It will run on Windows 7 and above 64-Bit and Windows Server 64-Bit
Note that you have to be logged as an Administrator on the machine when you are installing ET Surface
Download ET Surface from http://www.ian-ko.com
Unzip ETSurfaceXX.zip - two files will be extracted from the archive:
setup.exe
ETSurfaceXXSetup.msi
Run setup.exe - a simple installation wizard will guide you through
the process.
A new program group called ET Surface 70 with 5 items will be created
ET Surface 70 - the main executable - opens ET Surface
interface
ET Surface User Guide
Readme - opens the readme.txt file.
Register ETS Add In for ArcGIS Desktop
Register ETS Add In for ArcGIS Pro
To find the ET Surface 70 Program Group
On Windows 7
Click on the Start button
Choose All Programs
Open the ET Surface 70 folder
On Windows 8
Click on the Start button
Click the down button from the Windows tile screen
Locate the ET Surface 70 section
On Windows 10
Click on the Start button
Choose All apps
Select ET Surface 70 folder
If you want to use ET Surface from within ArcMap you need to register the ETSurface for Desktop Add-In.
Find the ET Surface 70 Program Group (see above)
Click on Register ETS Add In for ArcGIS Desktop
If you have ArcGIS Desktop installed the Installation Utility will open
Click on Install Add-In
Open ArcMap
In ArcMap click on Customize ==> Extensions and check ETSurface7x
In ArcMap click on Customize ==> Toolbars and check the ET Surface toolbar
If you want to use ET Surface from within ArcGIS Pro you need to register the ETSurface for Pro Add-In.
Find the ET Surface 70 Program Group (see above)
Click on Register ETS Add In for ArcGIS Pro
If you have ArcGIS Pro installed the Installation Utility will open
Click on Install Add-In
Open ArcGIS Pro
Click on the Add-In Tab. The ETSurface button should be
available for use.
Notes:
ET Surface runs in DEMO mode until registered.
The Demo mode has the following limitations
Build TIN function will use the first 500 points or vertices of the input feature class only.
Modify TIN will work with input TIN with 500 nodes or less and will use the first 500 points or
vertices of the input feature class only.
Any function with raster output will work without restrictions, but if the output raster has more
than 10,000 cells it will have a stamp with NoData cells.
Any function with TIN input will work only if the input TIN has 500 nodes or less.
The functions for which the main data source are feature classes, will
not work on feature classes with more than 100 features.
Profiling, Line of Sight, and Digitize Z features functions will use the first 50 data points only.
The registered version does not have the above restrictions.
The following function are free and have no limitations: