3D Tiles layers

3D Tiles is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard that enables visualization of 3D datasets following the OGC 3D Tiles specification. A 3D Tiles layer can display data from online services, a tileset (.json), or a 3D Tiles archive format (.3tz).

3D Tiles layers in a scene

In the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine, geospatial information is organized in layers with specific capabilities. The batched 3D Model (.b3dm) feature is the supported 3D Tiles geometry model for representing heterogeneous 3D models such as textured terrains and surfaces, buildings, and others. 3D Tiles layers contain many types of data that can be drawn in global and local scenes. See global or local for more information.

3D Tiles layers support custom materials that apply to the entire layer and mesh modifications that remove areas specified by polygon areas. See material reference and mesh modification for more information.

3D Tiles services

A 3D Tiles service is a data service that provides the source content for a 3D Tiles layer.

You can use the following kinds of URLs for the source to add services to your ArcGIS Map:

Item page URL (recommended). This URL points to the specific item page of a service. It provides details about the item, such as metadata, sharing settings, and access options. You can find it by navigating to the item page on ArcGIS Online or in your portal and copying the URL from the browser address bar.
- Example: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=9f86716d941c4410b0b406d911754b2c for items accessible via the ArcGIS Online public URL or https://yourorg.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=9f86716d941c4410b0b406d911754b2c for items within your organization.
Services URL. This URL directly points to the REST endpoint of a web service. You can find the service URL by accessing the service item in your portal and copying the URL from the item's details page (usually at the lower right).
- Example: https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/Esri_Hydro_Reference_Overlay/MapServer, which is https://yourserver.domain.com/arcgis/rest/services/YourFolder/YourMapService/MapServer

Tip

You can work with 3D Tiles services hosted in ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, or in a third-party web server. For non Esri hosted services that require authentication, use the ArcGISOGC3DTilesLayer.customParameters property to specify any additional parameter required to load the service.
3D Tiles services that are publicly shared or shared by your own organization can also be found on ArcGIS Online. Refer to the ArcGIS Online documentation to learn more about searching in ArcGIS Online.
You can share 3D Tiles layers in ArcGIS Pro.
You can learn about sharing URLs here.
If your organization has disabled anonymous access, you can still share the organization's public items by sharing them through the public URL (https://www.arcgis.com) instead of your organization's URL (for example, https://yourorg.maps.arcgis.com).

Local 3D Tiles packages

3D Tiles layers can also access data from a local file in the 3D Tiles Archive Format (.3tz) or loaded directly from an uncompressed tileset (.json) file. Tilesets in JSON format are recognized only if they have the file name tileset.json.