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Add a scene layer to a scene.

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Use case

Each scene layer added to a scene can assist in performing helpful visual analysis. For example, if presenting the results of a shadow analysis of a major metropolitan downtown area in 3D, adding a scene layer of 3D buildings to the scene that could be toggled on/off would help to better contextualize the source of the shadows.

How to use the sample

When launched, this sample displays a scene service with an ArcGISSceneLayer. Pan and zoom to explore the scene.

How it works

  1. Create an ArcGISScene and set its Basemap with ArcGISScene.setBasemap().
  2. Create a SceneView and set the scene to the view with sceneView.setScene(scene).
  3. Create an ArcGISSceneLayer using a data source URI: new ArcGISSceneLayer(Uri).
  4. Add the new scene layer to the scene as an operational layer with ArcGISScene.getOperationalLayers().add(sceneLayer).

About the data

The scene shows a buildings layer in Brest, France hosted on ArcGIS Online.

Relevant API

  • ArcGISScene
  • ArcGISSceneLayer
  • SceneView

Tags

3D, layer, scene

Sample Code

SceneLayerSample.java
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 /*  * Copyright 2017 Esri.  *  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not  * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of  * the License at  *  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  *  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT  * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the  * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under  * the License.  */  package com.esri.samples.scene_layer;  import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane; import javafx.stage.Stage;  import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.ArcGISSceneLayer; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISScene; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISTiledElevationSource; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Surface; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Camera; import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.SceneView;  public class SceneLayerSample extends Application {   private SceneView sceneView;   @Override  public void start(Stage stage) {   try {   // create stack pane and JavaFX app scene  StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();  Scene fxScene = new Scene(stackPane);   // set title, size, and add JavaFX scene to stage  stage.setTitle("Scene Layer Sample");  stage.setWidth(800);  stage.setHeight(700);  stage.setScene(fxScene);  stage.show();   // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other location services  String yourAPIKey = System.getProperty("apiKey");  ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(yourAPIKey);   // create a scene with a basemap style  ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_STREETS_RELIEF);   // set the scene to the scene view, and add the scene view to the stack pane  sceneView = new SceneView();  sceneView.setArcGISScene(scene);  stackPane.getChildren().addAll(sceneView);   // add base surface for elevation data  Surface surface = new Surface();  final String elevationImageService = "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com" +  "/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer";  surface.getElevationSources().add(new ArcGISTiledElevationSource(elevationImageService));  scene.setBaseSurface(surface);   // add a scene layer  final String buildings = "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/Buildings_Brest/SceneServer/layers/0";  ArcGISSceneLayer sceneLayer = new ArcGISSceneLayer(buildings);  scene.getOperationalLayers().add(sceneLayer);   // add a camera and initial camera position (Brest, France)  Camera camera = new Camera(48.37, -4.50, 1000.0, 10.0, 70, 0.0);  sceneView.setViewpointCamera(camera);   } catch (Exception e) {  // on any error, display the stack trace.  e.printStackTrace();  }  }   /**  * Stops and releases all resources used in application.  */  @Override  public void stop() {   if (sceneView != null) {  sceneView.dispose();  }  }   /**  * Opens and runs application.  *  * @param args arguments passed to this application  */  public static void main(String[] args) {   Application.launch(args);  }  }

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