Selecting a building scene layer with the Building Explorer tool displays an interface where you can browse through available floors and pick one to view in isolation.\u00a0 Architectural elements, electrical features, walls, and other disciplines and categories can be added to provide an intuitive way to locate otherwise invisible infrastructure.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
Smart mapping<\/h1>\n
Animated water visualizations<\/strong><\/p>\n We’ve added an innovative polygon style that helps you create beautiful seascapes and waterfronts, or more realistically depict flood impact assessments.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":549642,"id":549642,"title":"2019-06-27 water rendering small","filename":"2019-06-27-water-rendering-small-1.gif","filesize":1570485,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-27-water-rendering-small-1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/whats-new-in-scene-viewer-june-2019\/2019-06-27-water-rendering-small-2","alt":"New water animation polygon style helps you create beautiful scenes.","author":"8352","description":"","caption":"The new water animation in action. 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Use the Daylight tool to change the light during the day and see how sunlight reflects off the water surface as it crosses the sky. Have fun playing around with this style to create stunning visualizations that you can leverage in apps, such as Story Maps.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Extrude polygons<\/strong><\/p>\n Polygon feature layers have new smart mapping styles<\/a> that let you visualize buildings and other data. 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Use 3D Types to individually color features by text or numeric values. Both options have properties in which you can select a height field to extrude polygons.<\/p>\n Tip<\/em>: Extruded polygons are a good first step for modeling cities in 3D, but there are other strategies for developing and serving scenes of buildings with higher levels of detail. You can use ArcGIS Pro to create buildings with correct roof shapes as 3D scene layers, and you can look into the Local Government Basemap Solution to automate this process with Lidar data.<\/a> For buildings with an even higher level of detail, publish Revit data to a building scene layer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Line profiles<\/strong><\/p>\n You can now symbolize lines<\/a> as tubes, walls, strips, and squares. 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There\u2019s a lot of potential for how you can take advantage of this feature, but let\u2019s explore a common scenario:<\/p>\n Let’s say you are a GIS Analyst for a city and balancing maintaining a storm drain network in 2D while exploring the value of representing that data in 3D. Utilities and drainage data frequently contain attribute information about depth, diameter, material and usage type. All of these are valuable attributes to explore, and smart mapping line styles in Scene Viewer make it easy to discover 3D visualizations that changes as the features update. Many storm drain networks consist of arterial tubes that run to larger, concrete box collectors. 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When balancing performance and detail, making choices about what to show can be challenging.\u00a0 Scale can work differently in 3D as the tilt of the camera introduces complexity with defining what is visible. Many of you have requested more control in Scene Viewer to help make sense of what scale means in 3D.<\/p>\n Now, under Layer Properties, you can access the Visibility range tool to configure the scale range at which the layer is visible. This not only provides the capability to author scenes that turn certain layers on and off when zooming in and out, but also indicates how the camera tilt affects scale.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":625882,"id":625882,"title":"Scale Visibility controls","filename":"2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange-.gif","filesize":2081617,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange-.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/whats-new-in-scene-viewer-oct-2019\/2019_10_02-sv-whatsnew-visibilityrange","alt":"Scale Visibility Control","author":"8352","description":"","caption":"Adjust the slider to set the visibility range for the layer","name":"2019_10_02-sv-whatsnew-visibilityrange","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":625832,"date":"2019-10-03 21:31:56","modified":"2020-02-18 13:07:24","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":854,"height":480,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange--213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange-.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange-.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange-.gif","large-width":854,"large-height":480,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange-.gif","1536x1536-width":854,"1536x1536-height":480,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange-.gif","2048x2048-width":854,"2048x2048-height":480,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange--826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019_10_02-SV-whatsnew-visibilityrange-.gif","wide_image-width":854,"wide_image-height":480}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" New lighting and shading model<\/strong><\/p>\n A new lighting and shading model improves the sense of depth, contrast, and definition of 3D content like buildings, trees and symbols. Also, when looking closely at available 3D models, you\u2019ll notice material properties like the “metallic shine” on vehicles and infrastructure. Choose Quality in settings to experience the new model.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":625972,"id":625972,"title":"scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited","filename":"scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited.jpg","filesize":301779,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/whats-new-in-scene-viewer-oct-2019\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited","alt":"","author":"8352","description":"Differences in visualizations with \"Quality\" setting.","caption":"Side-by-side comparison of visual quality with and without the Quality setting.","name":"scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":625832,"date":"2019-10-03 21:43:24","modified":"2020-02-21 13:09:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2920,"height":1620,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":257,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":426,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1065,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":852,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1136,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited-826x458.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":458,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-improved-rendering_edited-1920x1065.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1065}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Transparency<\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019ll also notice we improved the transparency rendering for buildings and extruded polygons. Now you clearly see non-transparent features behind transparent ones to draw attention to specific areas of interest. Make sure to incorporate transparency in your scene authoring strategy.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":625952,"id":625952,"title":"screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20","filename":"screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20.png","filesize":1092509,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/whats-new-in-scene-viewer-oct-2019\/screencapture-localhost-8000-abee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20","alt":"","author":"8352","description":"","caption":"Improved transparency with overlapping objects","name":"screencapture-localhost-8000-abee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":625832,"date":"2019-10-03 21:41:30","modified":"2020-02-18 13:26:18","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2888,"height":1688,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20.png","medium-width":447,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":449,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20.png","large-width":1848,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":898,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1197,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20-796x465.png","card_image-width":796,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/screencapture-localhost-8000-aBee-eile-2019-10-02-17_59_20-1848x1080.png","wide_image-width":1848,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Tiled and map layers<\/strong><\/p>\n There are new improvements with how ground layers load and visualize in Scene Viewer. Draped vector and raster data, including basemaps, elevation, and imagery now load and display a more homogeneous scale level, reducing the potential for draped content to display two different cached levels of detail (LOD). Tile layers are created to show streets, buildings and other content at certain scales, and this can be challenging in the scene as tilt affects scale. Now, rather than loading and displaying many scale levels, Scene Viewer loads and displays the same LOD in large parts of the view.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Utilize the vast amount of information in LiDAR and photography-based point clouds to see details about each point in the point cloud scene layer. This helps you better understand information about color, classification code, elevation, intensity and other variables. With pop-ups enabled in Layer Properties, click a point in the point cloud and immediately see detailed attribute information.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":625932,"id":625932,"title":"scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405","filename":"scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","filesize":638678,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/whats-new-in-scene-viewer-oct-2019\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-2","alt":"","author":"8352","description":"","caption":"Click a point in the point cloud layer to display a pop-up.","name":"scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":625832,"date":"2019-10-03 21:41:24","modified":"2020-02-18 13:11:19","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":720,"height":405,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","medium_large-width":720,"medium_large-height":405,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","large-width":720,"large-height":405,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","1536x1536-width":720,"1536x1536-height":405,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","2048x2048-width":720,"2048x2048-height":405,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","card_image-width":720,"card_image-height":405,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scene-viewer-point-cloud-pop-up-720x405-1.png","wide_image-width":720,"wide_image-height":405}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" We continue to optimize scene layer performance of scene layers. Scene Viewer loads integrated mesh, 3D objects, and buildings up to four times faster with the new I3S specification version 1.7<\/a>. In addition, new client-side caching helps reduce areas without data when exploring the scene.\u00a0For more details, check out this blog<\/a> and find the standalone tool<\/a> to upgrade existing integrated mesh and 3D object scene layer packages to 1.7.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" We packed even more enhancements and fixes into Scene Viewer:<\/p>\n We hope you find these features exciting and help you create new and beautiful captivating scenes!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":6601,"user_firstname":"Matthew","user_lastname":"Miller","nickname":"Matt Miller","user_nicename":"millerma2001","display_name":"Matt Miller","user_email":"Matthew_Miller@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:18:35","user_description":"Matt is a product engineer living in Zurich, Switzerland. He joined Esri R&D Center Zurich in 2014 and has a passion for 3D! He currently works with the CityEngine and Scene Viewer teams.","user_avatar":"Visibility range<\/h1>\n
Visual improvements<\/h1>\n
Pop-ups on point cloud scene layers<\/h1>\n
Scene layer performance enhancements<\/h1>\n
And that’s not all…<\/h1>\n
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