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■ File name of the SDF that will store the contour features
Tell me more
Video
■ Show me how to create a contour layer
from a surface.
Procedures
■
To create contour lines (page 1190)
Tutorial
■ Lesson 1: Analyze Data Visually, Using
Surfaces
Workflow
■ Style Surfaces
GIS Skills
■ Create a contour layer from a surface.
Related topics
■
Adding Raster-Based Surfaces to Your
Map (page 441)
■ Draping Map Data Over 3D Surfaces
(page 1192)
■ Viewing Surfaces in 3D (page 1194)
■ To create contour lines (page 1190)
■ To edit the line styles and labels used for the contour lines (page 1191)
■ To delete a layer of contour lines (page 1191)
To create contour lines
1 In Display Manager (page 2060), right-click a surface layer, and select Create
Contour Layer.
For information about adding a surface layer, see Adding Raster-Based
Surfaces to Your Map
(page 441).
2 In the
Generate Contour dialog box (page 1561), enter a name for the new
Display Manager layer that will contain the contour lines.
1190 | Chapter 8 Analyzing Data