Sample Draw Line / Measure Tool for Sceneview in 4.4

**DISCLAIMER* the resulting length is only a 2D measurement**

Here’s a link to my example:

JS Bin – Collaborative JavaScript Debugging

I threw together a draw polyline tool that drapes over the world elevation layer in a sceneview, and adds a text graphic showing the 2D length of the line upon completion. This is what I’m using in my app until the API supports a proper 3D measure tool. Just wanted to share it incase someone is trying to incorporate at least some level of measurement functionality in their 3D app.

I also want to give credit to whoever made this sandbox example:

Draw polygon for spatial query | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.4

I used that sample as a starting template for my tool, only adding a few tweaks to get it looking good in 3D, and to add the measurement functionality.

I also have a polygon version of this tool too. If anyone would like to see it just ask!

Hope this is helpful.

Cheers,

Drew

ArcGIS JS 3D Camera Setter

tl;dr
A simple way to grab arcgis js 4.x 3D camera json by copying the current camera state to your clipboard:

http://dev.brightrain.com/camera-setter/

code here

https://github.com/BrightRainSolutions/arc-camera-setter

Moar

I’m building a 3D mapping app using the ArcGIS JS 4.x API that requires a new 3D camera position for each instance. This presented a funny problem because it is rather tedious to capture a specific camera position. Unlike a simpler, 2D map, in which you only have to set an extent or a center point with zoom level, a 3D camera has more variables that require you to take a pilot’s view of the earth. You need to set the position of the camera including coordinates and height, as well as the tilt of the camera and it’s heading.

While it’s kind of fun to just tweak it and refresh the page to get it just right, it takes a lot of tweaking!

So I built a simple tool that captures all of the properties of the camera and formats it in the json required to set the view of your 3D map and copies it to your clipboard.

It’s simple! A camera json object is created for the current 3D map view and displayed in the right panel. The copy button copies the json to your clipboard for direct use in your arcgis js 3D map view (sceneview). Just paste it right into your code.

Give it a try here