topic Create Cross Section with Contour lines in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/create-cross-section-with-contour-lines/m-p/284210#M1680 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I need to create a 2-D cross section with contour.&nbsp; Anybody know how to do that?&nbsp; I have 3-D Analyst.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Winnie</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:54:55 GMT WinnieLau 2013-03-14T18:54:55Z Create Cross Section with Contour lines https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/create-cross-section-with-contour-lines/m-p/284210#M1680 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I need to create a 2-D cross section with contour.&nbsp; Anybody know how to do that?&nbsp; I have 3-D Analyst.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Winnie</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:54:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/create-cross-section-with-contour-lines/m-p/284210#M1680 WinnieLau 2013-03-14T18:54:55Z Re: Create Cross Section with Contour lines https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/create-cross-section-with-contour-lines/m-p/284211#M1681 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Winnie,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You could use the 3D Toolbar to create a profile graph of the elevation along your contour.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Fundamentals of creating profile graphs </SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00q800000071000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00q800000071000000</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>First you would need to interpolate your contours into a 3D surface.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>TopoToRaster</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00q90000000s000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00q90000000s000000</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Add the newly created elevation surface to a map document and either use the Interpolate Line tool on the 3D Analyst toolbar to trace your area of interest.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:39:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/create-cross-section-with-contour-lines/m-p/284211#M1681 CarrieDavis 2013-03-20T15:39:54Z Re: Create Cross Section with Contour lines https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/create-cross-section-with-contour-lines/m-p/284212#M1682 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You create TIN from contours lines, then create cross section from TIN</P><P>Here clip for you :&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://youtu.be/_3U3zRB6MBs" title="https://youtu.be/_3U3zRB6MBs">Create Cross Section with Contour lines - YouTube</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:48:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/create-cross-section-with-contour-lines/m-p/284212#M1682 myname 2017-01-03T15:48:52Z