Identify features in a scene to select.

Use case
You can select features to visually distinguish them with a selection color or highlighting. This can be useful to demonstrate the physical extent or associated attributes of a feature, or to initiate another action such as centering that feature in the scene view.
How to use the sample
Tap on a building in the scene layer to select it. Deselect buildings by tapping away from the buildings.
How it works
- Create an instance of
ArcGISSceneLayer, passing in the URL to a scene layer service. - Use the
onSingleTapGestureon theSceneViewto get the screen tapped location. - Use
SceneViewProxy.identify(layer:screenPoint:tolerance:maximumResults:)to identify features in the scene. - From the resulting
IdentifyLayerResult, get the list of identifiedGeoElements. - Get the first
Featurein the list and useArcGISSceneLayer.selectFeature(features:).
Relevant API
- ArcGISSceneLayer
- Scene
- SceneView
- SceneViewProxy
- SceneViewReader
About the data
This sample shows a Brest France Buildings Scene hosted on ArcGIS Online.
Tags
3D, buildings, identify, model, query, search, select
Sample code
SelectFeaturesInSceneLayerView.swift
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import ArcGISimport SwiftUI
struct SelectFeaturesInSceneLayerView: View { /// The error shown in the error alert. @State private var error: (any Error)?
/// The point on the screen where the user tapped. @State private var tapPoint: CGPoint?
/// The scene layer that is added on top of the scene. @State private var sceneLayer = ArcGISSceneLayer(url: .brestBuildingService)
/// A scene with topographic basemap and a 3D buildings layer. @State private var scene: ArcGIS.Scene = { // Creates a scene and sets an initial viewpoint. let scene = Scene(basemapStyle: .arcGISTopographic) // Sets an initial camera location. let camera = Camera( latitude: 48.38282, longitude: -4.49779, altitude: 40, heading: 41.65, pitch: 71.2, roll: 0 ) // Sets initial viewpoint to camera position at point. scene.initialViewpoint = Viewpoint(boundingGeometry: camera.location, camera: camera) // Creates a surface and adds an elevation source. let surface = Surface() surface.addElevationSource(ArcGISTiledElevationSource(url: .worldElevationService)) // Sets the surface to the scene's base surface. scene.baseSurface = surface return scene }()
/// Adds feature layer to scene in initialization. init() { scene.addOperationalLayer(sceneLayer) }
var body: some View { SceneViewReader { sceneViewProxy in SceneView(scene: scene) // Captures location of tap on screen. .onSingleTapGesture { screenPoint, _ in tapPoint = screenPoint } .task(id: tapPoint) { // Clears the previous selections. sceneLayer.clearSelection() do { guard let locationPoint = tapPoint else { return } // Gets the identify results from the tap point. let result = try await sceneViewProxy.identify( on: sceneLayer, screenPoint: locationPoint, tolerance: 10 ) // Gets the first feature from the identify results. guard let feature = result.geoElements.first as? ArcGISFeature else { return } // Selects the feature in the scene layer. sceneLayer.selectFeature(feature) } catch { self.error = error } } } .errorAlert(presentingError: $error) }}
private extension URL { /// The URL of a Brest, France buildings scene service. static var brestBuildingService: URL { URL(string: "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/Buildings_Brest/SceneServer/layers/0")! }
/// The URL of the Terrain 3D ArcGIS REST Service. static var worldElevationService: URL { URL(string: "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer")! }}
#Preview { SelectFeaturesInSceneLayerView()}