topic Re: Converting a TIN to a shapefile in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126831#M768 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi -Not sure what you are after, I would convert the TIN to a raster then the raster to a shape �??point' file with the points giving elevations or whatever the TIN is representing.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:02:42 GMT AndrewRaal 2011-09-13T02:02:42Z Converting a TIN to a shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126830#M767 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a method or tool I can use to convert a TIN i have created into a shapefile?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:33:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126830#M767 chriscoulter 2011-09-12T20:33:13Z Re: Converting a TIN to a shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126831#M768 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi -Not sure what you are after, I would convert the TIN to a raster then the raster to a shape �??point' file with the points giving elevations or whatever the TIN is representing.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:02:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126831#M768 AndrewRaal 2011-09-13T02:02:42Z Re: Converting a TIN to a shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126832#M769 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It depends on the shapefile you are looking for.&nbsp; You can harvest the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/TIN_Node/00q90000005n000000/">nodes</A><SPAN>, </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/TIN_Edge/00q90000005w000000/">edges</A><SPAN>, </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/TIN_Domain/00q900000084000000/">domain</A><SPAN> or </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/TIN_Triangle/00q900000050000000/">TIN Triangles</A><SPAN>.&nbsp; It just depends on what you are trying to achieve.&nbsp; Otherwise the raster will best represent the surface if contour generation is what is desired.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:30:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126832#M769 JeffreySwain 2011-09-13T10:30:18Z Re: Converting a TIN to a shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126833#M770 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm trying to achieve a surface that is not so angular. More like the a tin in arcscene (see ex).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:59:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/converting-a-tin-to-a-shapefile/m-p/126833#M770 FredericVidem 2011-09-14T04:59:12Z