Contour Lines Are Not Z-Enabled

[JonathanMulder]

I'm using the arcpy.Contour tool to create a polyline featureclass of contours based on a raster surface.  It works great, but the polylines are not z-enabled.  In ArcMap, they look great, but when I pull them into ArcScene, they all show up at the same elevation.

Any ideas?  I'm using a z-factor of 1 in my Contour tool.

Jon Mulder

[NeilAyres · Accepted solution]

Jon,
I think this is a 2 stage process. Make the contours then use 3d analyst / 3d features / Feature to 3d by attribute.
The Z value will be "Contour".
Then you will have a true polylineZ.
Cheers,
Neil

[JonathanMulder]

Neil,

Thanks very much!  That did the trick for me!  Much appreciated!