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3VR A much improved export to 360 imagery option and hosted in ArcGIS Online. Okay I may like this a little too much, more control over roof ridge placement, I can make better looking traditional barns with this operation. A nice shortcut to help figure out metrics without worrying about all the detail here. This brings in new possibilities like making lower detailed models for games etc… think LOD1 from an LOD3 model.
#CITYENGINE HELP PRO#
Give CityEngine a 3D multipatch building a get a footprint? In ArcGIS Pro you need to run a GP tool. CGA footprint Making a footprint out of a complex 3D model… Well it’s not that big a deal, if you want to bring in 2D CAD data, use the dxf importer that CityEngine has had for ages… “The Autodesk DWG Importer only imports 3D aspects of the file. Unfortunately the support is not as interesting for many as this is just DWG for 3D geometries. No it won’t stop those issues of DWGs needing tidying up, but it will potentially mean one less conversion step for some. I always maintain that CityEngine is a great ‘swiss army knife’ for 3D and 2D data, and with this release we have support for 3D DWG files. Be sure to check out the elevation picker option in the recently introduced tool options pane. This will make some people’s work easier I’m sure. Yes, that’s right a feature most of us have been hoping for has come true a way of modifying terrain easily with a tool rather than fudging it with polygons. I think the biggest headline for me here is a new tool called the Terrain brush. probably not the greatest example I could have used for terrain brush… Shameless Plug: Well you know I like CityEngine, do you also know I am a CityEngine Instructor? I deliver a range of 3D GIS CityEngine related services too! To find out more visit GD3D (Garsdale Design’s 3D geospatial brand).įive major updates for me here (there is more than this but I like these the most), a new tool, a new format support, two new CGA operations, and finally a useable 360/VR export option and viewer. The usual warning about keeping workspaces for CityEngine versions separate still applies and also copy CityEngine projects into the 2021 version workspace (using the import project tool) is the best way to do it.
#CITYENGINE HELP INSTALL#
Should you download it well read on! Remember CityEngine versions can be installed alongside each other so there’s no reason not to install it.
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None of this is secret you can see on the ArcGIS CityEngine help site that these features are now listed. So here we are at the end of May beginning of June and we finally have the 2021 version of ArcGIS CityEngine (Esri Partners get access to release a little early if you are wondering why the download option isn’t available to you yet). A new CityEngine release is always a reason to celebrate for me, especially on a ‘big’ version release day.