Block Width

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   Can someone kindly explain what is meant by "Block width" for streaming layers, how does it effects performance and how does TE interpret it.
The description in the help file is not very explanatory and detailed.

Does 611 m Block width means TE will load models with in 611 meters from center point?? or what does it mean actually????

Regards
Azam

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azam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Visitor Joined: September 21 2008 Location: Dubai Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote azam Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Block Width Posted: June 24 2010 at 9:04am
	Can someone kindly explain what is meant by "Block width" for streaming layers, how does it effects performance and how does TE interpret it. The description in the help file is not very explanatory and detailed. Does 611 m Block width means TE will load models with in 611 meters from center point?? or what does it mean actually???? Regards Azam

yunjinzh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Visitor Joined: September 19 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote yunjinzh Report Post Quote Reply Posted: June 25 2010 at 2:24am
	depend on your data if you data's extent is large, but the size is samll you can set the block width with a large number if not ,you should set more smaller! best wishes!

azam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Visitor Joined: September 21 2008 Location: Dubai Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote azam Report Post Quote Reply Posted: June 26 2010 at 9:51am
	Thanks yunjinzh for your response. I am curious about the mechanism on which block width works? Basically we have country wide point feature layer (having 3D symbology) and the extent is too large. If i set block width to higher value (in KM), TE does not show any data and terrain gets very heavy.. but if i set it to less than 611 m TE starts streaming but I am not able to understand its behavior on different values of block width?