Latest Contributions by JeffreySwain

Have you seen the interactive TIN Editing Toolbar?  That should give you some of the updating you are desiring.  The functionality was shifted out of the 3d Analyst toolbar to this toolbar.  Bear in mind you should have the 3d Analyst Toolbar active and select the TIN that you want to edit in order to enable the Tin Editing Toolbar. ... View more

If you are using the Add Image Server Connection, then ArcGIS Server is not involved.  If the service is available via the Add Data button to add it as an ArcGIS Server service, then I would try that in your process.  When you are using the Add Image Server Connection, it is an intranet based service independent of the web.  Hence the error you are mentioning about the url not being correct.  With the Add Image Server Connection, there is not url since you are connecting to another machine rather than over the web. ... View more

The Make Image Server Layer is to be used with a published Image Service.  Are you using a service that you added via ArcGIS Server?  Or the add image server connection?  Also are you the owner of the service?  There can be restrictions placed on the service from the provider of the service. ... View more

I would consider the coordinate system of the data being used. I recommend setting the scene to a projected coordinate system rather than a geographic coordinate system.  The display issue is most likely caused by that. Setting the base heights to match the raster should take care of the rest.  If you elevations are in meters, then I would recommend using a metric projection.  Otherwise, you might get better results using ArcGlobe, since it is by default in WGS 1984. ... View more

Is that the scale at which the source rasters take over?  Mosaic datasets will utilize overviews and the source rasters. If the cache is coming in grey that is usually an indication that the source rasters are not available or the computer you are using does not have access to them.  I would check to see if the mosaic dataset does the same effect and adjust the path to the source rasters or access to the folder accordingly. ... View more

Currently, the dynamic profile graph is not available. However, there is an existing request there on the ideas page for the functionality you are describing.  I would recommend promoting that as that is a direct way to express  interest in your idea for the decision makers here.  The higher the score the better it's opportunity to be implemented. ... View more

In general with contour generation at the shore, I recommend break lines with a constant elevation for an area that small.  That way the contours will match the data.  I assume you are modeling the subsurface in the bay rather than ocean elevations, but I always prefer breaklines to points when generating surfaces such as you describe unless the point cloud is great like lidar.  When you add the breakline or 3d line, the values for the interoplation should line up correctly.  You should probably create a TIN or Terrain from the combination of lines and points.  Simple point distributions like described will probably keep producing the same results despite the interpolation method chosen. ... View more

The two fundamental concepts are that you will need the spatial extent to expand so you will need to change the environment setting for the Output Extent to match the larger raster or the 'Union of Inputs' from the Environment Settings.  Also you will have to alter the Null/NoData values to a value so that when you combine them, then you can see. Please see the forum post here for more specific description. Once you have modified the data and the extent of the output you should be able to achieve the desired results. ... View more

There is a workflow to evaluate the raster with the IS Null statement and then utilize the CON tool.  Here is the help documentation on the process. ... View more

There are issues with the Extract Multi Values to Point tool that are reported as bug behavior and addressed at a future release.  Also regarding other tools that may work, the Add Surface Information tool in 3d Analyst may also achieve what you are looking for. ... View more

There are no hard and fast rules for what is large and small, but there are recommendations outlined here for specific workflows.   The document describes certain situation, but I would consider the amount of data being consumed and the complexity of the document.  The larger the display, the more I would gravitate to ArcGlobe. Also if you create a ArcScene document and the display is choppy, I would consider moving it to ArcGlobe.  I would start with ArcScene and then push to ArcGlobe then, unless you already know you have a lot of data, which ArcScene won't handle or know you are covering a larger geographic area. ... View more

To follow up with what Robert said, the interpolate shape tool will create the output you desire.  To make it a shapefile, simply select an output location in a folder rather than a geodatabase.  The default location will be located in your default geodatabase at 10, but if you specify the location in a folder a shapefile will be created. ... View more

In ArcScene, you have to be mindful of the amount of memory that is required to display the data.  In the help documentation to optimize ArcScene, you should increase the virtual memory, be sure your graphics card driver is updated and then adjust the settings on ArcScene to disable the expensive layers on navigation.  An ecw would be a bad choice in ArcScene due to the uncompressed size of the file and what ArcScene must do to modify it as described by the base heights.  In general ArcScene is better for smaller areas and it is recommended that you project all of the data into the same coordinate system to avoid the memory usage to transform the data. There is also more help on tips to display rasters here.  If you have a larger or data heavy display I recommend ArcGlobe. I would limit the scene of what you want to say to a specific area, be sure all of the coordinate systems match and then customize the view setting if you need more.  Also try to turn off any memory expensive operations on the machine to improve the performance. ... View more

The Ascii 3d to Feature creates a point file not a raster, so you will have to then either interpolate the point file or convert directly to a raster with the point to raster tool, to have a raster that contours can be generated on.  The Ascii to 3d Feature should work on your .xyz data.  Bear in mind the output selected, if you select the multipoint and then try to evaluate the results created, then the points will be aggregated into sections. Depending on the amount of xyz points, you maybe be better off following the lidar workflows outlined here and create Terrains. ... View more

Also be advised all of the tools mentioned in the USGS toolbox can be 'batched' by right clicking the tool and select 'Batch' and the python scripting and model builder with iterators can work as well. Using the Con tool to evaluate the rasters and then set them to null may work, depending on the program.  Here is the link that describes how to utilize the Con and ISNULL statement, they will require Spatial Analyst. ... View more