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About editing 3D graphics

Available with 3D Analyst license.

Editing 3D graphics can be done in both ArcScene and ArcGlobe. To change the way existing graphics appear, you must first select them. Once a graphic element is selected, you can edit text, symbols, size, position, and effects such as illumination (ArcGlobe only). The Element Properties dialog box is available in two ways from a selected graphic. The easiest is to right-click the selected graphic and click Properties.

The Properties command

You can also open the respective Element Properties dialog box from the 3D Graphics toolbar. See the images below.

3D graphics editing capabilities are exposed on the Globe 3D Graphics toolbar in ArcGlobe and the 3D Graphics toolbar in ArcScene. For simplicity, the term 3D Graphics toolbar is used to represent both toolbars. Unique usages will be clearly differentiated between the two applications, where applicable.

These are the 3D Graphics toolbars for ArcScene and ArcGlobe with the Properties buttons highlighted. To edit existing graphic properties, you must select the graphic element with the Select Graphics tool Select Graphics. Otherwise you invoke the Default Element Properties dialog box for graphics and symbols. Default settings are applied to all new graphics created.

The 3D Graphics toolbar in ArcScene

The Globe 3D Graphics toolbar in ArcGlobe

Note:

The drop-down arrow beside each property button for marker, line, polygon fill, and text opens a color palette for directly changing the color of a selected graphic.

Related topics

  • How to change the color of 3D Graphics
  • How to change the font of 3D text graphics
  • How to change the font of 2D text graphics in ArcGlobe
  • How to change the location of 3D graphics

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