Display airport signs in 3D

Available with Aviation Airports license.

Airport sign points can be displayed as 3D objects using procedural symbology in a scene in ArcGIS Pro. The ArcGIS Aviation Airports product files, available on My Esri, contain a 3D support folder with procedural rule package files.

The included RunwaySign18C_Point.rpk file is a procedural marker rule file, which will render the ArcGIS Aviation Airports 18B AirportSign feature class based on the following fields:

  • AIRPORTSIGNDIRECTION
  • AIRPORTSIGNHEIGHTVALUE
  • AIRPORTSIGNMSGBACK
  • AIRPORTSIGNMSGFRONT
  • Units

The following steps will allow you to render the airport sign in 3D:

  1. Add the AirportSign feature class to a scene.
  2. In the Contents pane, right-click the AirportSign layer and click Properties.
  3. Click Elevation.
  4. Click the Features are drop-down arrow, and choose On the ground.
  5. Click OK.
  6. In the Contents pane, click the point symbol underneath the AirportSign layer.

    The Symbology - AiportSign pane appears.

  7. Click Properties.
  8. Click the Layers button Layers, click the drop-down arrow, and choose Procedural marker.
    Layers section - Procedural marker
  9. Click Rule..., and browse to the 3DSupport folder in the Aviation Airports product file installation location, (the default is C:\Users\Public\Documents\ArcGIS Aviation Airports\Product Files\<version number>\3DSupport), and choose the RunwaySign18C_Point.rpk file to load the procedural rules for 3D display.
  10. Click Apply.
  11. Optionally, return to the Symbology - AirportSign pane.
  12. Steps 11 through 14 are optional, but will enable the Rotate tool, to set the sign direction when editing.

    For more information, see Modify Features tool reference.

  13. Click the Vary symbology by attribute button Vary symbology by attribute.
    Symbology - AirportSign Rotation section
  14. In the Rotation section, click the Direction (Z) drop-down arrow, and choose AIRPORTSIGNDIRECTION.
  15. In the Rotation style section, click the Geographic button.
  16. Click the Save button Save Project to save the project.

Explore the scene and allow redraw or refresh to cache and render the Airport sign in 3D.

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