SKILL_JS5_ARCGIS / arcgis-3d-layers
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Quick-reference for 3D layers. Read before loading 3D content. 1. Data type? i3s objects → SceneLayer; i3s mesh → IntegratedMeshLayer; 3D Tiles mesh (3DTilesServer/tileset.json) → IntegratedMesh3DTilesLayer; LiDAR → PointCloudLayer; gaussian splat → GaussianSplatLayer on a published tileset.json or portalItem, never a .ply. 2. View? Must be a SceneView / <arcgis-scene>. 3. On terrain? Set map.ground = "world-elevation".
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View?: Must be a SceneView / <arcgis-scene>.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 40,246 AGENTS.md files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Agent Guide: arcgis-3d-layers
Quick-reference for 3D layers. Read before loading 3D content.
Quick Decision Tree
- Data type? i3s objects →
SceneLayer; i3s mesh →IntegratedMeshLayer; 3D Tiles mesh (3DTilesServer/tileset.json) →IntegratedMesh3DTilesLayer; LiDAR →PointCloudLayer; gaussian splat →GaussianSplatLayeron a publishedtileset.jsonorportalItem, never a.ply. - View? Must be a
SceneView/<arcgis-scene>. - On terrain? Set
map.ground = "world-elevation".
Setup Checklist
- Use a
SceneView(<arcgis-scene>), never aMapView. - Set
groundfor terrain alignment. - Leave
qualityProfileto the SDK (set per device); expose it only as a user setting. - After
await layer.load(), checkfullExtentis not the whole world (silent bad source). - Load gaussian splats on demand (GPU-heavy).
Anti-patterns (one-liner reminders)
- ❌ Adding 3D layers to a
MapView. - ❌ Loading every heavy 3D layer at startup, or hard-coding
qualityProfile. - ❌
GaussianSplatLayer({ url: "….ply" }): resolvesload()and draws nothing. - ❌
opacityon mesh/point-cloud/splat layers in a SceneView: not supported. - ❌ Forgetting
groundso meshes float/sink.
Files in This Skill
SKILL.md/SKILL.es.md— full guidesreferences/api-detail.md— 3D layer signaturesreferences/examples.md— SceneLayer / mesh / splatreferences/pitfalls.md— extended troubleshootingscripts/snippet-scenelayer.ts,snippet-gaussiansplat.ts,snippet-integratedmesh.ts
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