Latest Contributions by WilliamMorrish

Hello Krishan,  Had a look at the data that you exported in both DAE and OBJ format. There appears to be a lot of Z-fighting going on with the surfaces plus some overpasses missing geometry in the OBJ file.  To Geo reference the file you will need to have a real world coordinate for it to be referenced too. As the data is in local coordinates it will import to 0,0 at the equator.  You will have to insure you use the right units too so it scales correctly.  The two tools that will work best are "Import 3D File" which you will need a reference point for, and "Replace Multipatch" Which you will need to create a place marker multipatch in the position you wish the import object to be imported to.  ... View more

Hello Sebastian,  To get the best rendering your point clouds its important to create a LAS Dataset with it to begin. This can be done using the "Create LAS Dataset" Geoprocessing tool. Once this is done the LAS data will be indexed and should render once you zoom to the extent. Adjusting the number of points rendered in the appearances tab will help also.  Regarding the "rough spatial resolution" what exactly are you referring too. The Create scene layer package tool will transform the data to WGS for rendering in the browser, Earth or Pro. If you need to maintain the local coordinate you need to define it in the preferences. I have covered publishing of Point Cloud scene layers in the following blog article.  Publishing Point Cloud Scene Layers in ArcGIS Pro  Hope this is of assistance.   ... View more

The file is a single 3.5GB LAS file which even Quick terrain modeler has trouble opening.   Loading and processing this single file with the "Create point cloud scene layer" geoprocessing tool is not optimal. It would be better to create a number of smaller LAS tiles in the region of 50 to 150 MB each and than creating the SLPK from the LAS dataset. This will allow for the efficient processing and indexing of both the dense point cloud data around the building and the sparse point cloud data at the periphery of the scan.     Steps are: Create LAS dataset from single large LAS dataset. Use the Tile LAS to create optimum set of sized tiles for building and parking area. Use create point cloud scene layer package with the following settings.  Point Size to 0.01, XY Max error 0.001 and Z Max error to 0.001 cooking with Scene layer version 2.X You should than have the optimum SLPK that performs as you require in Pro and AGOL All the best,  Seán Morrish | Data Wrangler, 3D Scene Layers ... View more

Depending on the level you have in your online account your publishing rights may be limited. Are you part of an organizational account or have your own personal account with limited publishing privileges? ... View more

Your welcome Zach Yes the default I3S SLPK output configuration is to publish in WGS 84. As most scene layers are published and viewed in the ArcGIS Online web scene viewer or in ArcGIS Earth.  In ArcGIS Pro there is on the fly projection being implemented. in the the web scene viewer though. All of your layers will need to be in the same coordinate space.  It is possible to chose the output coordinates of your I3S SLPK in the preferences in Pix4D. If you dig a little deeper you will find there are a myriad of ways to customise and optimise your Mesh output.  Seán William Morrish | 3D Product Engineer | Data Wrangler, 3D Scene Layers ... View more

Hello Zach,  If you are using Pix4D to process the data you should be able to output it in the OGC I3S format. Which is one of the output formats available along with obj, fbx, ply and osbg. I3S slpk format is read naively in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Earth and can be published directly to an Enterprise or ArcGIS Online organization account.  ... View more

Hello Marc, The best way to smooth out the surrounding area with the contours you have is to generate a DEM from the contours using "topo to raster" Geoprocessing tool. This can be used locally in ArcGIS Pro using the DEM as an elevation source within the scene. ... View more

Hello Travis,  Integrated Mesh is not supported as an elevation service in either ArcGIS Online or in ArcGIS Pro at this time. what you are seeing in ArcGIS Online is the integrated Mesh suppressing the ArcGIS World Elevation Service, as well as the ArcGIS Online base map with your textured integrated mesh.  The only elevation service that is supported on ArcGIS Online and in Pro is the raster elevation service, or local raster DEM. Which is published as a LERC image service.  All the best.  ... View more

If you have a detailed scan of a tree in e57 format you would first need to filter and generate a mesh of the trees structure. This can be done in most of the scanning processing software that comes with terrestrial scanning systems Trimble, Leica, Topcon, Faro, Z&F.  Once you have a mesh generated to the detail you desire you will need to export it as an OBJ or Collada DAE file format.  These two formats can then be imported into a File Geodatabase as a Multipatch. you will then need to scale and place the feature in the correct spatial location using "Move" and "Scale" tools in Pro.  You may also just import the e57 point cloud into ArcGIS as a LAS file and geolocate it in the correct location maintaining all of the information (intensity, RGB, points) captured in the scan.  ... View more

Hello Simon What OS have you installed in the systems you are having issues with. it is possible that SSL is disabled which will prevent you from being able to publish hosted scene layers. Sean William ... View more

The Pro "Point Thinning" option in the "Appearance" Tab is not enabled in "scene" either in Global or Local view but is enabled in "Scene_2D" or "Map". Hope this helps to resolve your issue with the thinning option.  ... View more

If you have 3D Object Multipatchs which have absolute elevation based on the coordinate system they were generated. They will float to that elevation when published as a scene layer.  In Pro when a 3D Object Multipatch layer is loaded it is placed on ground in the scene. If you open the Layer properties and navigate to Elevation insure that the features are "At an absolute height". This will place the feature at its correct elevation. if the data is floating over the terrain open the layer properties once again and adjust the "Features are" properties to "on the ground". You will now see that the feature conforms to the WGS84 World Elevation Service that is the terrain in Pro.  Now you will need to "bake" this elevation into the feature. This can be done using the "Layer 3D to Feature Class" Geoprocessing tool. Once you have processed your data you should be able to output a scene layer package which conforms to the WGS84 Terrain in ArcGIS Online scene viewer. For further information please check the white paper on "Publishing Hosted 3D Feature Layers" or review the ArcGIS Pro tutorial "Author and share local scenes to Portal for ArcGIS" ... View more