topic 3D information is lost when using &quot;Regularize Building Footprint&quot;? in ArcMap Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/3d-information-is-lost-when-using-quot-regularize/m-p/422520#M931 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Currently I am working on the extraction of building footprints using ArcGIS/ArcPy and Lastools. Using LasBoundary I extract all buildings from the lidar dataset and get the building outlines as 3D polygons (Polygon ZM). In order to improve/enhance the geometry of the outlines I perform a smoothing by means of "Regularize Building Footprint" as a subsequent step.</P><PRE class="language-python line-numbers"><CODE>arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ddd<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>RegularizeBuildingFootprint<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">&lt;</SPAN>input polygons<SPAN class="operator token">&gt;</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">&lt;</SPAN>output polygons<SPAN class="operator token">&gt;</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'ANY_ANGLE'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"0.20"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"0.20"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"0.15"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><P>Unfortunately I only get 2D-polygons as result. Is there a possibility to&nbsp;keep the 3D information or to add it again?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 09:22:50 GMT AlfonsZitterbacke 2020-07-15T09:22:50Z 3D information is lost when using "Regularize Building Footprint"? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/3d-information-is-lost-when-using-quot-regularize/m-p/422520#M931 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Currently I am working on the extraction of building footprints using ArcGIS/ArcPy and Lastools. Using LasBoundary I extract all buildings from the lidar dataset and get the building outlines as 3D polygons (Polygon ZM). In order to improve/enhance the geometry of the outlines I perform a smoothing by means of "Regularize Building Footprint" as a subsequent step.</P><PRE class="language-python line-numbers"><CODE>arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ddd<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>RegularizeBuildingFootprint<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">&lt;</SPAN>input polygons<SPAN class="operator token">&gt;</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">&lt;</SPAN>output polygons<SPAN class="operator token">&gt;</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'ANY_ANGLE'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"0.20"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"0.20"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"0.15"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><P>Unfortunately I only get 2D-polygons as result. Is there a possibility to&nbsp;keep the 3D information or to add it again?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 09:22:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/3d-information-is-lost-when-using-quot-regularize/m-p/422520#M931 AlfonsZitterbacke 2020-07-15T09:22:50Z