topic 3D Doc in 3D Questions

3D Doc

TedCronin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:57:04 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/9.4/help/index.html#/A-quick-tour-of-3D-Analyst/00Q800000003000000/

The 3D Effects toolbar

There should be some text to show what application that each toolbar belongs too. I had to find the swipe tool, to determine this fact. It would be nice to just have some sort of bold text stating this:

ArcGlobe:

ArcScene:

3D Doc

KarenZwicker — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:17:33 GMT

Hi Ted,

Agreed, its not boldly obvious, but the content does state ArcGlobe and ArcScene in the order that the toolbars appear respectively. As well there is tool tip help so if you hover your pointer over the graphics, each toolbar is labelled as either the ArcGlobe 3D Effects toolbar, or the ArcScene 3D Effects toolbar.
The pointer tip help is true for all graphics. Its like a little pop-up caption.

Thanks,
Karen

3D Doc

KarenZwicker — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:49:58 GMT

Hi Ted,

I just updated this topic today with your request. There are now headings above each toolbar.

Thanks for the suggestion!

-Karen
3d-Team

3D Doc

TedCronin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:36 GMT

Cool, thank you.

3D Editing

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:08 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/What_is_editing_in_3D/00q80000003n000000/

When should you edit inside a 3D view?

Simple edits that you noticed while in the 3D view (such as editing attributesor moving points)

Should be:

attributes or

3D Editing Toolbar

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:27:18 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/The_3D_Editor_toolbar/00q800000124000000/

3D Editor toolbar drop-down menu options

Is the Save Edits suppose to have a hyperlink?

BTW, I like the graphic detailing what can be used with each tool, on the 3D editing toolbar dropdown, this took some time to make this little graphic.

For the The 3D Editor toolbar tools

Edit Placement Tool and Edit Vertices do not have hyperlinks, too.

Combining features from different layers (Union)

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:08 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Combining_features_from_different_layers_Union/00q80000003p000000/

As part of Step 3

Click the 3D Editordrop-down menu and click Union.

Needs a space between Editor and drop

Rotating a feature in 3D

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:38:24 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Rotating_a_feature_in_3D/00q80000003q000000/

Step 3:

Access Rotate by doing one of the following:
Click3D Editor and clickRotate.

spaces-

Click 3D Editor and click Rotate.

Editing Shortcut Keys Doc

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:43:55 GMT

It would be nice to have a page in the editing section for just Editing Shortcut Keys in relation to 3D Editing, something that we can get to quickly, I see the shortcuts in the doc, but they are a part of the read, and sometimes, you just want to see a list, perhaps there is a doc, and I just haven't found it yet, the day is still early.

How to set snapping properties in 3D

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:47:10 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/How_to_set_snapping_properties_in_3D/00q800000054000000/

The snapping properties allow you to specify what part of the feature ( vertex, edge, or endpoint) you want your new feature to snap to

Space between "(" vertex, also sentence ends in to.

Interactive Snapping Tolerance

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:51:04 GMT

It would be nice to have an interactive snapping tolerance tool, where there is a 3D circle around the cursor that one can draw interactively to define the tolerance, but the feedback to us, would be a 3D circle that grows from the center of the user click.

The 2D version is created from a point click and draws outward, but on a flat plane.

The 3D version we could see in 3D, perhaps as part of 10.1.

How to change the font of 3D text graphics

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:53:01 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/How_to_change_the_font_of_3D_text_graphics/00q8000000s9000000/

Just prior to step 4:

You can also click the text properties button after selecting the 3D text to invoke theDefault Text Element Properties dialog box.

Space between the Default

How to change the location of 3D graphics

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:56:07 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/How_to_change_the_location_of_3D_graphics/00q8000000v7000000/

It seems like this help doc is about setting Size and Position, but the graphic does not show the size and position form, it does show the tab, but it seems like the actual form should be shown.

A Graphic Change

The interactive TIN Editing toolbar

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:58:56 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Interactive_TIN_Editing_tools/00q800000107000000/

TIN Editing toolbar drop-down menu options

There are no hyperlinks for any of the options on this doc:

Start Editing TIN
Stop Editing TIN
Save
Save As
Undo Since Last Save
Set to Constrained Delaunay

The ArcGlobe user interface

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:12:17 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/The_ArcGlobe_user_interface/00q800000091000000/

The graphic shows a List by Selection on the TOC, so is this coming at Pre Release or is this an older prototype view?

About previewing and navigating 3D data

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:38:44 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Previewing_3D_feature_data_in_ArcCatalog/00q8000000nr000000/

The Navigate Tool Icon looks to be the icon from 93

Navigating in ArcCatalog's 3D preview window

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:41:12 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Navigating_in_ArcCatalog_s_3D_preview_window/00q8000000v4000000/

the Navigate Icon and Full Extent Icons in the doc appear to be from 93

Cool and Helpful

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:23:57 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Can_your_system_run_ArcGlobe/00q8000000sp000000/

Good Idea, straight forward as well.

Exercise 2: Visualizing contamination in an aquifer

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:47:00 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Exercise_2_Visualizing_contamination_in_an_aquifer/00q80000010q000000/

In the section:

Opening the Groundwater scene document

The graphic shows License manager 9x, but the license manager should be 10x.

Same thing for this graphic on this page:
http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Exercise_6_ArcGlobe_basics/00q80000002v000000/

and
http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Exercise_8_Creating_and_using_a_terrain_dataset/00q800000007000000/

Creating intensity images from lidar in ArcGIS

TedCronin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:58:20 GMT

http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Creating_intensity_images_from_lidar_in_ArcGIS/00q800000099000000/

The graphic on this page showing a table is from 93 and should be consistent with 10.