An overview of the 3D Analyst toolbox

Available with 3D Analyst license.

The 3D Analyst toolbox provides a collection of geoprocessing tools that enable a wide variety of analytical, data management, and data conversion operations on surface models and three-dimensional vector data.

3D Analyst tools allow you to create and analyze surface data represented in raster, terrain, triangulated irregular network (TIN), and LAS dataset formats. 3D data can be converted from a variety of formats, including COLLADA, lidar, SketchUp, OpenFlight, and many other data types. Analysis of geometric relationships and feature properties, interpolation of raster and various TIN models, and analysis of surface properties are some of the numerous functions provided by 3D Analyst tools.

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ToolsetDescription

3D Features

Evaluate geometric properties and spatial relationships between 3D features.

3D Intersections

Analyze the overlaps and intersections of 3D volumes, features, and surfaces to derive new insights about 3D data.

3D Proximity

Perform distance-based evaluations of 3D points, point clouds, lines, and multipatch features.

Area and Volume

Measure surface area and volume between surfaces and generate volumetric representations of 3D data.

Feature Extraction

Extract 3D buildings, powerlines, rail tracks, and other features from point clouds and surfaces and refine building footprints derived from imagery and lidar.

Point Cloud

Classify, manage, and train deep learning models for LAS format point clouds.

Raster

Interpolate raster surfaces from point measurements, perform custom analysis on raster cell values using math operators, and generate derivatives to obtain helpful insights from raster datasets.

Statistics

Aggregate 3D statistics from features, point clouds, raster, and triangulated surfaces.

Terrain Dataset

Create, manage, and convert terrain datasets.

TIN Dataset

Create, modify, and convert TIN datasets.

Triangulated Surface

Create slope, aspect. and contour derivatives from TIN, terrain, and LAS datasets, and detect outlier measurements.

Visibility

Perform visibility analysis operations on 3D data and elevation surfaces.

Overview of toolsets in the 3D Analyst toolbox

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