topic Elevation Problem in Building Scene Layer in ArcGIS Indoors Questions

Elevation Problem in Building Scene Layer

jauhari_mani — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 14:28:19 GMT

Hi,

I have consumed a BIM file for Indoors Dataset which is perfectly fine but when local Scene is generated from that data it is not present on the surface of the ground.

What can I do to fix this behavior?

Currently I have turned off the elevation layer.

Re: Elevation Problem in Building Scene Layer

Jinho_Kang — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:04:07 GMT

Hi @jauhari_mani

The "Import BIM to Indoor Dataset" GP tool removes the REVIT's existing elevation data and places the defined floor level 1 to elevation (mean sea level/or coordinated projection) 0.

If the above case is what you're experiencing, you can use the "Adjust 3D Z" tool to add the elevation value to entire or selected input features.

Re: Elevation Problem in Building Scene Layer

AnninaHirschiWyss — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:35:52 GMT

Hi @Jinho_Kang it would be cool if the "Import BIM to Indoor Dataset" allowed to choose to keep the absolute elevation... see also: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-indoors-ideas/support-for-absolute-elevation/idi-p/1104896

Question: for the generated 3D Multipatch, or would that work to just add the absolute value (eg. "z.value+400") in the "absolute height" attribute-expression in the scene and it's ok to adjust the z-Value only for the "2D"- features and Network? Would the paths be shown at the correct height in the 3D scene if you do it that way?

Re: Elevation Problem in Building Scene Layer

SophieFrank — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:06:25 GMT

Hi @AnninaHirschiWyss, we are looking into adding this enhancement at a future release to support importing BIM data from both Revit and IFC using absolute elevation rather than relative. Would be happy to connect about specific use cases you need to support with this.