topic Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

IanPierce — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:56:57 GMT

I am struggling to figure out how to create elevation profiles from lines that I draw in ArcPro like I was previously able to with the 3D analyst toolbar, any ideas?

Stack profile is not really what I am looking for at it is slower and does not display graphs in pro.

Thanks.

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:32:14 GMT

strange...that is not what the help says Stack Profile—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

IanPierce — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:41:27 GMT

"and the tool is executed in ArcMap, ArcScene, or ArcGlobe"

additionally -

old method using 3d analyst tool bar:

select elevation reference dataset (do this once and it is probably going to be right for everything else you do)

use interpolate line button to draw line

click profile graph to view profile graph then right click for export options

-takes maybe 30 seconds?

new method??

create line

use stack profile tool

-select input line features

-select profile target

-select save location

run this

which then creates a table that must then be exported and graphed in something like excel or matlab (graphs are only displayed in map/scene/globe)

this is not at all efficient for the types of topographic analysis that i do.

hence i am trying to see if there is a way to use the old method in pro.

why there aren't simple profile tools like in global mapper is beyond me... (not a global mapper fan either)

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DrewFlater — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 21:19:54 GMT

Interactive line profiling is not yet available in ArcGIS Pro, it will be added in a future release. Around the 1.2-1.3 time frame.

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DanPatterson_Retired — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:58:31 GMT

Thanks Drew

Is there a comparative list of what is available in both10.3.x and Pro or a list of what isn't available in Pro?

It makes it hard on everyone since people are wasting time looking for things that don't exist yet. Perhaps, putting up the Pro equivalent help file and saying Not Available Yet would help.

Timothy Hales could you fly this up the flag pole with the documentation people to see if we could get the collective bits of "those who know, what" into the online documents

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

IanPierce — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:59:48 GMT

Is there an ETA on 1.2/1.3 release?

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:08:38 GMT

Ian, Drew is referring to the release of Pro 1.2 or 1.3 ETA's are announced rarely ahead of time

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

TimothyHales — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 02:16:13 GMT

Yes Dan Patterson, I will pass this on to see if I can get you an answer.

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

TimothyHales — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:17:25 GMT

Tools that are not available in ArcGIS Pro—Appendices | ArcGIS for Desktop

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:53:34 GMT

Great...now see if they can move it to the frontice piece

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

IanPierce — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:06:15 GMT

Hi dflater-esristaff‌
It appears the new profile tool only uses ESRI's stock elevation datasets. I really need to make profiles using our proprietary lidar raster datasets. As I said above this functionality was easy in ArcMap with 3d analyst, but still seems lacking in arc pro. Any insight? Thanks.

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

ThomasColson — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:37:36 GMT

https://community.esri.com/ideas/14771

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

DanielAragon1 — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 22:13:15 GMT

AGREED, I'm running 2.0 and can't seem to get a profile working...

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

MichaelAugust — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:05:13 GMT

Is this still not available at 2.7? Seems so simple - draw a line on a DEM, look at elevation profile.

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

AndyMills — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:34:55 GMT

Agree that this is a critical tool and that we cannot migrate fully to Pro until the tool is in place. It is vital for visualising subtle topography as part of mapping workflows. It's been six years since this tool was mooted for a later release and it is still not available.

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

Anonymous User — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:42:55 GMT

Hello all- You can find this functionality in Pro since 2.7 on the Elevation Profile Exploratory Analysis tool. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/mapping/exploratory-analysis/interactive-elevation-profile-basics.htm

It'll pull elevation heights from the elevation sources in the scene.

We also recently have this functionality online in Scene Viewer- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/3d-gis/whats-newscene-viewer-april-2021/

Hopefully helpful? If there was another specific functionality you're looking for, please let me know. Thanks!
Phil

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

MichaelAugust — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:04:16 GMT

I think what everyone misses is the ability to easily do multiple lines and visualize a stretch of road for example, a slope that abuts the road, quickly and from many angles. The current tool, while certainly exhibiting the same functionality, does not operate with the ease of the former 3D profiles tool when trying to look at a particular landform from various profile lines. You have to export one by one to see the profile.

We have scientists who, in ArcMap move along a river for example generating profile after profile moving downstream, just to get a "feel" for the topography, this is really slow now in Pro compared to the old school 3D Analyst tool. Maybe there is a way you guys could allow them to stack in the profile window somehow? Hopefully this is clear, maybe someone else missing the old way could chime in too.

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

Anonymous User — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:15:32 GMT

Thanks for the feedback @MichaelAugust. We'll bring it up, make a comparison, and determine a course of action on this.

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

MichaelAugust — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:17:06 GMT

Great - thanks!

Re: Loss of line profile tool in ArcGIS Pro?

Simonez — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:39:39 GMT

Not sure this topic can be marked as "solved". Terribly missing something like the old school 3D-analyst profile tool. Any news? It seems that till 2015 this feature is still missing. I've also look for the "interactive elevation profile" but I can't find this tool.