topic Adding z-coordinates for underground infrastructure in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/adding-z-coordinates-for-underground/m-p/261092#M1546 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to model underground pipes in 3D. I have polyline data of the location of the pipes that includes a field of the absolute 'height' (depth) of the pipes, and a separate digital elevation model of the area. I want to add z-coordinates to the pipelines. Is 'features to 3D from attribute the correct' tool to use to do this (selecting the feature of the height in meters). It just seems like the program would need more information than just the absolute height in meters, since it wouldn't know that the unit was in meters, for example. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any information!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:14:11 GMT ErinKennedy 2013-11-11T08:14:11Z Adding z-coordinates for underground infrastructure https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/adding-z-coordinates-for-underground/m-p/261092#M1546 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to model underground pipes in 3D. I have polyline data of the location of the pipes that includes a field of the absolute 'height' (depth) of the pipes, and a separate digital elevation model of the area. I want to add z-coordinates to the pipelines. Is 'features to 3D from attribute the correct' tool to use to do this (selecting the feature of the height in meters). It just seems like the program would need more information than just the absolute height in meters, since it wouldn't know that the unit was in meters, for example. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any information!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:14:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/adding-z-coordinates-for-underground/m-p/261092#M1546 ErinKennedy 2013-11-11T08:14:11Z Re: Adding z-coordinates for underground infrastructure https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/adding-z-coordinates-for-underground/m-p/261093#M1547 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Hello all,<BR /><BR />I am trying to model underground pipes in 3D. I have polyline data of the location of the pipes that includes a field of the absolute 'height' (depth) of the pipes, and a separate digital elevation model of the area. I want to add z-coordinates to the pipelines. Is 'features to 3D from attribute the correct' tool to use to do this (selecting the feature of the height in meters). It just seems like the program would need more information than just the absolute height in meters, since it wouldn't know that the unit was in meters, for example. <BR /><BR />Thanks for any information!</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hi Erin,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The Help on "</SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00q90000002z000000">Feature To 3D By Attribute (3D Analyst)</A><SPAN>" doesn't mention much about the units, but I assume it will be in the same unit as you input features (unless you have a </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003r00000014000000">vertical coordinate system</A><SPAN> defined).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Some of the settings are managed by the environment settings. For this tool the following settings may be relevant:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">Output Coordinate System, Default Output Z Value, Z Resolution, Z Tolerance, Output Z Domain</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kind regards,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Xander</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:50:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/adding-z-coordinates-for-underground/m-p/261093#M1547 XanderBakker 2013-11-11T11:50:09Z