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JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

Anonymous User — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:54:03 GMT

The question is simple,

how can I make a dashed or dotted line in SceneView ? I can't believe that there is not other symbol style than solid for 4.11 (so I must've missed something)

Thank you

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

RalucaNicola1 — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:09:14 GMT

Solid is indeed the only symbol style we currently support in SceneView. We have an issue for this, so it's in our roadmap, but it's not planned for the close future... can you tell us a bit about your use case for it? I can add your use case to the issue to increase the prio a bit. We could maybe also suggest a workaround in the meantime.

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

JayHill — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:53:53 GMT

Raluca

We need this functionality for displaying different fault type lines for our map in 3D. Bump this up in priority please! Is there no work around or other options for dotted or dashed lines in 3D?

Jay

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

VeronikaLanders — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:43:13 GMT

Thanks, Jay. Added your use case for increased priority.
Could you elaborate a bit on the purpose in 3D, maybe share a sample data set or screenshot?

Workarounds depend on what you are trying to achieve - approaches include e.g. customizing alternative 3D symbology (using e.g. color, size more prominently) or if the map is rendered draped to use tiled/dynamic map services where the map image is actually rendered server side.

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

JayHill — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:16:32 GMT

Veronika,

We are publishing faults that are already using color to symbolize ages and we need dashed and dotted line types to show mapping confidence. This seems like a basic cartographic requirement that should have been implemented already.

I have published a mapimagelayer to get around this problem for now. Below is a screenshot.

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

Anonymous User — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 05:04:10 GMT

If I may add a usecase, we have mine sites, full 3D models etc. We also have the radio signal strengths from the radios to the heavy machinery, they had a few symbols for different type of signals and its quality.. since you cannot use the different polyline strokes, the map gets too crowded with quite a few colors and it's just not looking good.

From a developer perspective, I understand the pain, as it's no fun to render these things in webgl 😕

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

RalucaNicola1 — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 17:40:09 GMT

Thanks Michal, we have a ticket for this waiting in the pipeline and I've added your use case to it. I'll let you know when we'll start working on it.

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

RickeyFight — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:43:01 GMT

@RalucaNicola1 Any update on this topic?

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

RalucaNicola1 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:59:14 GMT

No updates Rickey. I will let you guys know when line styles make it into the product.

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

Matthew_Williams — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:32:01 GMT

My organization also needs this functionality, also for denoting geological processes such as different fault lines. Also for consistency, as we often replicate our paper map symbology for clients using our webmaps

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

RalucaNicola1 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:16:18 GMT

Hi Matthew, thanks for bringing this up! It's currently high up in our prio list, I hope it will make it in one of the next releases.

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

Lerman — Wed, 19 May 2021 02:28:57 GMT

Hello Raluca, we have also been waiting for this function to be implemented, and we need to visualize the line features in dashed symbols. Is there any progress now? Will it be implemented in version 4.20? Thank you so much!

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

RalucaNicola1 — Wed, 19 May 2021 10:39:47 GMT

Hey, not for 4.20 😞 but the good news is that we will work on it very soon. I'll ping everyone in this thread once we have it implemented.

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

Razizaoe — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:42:46 GMT

We are also waiting for this Feature - or even better - picture line style - Some image that repeats on the line.. Our clients are pushing.. I've saw here that we can create a route and the sketch editor is drawing a "dashed" line.. How is it done ?

Re: JS API 4.11: [3D] No other line symbol style than solid ?

GreteSoosalu — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:10:04 GMT

The pattern styles for lines in 3D are finally here!

With JS API 4.22 released this week, the 3D now supports the same set of styles as SimpleLineSymbol does for 2D. You can apply the new class LineStylePattern3D on a LineSymbol3DLayer or an outline of a polygon’s FillSymbol3DLayer.

Check out more about the line patterns and other new features in our release notes for 4.22.