Display airport signs in 3D

Available with Aviation Airports license.

Airport sign points can be displayed as 3D objects using procedural symbology in a scene in ArcGIS Pro. Procedural rule package files are include in the 3D support folder of the ArcGIS Aviation Airports product files, available on My Esri.

The included RunwaySign18C_Point.rpk file is a procedural marker rule file, which will render the Esri Airports AirportSign feature class based on the following fields:

• AIRPORTSIGNDIRECTION
• AIRPORTSIGNHEIGHTVALUE
• AIRPORTSIGNMSGBACK
• AIRPORTSIGNMSGFRONT
• Units

To render the airport sign in 3D, complete the following steps:

1. Open a map or scene in ArcGIS Pro containing ArcGIS Aviation Airports data.
   1. To create a scene, on the Insert tab, click the New Map menu, and choose either New Global Scene or New Local Scene .

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   You can also right-click Maps in the Catalog pane to create a scene in either mode.

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2. From the Catalog pane, under Databases, browse to your database containing the AirportSign feature class.
3. Right-click the AirportSign feature class and select Add To Current Map .

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   You can also drag a feature class from your database into a map or scene.

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4. In the Contents pane, right-click the AirportSign layer and click Properties.
5. Click Elevation.
6. Click the Features are drop-down arrow, and choose On the ground.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Contents pane, click the point symbol under the AirportSign layer.

   The Symbology - AirportSign pane appears.

9. Click the Properties tab.
10. Click the Layers tab , click the drop-down arrow, and choose Procedural marker.

    

11. Click Rule..., and browse to the 3DSupport folder in the Aviation Airports product file installation location.

    The default location is C:\Users\Public\Documents\ArcGIS Aviation Airports\Product Files\<version number>\3DSupport.

12. Choose the RunwaySign18C_Point.rpk file to load the procedural rules for 3D display.
13. Click Apply.
14. Optionally, enable rotation on the sign.
    1. Click the Vary symbology by attribute tab .

       

    2. In the Rotation section, click the Direction (Z) drop-down arrow, and choose AIRPORTSIGNDIRECTION.
    3. In the Rotation style section, choose Geographic.
    4. Click Save to save the project.

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Explore the scene and allow redraw to cache and render the Airport sign in 3D.