topic creating stairs in arcscene in 3D Questions

creating stairs in arcscene

ChrisBerryman1 — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:34:41 GMT

i am creating a 3d campus, and included are building layouts with interior networks for room to room routing, how do I go about creating a polyline that connects each floor so they can all participate in a network?

Re: creating stairs in arcscene

TimothyHales — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:03:52 GMT

You can create the stairs by using a 3D Polyline. You can create the polyline in ArcScene or even just define the Z value for each vertex within the sketch properties. Be sure to first check the option to include Z values when creating the feature class. Here are some great resources:

Analysis on 3D network datasets

What do you get when you cross the 3D Analyst extension with the Network Analyst
This blog discusses the workflow used for creating 3D routing using the tutorial data:
C:\arcgis\ArcTutor\Network Analyst\Workflow\3DRouting

3D polyline features

Re: creating stairs in arcscene

ChrisBerryman1 — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:36:50 GMT

thanks for the reply, so i was able to build stairs, first editing them in arcmap then adding the shapefile to arcscene and editing the z values to give the stairs elevation. My next problem is that I cant figure out how to connect the stairs to the existing hallway centerlines to help in creating a proper network.

Re: creating stairs in arcscene

TimothyHales — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:04:05 GMT

I would think that you could snap the polylines to each other. You could also create a polyline of just connections. Just make sure you set up the participation correctly in the netowork.

Re: creating stairs in arcscene

ChrisBerryman1 — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:23:46 GMT

I would think that too, but when I go to create that "connection" the line appears somewhere else on the map..