topic Re: Extruded points to lines in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/extruded-points-to-lines/m-p/43486#M336 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank you very much Jeff.&nbsp; There were little nuances that prevented me from converting to feature and to multipatch.&nbsp; What eventually worked was the Layer 3D to Feature Class tool.&nbsp; I tried feature class, shape file layer file and it wouldn't work for me.&nbsp; What finally worked was doing the process on my C drive.&nbsp; This gave me the 3 D lines to do the intersection.&nbsp; Appreciate your very quick response!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:46:45 GMT BentonChing 2013-02-08T18:46:45Z Extruded points to lines https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/extruded-points-to-lines/m-p/43484#M334 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello.&nbsp; I have a point feature class which represents trees.&nbsp; There is a starting base height and the height of the tree.&nbsp; The points are extruded into lines in ArcScene and I would like to find the intersection of these lines with a sloping plane.&nbsp; Does anyone know of a way to export these extruded lines into a feature class or shape file?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:13:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/extruded-points-to-lines/m-p/43484#M334 BentonChing 2013-02-07T13:13:28Z Re: Extruded points to lines https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/extruded-points-to-lines/m-p/43485#M335 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You could convert the extruded points to a multipatch and then use the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00q90000007m000000">Intersect 3d</A><SPAN> tool to see where they intersect.&nbsp; That might be the best technique. If they were true lines, then you could use the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Intersect_3D_Line_With_Multipatch/00q90000004m000000/">Intersect 3d Line to Multipatch</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:39:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/extruded-points-to-lines/m-p/43485#M335 JeffreySwain 2013-02-07T13:39:42Z Re: Extruded points to lines https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/extruded-points-to-lines/m-p/43486#M336 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank you very much Jeff.&nbsp; There were little nuances that prevented me from converting to feature and to multipatch.&nbsp; What eventually worked was the Layer 3D to Feature Class tool.&nbsp; I tried feature class, shape file layer file and it wouldn't work for me.&nbsp; What finally worked was doing the process on my C drive.&nbsp; This gave me the 3 D lines to do the intersection.&nbsp; Appreciate your very quick response!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:46:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/extruded-points-to-lines/m-p/43486#M336 BentonChing 2013-02-08T18:46:45Z