idea Support for multiple 3D surfaces in Scene Viewer Ideas

Support for multiple 3D surfaces

Error_999999 — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 02:31:22 GMT

This tool could leverage existing capabilities in ArcGIS Pro, such as raster-to-multipatch conversion and elevationInfo, making it a feasible and powerful enhancement for 3D visualization workflows.

Re: Support for multiple 3D surfaces

MatteoRizzi1 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:13:04 GMT

Thanks @Error_999999 for your post!

This potential new feature is in our backlog but it's not yet planned for a release.
Could you describe the scenarios where having multiple 3D surfaces would be beneficial? This will help us prioritize our roadmap (feel free to attach screenshot or data).

Re: Support for multiple 3D surfaces

Error_999999 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 02:16:36 GMT

To address the limitation in Scene Viewer where only one stretched raster can be displayed at a given ground elevation, a dedicated “Multi-Surface Elevation Manager” should be introduced.
This tool would allow users to:
- Load multiple continuous rasters.
- Automatically convert each raster to 3D geometry (e.g., multipatch or voxel).
- Apply user-defined color stretches per layer.
- Set per-layer vertical offsets and exaggeration.
- Publish each as an independent scene layer that can be toggled, reordered, and queried.
- Additionally, Scene Viewer should include a slider to fine-tune vertical offset and exaggeration after publication.

Re: Support for multiple 3D surfaces

JohnEsch2 — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:58:00 GMT

This is one of the main limitations of using Scene Viewer for subsurface geology where we often have many subsurface elevation surfaces for different formations.