How to change the vertical exaggeration in ArcScene
You can change the vertical exaggeration inside ArcScene to emphasize or understate the current vertical changes in the surface.
Steps:
- In thetable of contents, right-click Scene layers and click Scene Properties.
- Click the General tab.
- Click the Vertical Exaggeration drop-down arrow and click a vertical exaggeration factor.
- Optionally, click Calculate From Extent to automatically calculate an exaggeration factor based on the extent of all the data in the 3D view.
- Click OK.
The vertical exaggeration factor is applied to the z-values of all the data in the display.

- Double-click Scene layers as a shortcut to opening the Scene Properties dialog box.
8/16/2013