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Displaying a raster of rate in 3D in ArcGIS PRO

CWalz

I have built rasters of barrels per day representing several different time periods. I would like to display these in 3d so that I can see the highs and lows and where they have shifted over time. (The raster is built from a multipoint feature, so I have that as well). What I want to present is something similar to grid meshes/surfaces showing where they 'poke' above and below each other. I am just learning ArcGIS Pro, so I may have missed something completely fundamental, but if anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it.

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DanielAmrine

The trick in "tricking" pro to display something other than elevation as an elevation raster is the use of vertical exaggeration. You can right click on the Layers_3d under contents and set a new ground surface. You can then navigate to the said raster and use this as a "layer" to drape the raster on. The right click on the raster layer itself and then set the elevation to the custom surface you made. then...Bingo! you have a raster set to values of BOE. but remember if you have 1,000,000 BOE it's going to draw a point at 1,000,000 ft or meters depending on your coordinate system. so i would convert it to MM boe or billion depending on the area. This is a map of BOE of the Clinton in Ohio all from public data. The red is <= 151,342 BOE you could also multiply the BOE by a factor like 0.001 to adjust the values but make sure you apply it to both the custom surface and the raster.

Hope this helps!

Dan

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DanielAmrine

Hope this helps!

Dan

CWalz

Thanks for the example. My isn't working (yet)

This is what I've done:

rt-click Layers_3D---> Properties

Elevation Surface--> Add new Surface. I set my raster as the elevation source. I didn't mess with the vertical exaggeration as my rates range from 0-800; i set the units to feet.

My raster is listed under 2d layers (is the correct? It won't let me drag it to Layers_3d):

rt-click--> properties

Elevation--> set source to my new surface from steps abpve.

And then it just churns.

It doesn't seem to be locked up - I can save the project, click on other menus etc - but nothing shows up in the display and the whirly circle keeps spinning in the lower right corner.

Thanks for the tips! I have direction now and maybe just need to muck about some more.

DanielAmrine

That's a major issue with Pro. It is dependent on your network connection

so in my case our network is very slow sometimes so it may take a while.

Also 800 feet is not very far at some scales, you may have to zoom in to

see the relief. I would exaggerate it by 100 times so it goes from viewing

an 800ft hill to 80,000ft!

I also zoomed out really far until I could see the raster.

pro is buggy nut worth it so good luck

Dan

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