====== Orbit 3DM Plugin for ArcGIS =====

This page describes the Orbit 3D Mapping Plugin for ArcGIS.

===== Download and Install =====

** Requirements ** \\ 
See [[203:technology:platforms:specs_webclient|]].

** Download ** \\
Download the ArcGIS plugin installer from the Orbit website, [[https://orbitgt.com/3dm-plugin/]].

** Install Orbit Plugin ** \\
  * Double click the "plugin_3dm_arcgis.esriAddinX" file. You can find the file in the target location you chose during the wizard steps.
  * Choose "Install Add-In" on the pop-up screen.
  * The "Installation succeeded" pop-up confirmation appears, the Orbit 3D Mapping toolbar is added.

===== Orbit 3D Mapping Toolbar for ArcGIS Map =====

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**Viewer**\\
When launching the Orbit 3D Mapping Viewer from the toolbar in ArcGIS, a new tab will be opened in the default browser of the user. If there is no window active yet in that browser, then a new window will be launched. The new window shows the [[203:products:3dm_plugins|3D Mapping Viewer Welcome page]].\\ 

On opening a publication or viewer, the Footprints of the opened [[203:viewer:sidebars:resources|resources]] and Field of Views are made visible in ArcGIS and are updated when they are changed in the 3D Mapping Viewer.

**Footprints**\\
Option to disable the visibility of Orbit layers (Footprints, Field of Views and Measurements) in ArcGIS. \\

**Pick location**\\
Pick a location on the map canvas in ArcGIS to refocus all opened Views and the Reference View in the Orbit 3D Mapping Viewer to the chosen location.

**Layers**\\
This option gives the possibility to visualize features from an external layer on the 3D Mapping Viewer. The features are visualized in the 3D Mapping Viewer using standard formatting. And a new resource is added to the [[203:viewer:sidebars:resources|]]. \\

Steps to be followed:
  * Select one or more features in ArcGIS from which the overlay should be made. 
  * Click the button to visualize the selected features as an overlay on the Orbit 3D Mapping Viewer. \\
  * Add new features to the existing overlay: Make a new selection in ArcGIS (from the same layer or another) and visualize them on the 3D Mapping Viewer. A combination of different layer types is possible.\\
  * Clear the complete overlay: Click on the button in the toolbar without selecting any features in ArcGIS.

**Measurements**\\
This option gives the possibility to save measurements from the Orbit 3D Mapping Viewer in an existing layer in ArcGIS.

Steps to be followed:
  * Add a layer to ArcGIS or use layer 0.
  * Make sure the layer you which to save features in is the active layer.
  * Execute a measurement in the Orbit 3D Mapping Viewer. While measuring, the measurement object is visualized in ArcGIS as part of the active layer. 
  * Click the button in Plugin to add the measurement object to the active layer in ArcGIS.

**Help**\\
Orbit Knowledge Base is opened.