Apply weather effects to visualize different types of weather in a 3D scene. For example, you can add rain to a scene to create a realistic 3D visualization capturing not only spatial information in layers such as buildings but also atmospheric effects. Enhance your scene further by using animations to fly through clouds and experience realistic weather effects.
You can visualize weather effects such as sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, or foggy. You can adjust additional settings on each effect such as cloud base elevation or wind speed. Adjust the rendering quality to fine-tune performance and display of the effect in your scene. For example, you can set the rendering quality to high when making a video to visualize the most realistic effects. Alternatively, use low or medium to optimize computer resources to better support navigation speed around the 3D scene.
Note:
Certain weather effects such as fog color, wind speed, wind direction, and cloud base elevation are not supported when sharing a web scene.
Weather effects
The following table lists the various weather effects you can apply to your scene:
| Effect | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Sunny | Blue sky with optional clouds |  |
Cloudy | Sparse to dense cloud cover with options for cloud speed and direction. |  |
Rainy | Animated rain with options for cloud density and precipitation intensity |  |
Snowy | Animated snowfall with options for cloud density and precipitation intensity |  |
Foggy | Fog with various density levels |  |
Apply weather effects to a 3D scene
You can apply weather effects in a global or local scene.
Note:
Weather effects appear when zoomed in near the ground only.
To apply weather effects, follow these steps:
- Click the View tab.
- In the Effects group, click the Weather drop-down menu
. - Choose one of the options such as Foggy
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The fog appears in the scene.