The surfaceDraper should work, send your point cloud to Points/Line input port and the point shapefile to the DrapeFeatures port. Set a surface tolerance and make sure that ExistingElevation is set to Replace Z.
The surfaceDraper should work, send your point cloud to Points/Line input port and the point shapefile to the DrapeFeatures port. Set a surface tolerance and make sure that ExistingElevation is set to Replace Z.
addztoshape.fmw
Hi, I sent the output from the coordinate extractor to a shapefile but I don't see the z value in the dbf as an attribute (which is what I want). When adding a writer I am prompted to indicate which feature to write too, which is either the input shapefile or the point cloud. I chose the shapefile... but alas no elevation is showing up when I run the workspace?? I also selected replace z value in the surfacedraper but there is no z to replace. thanks!
Hi @masonb12. Have you included your Z attribute from the CoordinateExtractor in your shapefile writer schema? You may need to change your Attribute Definition setting, or add in the attribute manually. Hope this helps!
Nathan
Hi, I sent the output from the coordinate extractor to a shapefile but I don't see the z value in the dbf as an attribute (which is what I want). When adding a writer I am prompted to indicate which feature to write too, which is either the input shapefile or the point cloud. I chose the shapefile... but alas no elevation is showing up when I run the workspace?? I also selected replace z value in the surfacedraper but there is no z to replace. thanks!
Hi @masonb12. Have you included your Z attribute from the CoordinateExtractor in your shapefile writer schema? You may need to change your Attribute Definition setting, or add in the attribute manually. Hope this helps!
Nathan