Polygon To Multipatch
Open Table of Contents ToolBox Implementation

Converts a polygon feature class to a Multipatch feature class. The Z values are interpolated from an ESRI TIN or PolygonZ TIN.

The portion of the TIN within each polygon is extracted. A new TIN is interpolated from the participating nodes of the reference TIN surface and the vertices of the polygon for which the Z value is interpolated from the TIN. The new TIN is stored as a Multipatch geometry.

Inputs:

  • A Polygon feature class
  • An ESRI TIN or PolygonZ TIN

Outputs:

  • New Multipatch feature class. 
  • New fields are added to the attribute table of the Multipatch feature class.
    • ET_ElMin  - the minimum Z value
    • ET_ElMax - the maximum Z value
    • ETSlopeMax - the maximum slope
    • ET_AreaZ - the 3D area
    • ET_Area - the 2D area

ToolBox implementation

Command line syntax - two different toolbox tools available depending on the type of the input TIN. Check the color coding for specifics.

ETS_GPPolygonToMultipatchEsriTIN <Input Dataset> <Input TIN>  <Out Feature Class>
ETS_GPPolygonToMultipatchPolygonZTIN <Input Dataset> <Input TIN>  <Out Feature Class>

Parameters

Expression Explanation
<Input Dataset> A Polygon feature layer or feature class
<Input TIN> An ESRI TIN layer or dataset
<Input TIN> A PolygonZ TIN (feature class)
<Out Feature Class> A String - the full name of the output feature class.

Scripting syntax

ETS_GPPolygonToMultipatchEsriTIN (Input Dataset, Input TIN, Out Feature Class)

ETS_GPPolygonToMultipatchPolygonZTIN (Input Dataset, Input TIN, Out Feature Class)

See the explanations above:
<> - required parameter
{} - optional parameter

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