topic Re: Local scene grid in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Local scene grid

ChristianMorin — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:37:15 GMT

Hello,

I'm using a local scene with 4.0 beta 3 and was wondering if there is a way to turn off the mesh grid that represents the ground. I'm not using a basemap but the grid remains....

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Christian.

Re: Local scene grid

RickeyFight — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:44:09 GMT

Christian,

Can you post the script you are using?

Is it possible to add a transparency to the grid?

Re: Local scene grid

ChristianMorin — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 01:44:55 GMT

Hi Rickey,

The easiest way to get the grid shown is to use the local scene sandbox example https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/beta/sample-code/sandbox/sandbox.html?sample=scene-local and remove the basemap from the new WebScene declaration.

I don't think there is an actual way to access the grid....

Cheers,
Christian.

Re: Local scene grid

KristianEkenes — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:05:29 GMT

Hi Christian,

There currently isn't a way to remove the mesh or make it transparent in a SceneView. This is something we have discussed and have plans to implement in the future. However, we don't have a timeline for this yet.

All the best,

Kristian

Re: Local scene grid

ChristianMorin — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:49:36 GMT

Thanks Kristian. I'll keep an eye out.

Re: Local scene grid

ChristianMorin — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 01:37:07 GMT

Hi Kristian,

I've been playing around and found an "undocumented/unsupported" way to do it....

Using the the following sample: http://jscore.esri.com/javascript/sample-code/sandbox/sandbox.html?sample=scene-local

If you add the following code after the view is created, it will "turn off" the grid:

var terrain;

view.then(function () {

terrain = view._basemapTerrain;

terrain.on("load", function () {

terrain.opacity = 0;

});

So the only bad part here is accessing the private _basemapTerrain property. So maybe a basemapOpacity property could added to the SceneView (or something like it)?

Cheers,

Christian.

Re: Local scene grid

KristianEkenes — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 01:46:32 GMT

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I'll bring this up to the 3D team to see if we can get this exposed as a public property.

Re: Local scene grid

AaronCole1 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:19:35 GMT

Thought I'd tag on to this thread because I'm trying to accomplish something similar and there's already some smart people in the room. I'd really like to remove the mesh grid but only where my custom ground surface and basemap are NOT. Any ideas? the clippingArea property isn't working to accomplish this on my SceneView (could be I'm not implementing it correctly). If I set the basemapTerrain opacity to 0 I lose everything. I feel like there must be a solution out there. We're using 4 custom elevation layers created from archival maps and historical references of the city of Saqqara in ancient Egypt. The tint in the image below represents the extent of all of our data, I'd really prefer to leave it as is without resorting to interpolating the surface outwards just to deal with the unsightliness of the grid. Thanks in advance!

Re: Local scene grid

MarkusSchenardi — Mon, 14 May 2018 17:14:17 GMT

Hi Kristian,

Any news on these request?

Regards, Markus

Re: Local scene grid

KristianEkenes — Mon, 14 May 2018 17:50:12 GMT

I don't have "official" news on this. But I will say we are very close on this one. I don't want to make any promises prematurely but I think you'll see this soon.