Function Comparison Between arcscene and arcglobe

As a 3D visual environment provided by ArcGIS, arcglobe and arcscene can display and analyze 2D or 3D data in 3D space. Arcglobe is mainly used for seamless visualization of massive data. arcscene is suitable for 3D analysis and display in scenarios with small data volumes.

The main functional differences between the two products are as follows:

Feature differences	Arcglobe	Arcscene
3D Analyst toolbar (such as contour, steepest path, line of sight, profile, and other functions .)	Not Supported	Supported
Use cache to manage massive data	Supported	Not Supported
Terrain Data	Supported	Not Supported
Use tins as the height source (elevation sources)	Supported	Supported
Show tins	Not Supported	Supported
Dynamic shadow	Not Supported	Supported
Annotation element	Supported	Not Supported
Stereo display (Stereo viewing)	Not Supported	Supported
Complex 3D symbolic	Not Supported	Supported
Animation (move layers along the route)	Not Supported	Supported
No projection data	Not Supported	Supported
Supports	Imported	Can be imported/exported
Representation symbolic	Supports raster layers	Not Supported