Due to popular demand here is a GP tool for Extruding Polygons in ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro.
![extrude_footprint.JPG](/legacyfs/online/167418_extrude_footprint.JPG)
The tool enables two approaches to extruding polygon features.
- Extrude by "Attribute"
- Extrude by "Height Value"
The following Video shows how to use the tools in ArcGIS Pro: ExtrudeFeature.wmv
You can download the tool here: FacilityTools.zip
Installation Instructions:
ArcGIS Pro:
- Download the FacilityTools zip file above.
- extract the folder anywhere on your computer.
- This could be "Documents, c:// Drive, d:// Drive... as long as you have read-write permissions.
- Map to the toolbox
![tools1.jpg](/legacyfs/online/167419_tools1.jpg)
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- Double Click on the Extrude Feature Tool to open.
![toolers.jpg](/legacyfs/online/167425_toolers.jpg)
ArcGIS 10.3:
- Download the FacilityTools.zip - Box zip file
- extract the folder anywhere on your computer.
- This could be "Documents, c:// Drive, d:// Drive... as long as you have read-write permissions.
- Create a folder connection
![zconnect.jpg](/legacyfs/online/167426_zconnect.jpg)
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- Double click on the GP tool to open
![zfact.jpg](/legacyfs/online/167428_zfact.jpg)
I will be adding more tools and publishing further blog posts in the coming days/weeks.