Strata layers in 3D

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10-30-2017 10:36 PM
Sreekanth_SreekuttanK
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 have borehole data with different strata depends up on depth.

I want to create a 3D model in arc scene as shown here with layers for each strata.How can we use the arc tools to achieve this.Now my input data is a shape file with bore points.

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XanderBakker
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You have asked this question before although you did not receive to many answers (display a 3D subsoil model in Arc Scene ) On your question at Stach Exchange there are some more responses:

Soil interpolation in ArcGIS 3D Analyst? - Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange 

I also came across these:

https://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0312/files/terrainbelow.pdf 

ArcNews Winter 2005/2006 Issue -- The Subsurface Geology of Brussels, Belgium, Is Modeled with 3D GI... 

D&T Borehole 3D | D&T Geodata Management 

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1167/pdf/ofr2014-1167_carrell-tools-and-techniques.pdf 

To be able to interpolate in 3D the borehole information and create 3D strata layers might require the use of voxels (Voxel - GIS Wiki | The GIS Encyclopedia ) which is not implemented in ArcGIS.

XanderBakker
Esri Esteemed Contributor

Almost forgot that I published something a while ago which might be interesting to read (and even apply since the python script is included):

https://community.esri.com/people/xander_bakker/blog/2015/02/24/modeling-archaeological-layers