration file that includes all my add-ins. I can???t seem to get the add-ins referenced. All of them have a ???No??? for Referenced (see attachment). Then when I go to run it the Preview, I get an error message (see attachment). When I open up the new application configuration file on another computer, it doesn???t recognize any of the add-ins I have added. How does one change the reference for an add-in from "no" to "yes" in the in the Application Configuration File? Our goal is to use as many of the useful add-ins and create an application configuration file that includes them and when ArcGIS Explorer is pushed people in our department it will include the application configuration file which will include all these add-ins. AGX Online help> Configuration Add-Ins: Any add-in files that contain the add-ins that you reference when customizing ArcGIS Explorer with your application configuration are listed in the Add-ins page. You can add additional add-in files or remove those that are no longer referenced. To verify whether a file's add-ins are referenced by the configuration's customizations, select the file and click Properties... to get a list of the add-ins and which are used in the Customize tab on the Ribbon. Thanks ... View more