topic 3D Polygons or Multipatchs in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-polygons-or-multipatchs/m-p/351047#M2131 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am writing to see if anybody knows how to convert&nbsp; (if possible) a set of 3D point features (lat, lon, elevation) into a 3D polygon or multipatch.&nbsp; I would like to use these points to create a minimum area boundary around the complete set of points I have.&nbsp; I noticed that in the mulitipatch white paper you can create and extrude between two tins to create a complete multipatch although I am not still learning python and not sure how to actually go about doing this.&nbsp; If anybody has and tips or pointers, please let me know.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Winn</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 May 2012 19:28:00 GMT WinnKetchum 2012-05-04T19:28:00Z 3D Polygons or Multipatchs https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-polygons-or-multipatchs/m-p/351047#M2131 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am writing to see if anybody knows how to convert&nbsp; (if possible) a set of 3D point features (lat, lon, elevation) into a 3D polygon or multipatch.&nbsp; I would like to use these points to create a minimum area boundary around the complete set of points I have.&nbsp; I noticed that in the mulitipatch white paper you can create and extrude between two tins to create a complete multipatch although I am not still learning python and not sure how to actually go about doing this.&nbsp; If anybody has and tips or pointers, please let me know.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Winn</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 May 2012 19:28:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-polygons-or-multipatchs/m-p/351047#M2131 WinnKetchum 2012-05-04T19:28:00Z Re: 3D Polygons or Multipatchs https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-polygons-or-multipatchs/m-p/351048#M2132 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Usually when you are converting points directly to a multipatch, it is to maintain a symbology that has been applied to the point.&nbsp; If you are trying to create a surface, perhaps using an </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//009z00000069000000.htm">interpolation</A><SPAN> on the points will give you the surface.&nbsp; You can then use the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00q90000007s000000">Raster Domain</A><SPAN> tool to create your 3d polygon based on the raster.&nbsp; In this case, you may not need the multipatch.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 May 2012 10:36:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-polygons-or-multipatchs/m-p/351048#M2132 JeffreySwain 2012-05-07T10:36:53Z