Scene symbols

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Show various kinds of 3D symbols in a scene.

Image of scene symbols

Use case

You can programmatically create different types of 3D symbols and add them to a scene at specified locations. You could do this to call attention to the prominence of a location.

How to use the sample

When the scene loads, note the different types of 3D symbols that you can create.

How it works

  1. Create a GraphicsOverlay.
  2. Create various simple marker scene symbols by specifying different styles and colors, and a height, width, depth, and anchor position of each.
  3. Create a new Graphic object for each symbol.
  4. Add the graphics to the graphics overlay with graphicsOverlay.getGraphics().add(graphic).
  5. Add the graphics overlay to the scene view with sceneView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(graphicsOverlay).

Relevant API

  • Graphic
  • GraphicsOverlay
  • SceneSymbol.AnchorPosition
  • SimpleMarkerSceneSymbol
  • SimpleMarkerSceneSymbol.Style

About the data

This sample shows arbitrary symbols in an empty scene with an imagery basemap.

Tags

3D, cone, cube, cylinder, diamond, geometry, pyramid, scene, shape, sphere, symbol, tetrahedron, tube, visualization

Sample Code

MainActivity.java
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package com.esri.arcgisruntime.sample.scenesymbols;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISScene;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISTiledElevationSource;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.Basemap;
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.Graphic;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.GraphicsOverlay;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.LayerSceneProperties;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.SceneView;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SceneSymbol;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleMarkerSceneSymbol;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

  private SceneView mSceneView;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other
    // location services
    ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(BuildConfig.API_KEY);

    // get a reference to the scene view
    mSceneView = findViewById(R.id.sceneView);
    // create a scene and add it to the scene view
    ArcGISScene scene = new ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_IMAGERY);
    mSceneView.setScene(scene);

    // add base surface for elevation data
    final Surface surface = new Surface();
    ArcGISTiledElevationSource elevationSource = new ArcGISTiledElevationSource(
        getString(R.string.elevation_image_service_url));
    surface.getElevationSources().add(elevationSource);
    scene.setBaseSurface(surface);

    // add a camera and initial camera position
    Camera camera = new Camera(28.9, 45, 12000, 0, 45, 0);
    mSceneView.setViewpointCamera(camera);

    // add graphics overlay(s)
    GraphicsOverlay graphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
    graphicsOverlay.getSceneProperties().setSurfacePlacement(LayerSceneProperties.SurfacePlacement.ABSOLUTE);
    mSceneView.getGraphicsOverlays().add(graphicsOverlay);

    int[] colors = { Color.RED, Color.GREEN, Color.BLUE, Color.MAGENTA, Color.CYAN, Color.WHITE };
    SimpleMarkerSceneSymbol.Style[] symbolStyles = SimpleMarkerSceneSymbol.Style.values();

    // for each symbol style (cube, cone, cylinder, diamond, sphere, tetrahedron)
    for (int i = 0; i < symbolStyles.length; i++) {
      SimpleMarkerSceneSymbol simpleMarkerSceneSymbol = new SimpleMarkerSceneSymbol(symbolStyles[i], colors[i], 200,
          200, 200, SceneSymbol.AnchorPosition.CENTER);
      Graphic graphic = new Graphic(new Point(44.975 + .01 * i, 29, 500, SpatialReferences.getWgs84()),
          simpleMarkerSceneSymbol);
      graphicsOverlay.getGraphics().add(graphic);
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected void onPause() {
    mSceneView.pause();
    super.onPause();
  }

  @Override
  protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    mSceneView.resume();
  }

  @Override
  protected void onDestroy() {
    mSceneView.dispose();
    super.onDestroy();
  }
}

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