topic Realistic Looking Buildings in ArcScene.....multiple roof heights? in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/realistic-looking-buildings-in-arcscene-multiple/m-p/544892#M3275 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Message I've created a 3D campus scene using aerially collected building outlines. The problem is that all the roofs are flat and I want to have multiple roof heights for single buildings (more realistic).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I can do this easy if I just want to extrude in ArcScene. But I would like to create a surface so that I can drape a photo over the downtown buildings. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So....does anyone know how I could create a surface of the different building heights? I've tried using TIN, but the buildings all come out with lines on angles from each new height to the next (typical of a TIN). Not like different sized building blocks stacked on top of each other, which is what I'm trying for. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks Gerhard</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:47:54 GMT GerhardMaree1 2012-06-04T09:47:54Z Realistic Looking Buildings in ArcScene.....multiple roof heights? https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/realistic-looking-buildings-in-arcscene-multiple/m-p/544892#M3275 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Message I've created a 3D campus scene using aerially collected building outlines. The problem is that all the roofs are flat and I want to have multiple roof heights for single buildings (more realistic).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I can do this easy if I just want to extrude in ArcScene. But I would like to create a surface so that I can drape a photo over the downtown buildings. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So....does anyone know how I could create a surface of the different building heights? I've tried using TIN, but the buildings all come out with lines on angles from each new height to the next (typical of a TIN). Not like different sized building blocks stacked on top of each other, which is what I'm trying for. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks Gerhard</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:47:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/realistic-looking-buildings-in-arcscene-multiple/m-p/544892#M3275 GerhardMaree1 2012-06-04T09:47:54Z Re: Realistic Looking Buildings in ArcScene.....multiple roof heights? https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/realistic-looking-buildings-in-arcscene-multiple/m-p/544893#M3276 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can vary the height that you </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00q80000009t000000">extrude the buildings</A><SPAN> by adding a field in the building footprint file and then selecting the field as the height to extrude to.&nbsp; If you are looking for more complicated roofs you will have to create the models in Sketchup or another modeling software and then import them in again.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:38:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/realistic-looking-buildings-in-arcscene-multiple/m-p/544893#M3276 JeffreySwain 2012-06-07T10:38:40Z