An overview of the Visibility toolset

Available with 3D Analyst license.

The Visibility toolset features tools for performing various forms of visibility analysis, ranging from constructing shadow models and sight lines to generation of viewsheds and skylines.

ToolDescription

Construct Sight Lines

Creates line features that represent sight lines from one or more observer points to features in a target feature class.

Intervisibility

Determines the visibility of sight lines using potential obstructions defined by any combination of 3D features and surfaces.

Line Of Sight

Determines the visibility of sight lines over obstructions consisting of a surface and an optional multipatch dataset.

Overview of tools in the Visibility toolset