ET Surface -  Get Started

There are several datasets included in the archive. All of them comply with the limitations imposed on the unregistered software.

  • Install ET Surface

  • Start ArcMap go to View ==> Toolbars and select ET Surface Toolbar

  • The starting point should be creating a PolygonZ TIN to be used with the software (ET Surface ==> Build TIN).

  • Below is a list of the functions of ET Surface and the datasets to be used with each function.

  • Note that the PolygonZ TIN created by ET Surface is actually a feature class, but it is treated as a surface.
Function Input Features

Input Surface
Build TIN elevation_points.shp with elevation field - "Height". The result will referred below as et_tin.shp and will be treated as a surface  
Profile Extractor   et_tin.shp, esri_tin or raster_sample or all of them together.
Line of Sight   et_tin.shp, esri_tin or raster_sample
Features To 3D Polygons.shp  et_tin.shp, esri_tin or raster_sample
ESRI TIN to PolygonZ TIN    esri_tin
TIN to Edges    et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
TIN to Nodes    et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
Polygon To Multipatch Polygons.shp  et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
Multipatch To Polygon The results from the above.  
PolylineZ Characteristics Any PolylineZ feature class  
Polygon 3D Characteristics Polygons.shp  et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
Analyze TIN    et_tin.shp
TIN Slope     et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
TIN Aspect     et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
Interpolate Contours     et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
Volume of TIN     et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
Volume of Polygons Polygons.shp   et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
Cut/Fill Analysis Polygons.shp   et_tin.shp, esri_tin or
Visibility Analysis Observers.shp with "OffsetA" field
Target.shp with "OffsetB" field 		 et_tin.shp, esri_tin or raster_sample
Multiply Zs Any Z feature class  
Offset Zs Any Z feature class  

See ET Surface User Guide for more information

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Copyright: Ianko Tchoukanski