topic Adding a 3D mesh to existing points. in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/adding-a-3d-mesh-to-existing-points/m-p/211672#M1314 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Not sure if it can be done in ArcGIS 10.0 but I've got close to it...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>All I'm trying to do is add a Mesh to points. The points are set out in a surface pattern (not random) much like a ball or cave, if you like. All I want to do is add a polygon skin to the point surface.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The Feature Type is 'Simple'</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Geometry Type 'Point' [XYZ fields only]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The nearest I've got is through using ArcToolbox &gt; 3D Analyst Tools &gt; TIN Management &gt; Create TIN</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>TIN's are generated but they tend to connect at a top to bottom orientation, resulting in a very spiky ball, not a hollow cavity skin. I guess I'm looking for a 3D equivalent of Delaunay triangulation between nearest points.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can this be achieved in ArcGIS?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a 3rd party software that can read 3D Point .shp files and do it?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:21:32 GMT CliveCartwright 2012-07-13T09:21:32Z Adding a 3D mesh to existing points. https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/adding-a-3d-mesh-to-existing-points/m-p/211672#M1314 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Not sure if it can be done in ArcGIS 10.0 but I've got close to it...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>All I'm trying to do is add a Mesh to points. The points are set out in a surface pattern (not random) much like a ball or cave, if you like. All I want to do is add a polygon skin to the point surface.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The Feature Type is 'Simple'</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Geometry Type 'Point' [XYZ fields only]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The nearest I've got is through using ArcToolbox &gt; 3D Analyst Tools &gt; TIN Management &gt; Create TIN</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>TIN's are generated but they tend to connect at a top to bottom orientation, resulting in a very spiky ball, not a hollow cavity skin. I guess I'm looking for a 3D equivalent of Delaunay triangulation between nearest points.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can this be achieved in ArcGIS?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a 3rd party software that can read 3D Point .shp files and do it?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:21:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/adding-a-3d-mesh-to-existing-points/m-p/211672#M1314 CliveCartwright 2012-07-13T09:21:32Z