maunaloa Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Hi everyone! I'm modelling an archeological site with ArcGis. I want to use terrains instead of TINs for surface modelling. I made in in ArcCatalog a new geodatabase, with a new dataset. I created a new Terrain into this dataset. I dropped into some point, line and polygon feature classes. The ArcMap can show it, but ArcScene can't. If i click on add data button, and want to browse for terrain dataset, i can't see in the right folder. If i choose the file filter for "all files", i see it, but if i click "open", ArcScene drop an error message: "Could not add the specified data object to the scene. Try using a smaller subset" Any idea? Btw the terrain surface is about 15 m x 5 m, with around 1 m height differenc (max/min). It isn't a regional, big dataset...its like a car parking place......Any idea? ahoi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 what OS you use ? i think those problem same with me regards, LORDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maunaloa Posted May 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Oh...Lurk'r = LordI:)) i'm using the old XP ) sp3....and arcgis 9.3.1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superspack Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Hi maunaloa, what your are experencing is actually not a license issue but just a normal ArcScene limitation! As a matter of fact ArcScene does not support Terrain-files but just TIN-files. Try opening a TIN and everything will be perfect. If you want to visualize a terrain-file in 3D, open ArcGlobe and try it there. This will work. Here some quote from the ESRI-dektop help: "By default, terrain layers cannot be directly displayed or used as elevation sources in ArcScene. If you want to consume terrain data in ArcScene, you will need to export your area of interest to either a raster or a TIN." Ok have a lot of fun! :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maunaloa Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 OMG! Thx mate! Though it's a prog error.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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