{"id":188911,"date":"2011-04-29T22:23:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T22:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=188911"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:37:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:37:32","slug":"creating-3d-cross-sections-for-use-in-arcgis-explorer","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/creating-3d-cross-sections-for-use-in-arcgis-explorer","title":{"rendered":"Creating 3D cross sections for use in ArcGIS Explorer"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771],"tags":[25781,29881,39201,42281],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-188911","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","tag-3d","tag-arcglobe","tag-cross-section","tag-explorer","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"After a recent post we received quite a few inquiries as to how cross sections are created for visualization in ArcGIS Explorer desktop","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

After a\u00a0recent post<\/a>\u00a0we received quite a few inquiries as to how cross sections are created for visualization in ArcGIS Explorer desktop, and we\u2019ll go through the steps here.<\/p>\n

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The screen capture above is displaying seismic and geologic profiles (along with wells and well traces) as cross sections\u00a0in 3D space. In the steps below we will use a photo of Mount St. Helens from it\u2019s May 18th, 1980, eruption and visualize it as a 3D cross section\u00a0in ArcGIS Explorer as a layer package. The techniques are the same for subsurface and above the surface visualization. Below is a screenshot of what our end result will look like:<\/p>\n

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In short, what we want to do is use a\u00a0raster file or photo\u00a0(the cross-section we want to display) as a point symbol, and scale and rotate it as needed.<\/p>\n

To start we need a point feature to use for the location of the image. You can use an existing point feature or create a new one. One easy way to do this is to create a point note for Mount St. Helens in ArcGIS Explorer and share it as a layer package. Just right click the note on your map, choose share, then save as a layer package.<\/p>\n

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Open the layer package in ArcGlobe. We want to use an image as point symbol. This image will represent the cross section (Mount St. Helens in this example, and the seismic and geologic sections in the earlier example). To use an image as a symbol for the point we need to specifiy and adjust several properties.<\/p>\n

In the ArcGlobe table of contents right-click on the layer and choose properties. Click the Globe Display tab, and\u00a0do the following:<\/p>\n