nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

CityEngine python commands in external IDE?

CarlBester1

Hi guys,

Does anybody know if it is possible to import/use the CityEngine python commands in an external IDE, such as PyScriptor?

I've noticed that when you create a new Python module in CE it automatically imports all from scripting (from scripting import *).

However when I try to import scripting from PyScriptor it can't find it. Hopefully I'm just missing something small.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Carl

Encuentra más publicaciones etiquetadas con

Accepted answers

CherylLau

No, sorry, it is currently not possible to call CE python scripts from outside of the GUI/externally. It's good to know that there's a demand for this though, so we appreciate your post.

All comments

jsd_mvr

I was hoping it would be possible to use the python module in a continuous integration system to automatically generate updated rule packages whenever the source rules/assets are edited. We use the C++ SDK with rule packages for procedural content creation, so this is currently a manual step that requires using the City Engine UI

ChristianShiel1

I would like to create a tool that I can hook up cityengine with a games engine like Unity but without having to go through CityEngine GUI. For example I would want a web app that I can download an OSM file and this is put into CityEngine and then as a download comes a Unity project with the generated scene inside.

ThomasFuchs

Could you please provide a use case for your feature request?
The CityEngine team knows some special use cases, where this can make sense, but we are still collecting more...

The C++ SDK can only provide a fraction of the CE python functionality, but here it is easier to open it up the externals IDEs.

ChristianShiel1

PS I assume the same applies to the c++ SDK? (ie It can be used to extend the GUI but not make external calls).

ChristianShiel1

Thanks for clearing this up. I would like to discuss the possibility of opening up this API to be externally accessible. How do I proceed?

CherylLau

No, sorry, it is currently not possible to call CE python scripts from outside of the GUI/externally. It's good to know that there's a demand for this though, so we appreciate your post.

CarlBester1

Hi Matthew thanks for the reply.

I was actually thinking more along the lines of the CE commands.

For example:

views = ce.getObjectsFrom(ce.get3DViews(), ce.isViewport)

views[0].setCameraPosition(0, 200, 0)

More examples of the CE commands can be seen at:

http://cehelp.esri.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.procedural.cityengine.help/html/manual/python/jscripting/jscripting_cat.html

Thanks,

Carl

MatthewBaber

If you have a 3d analyst license then you should be able import certain rules packages from cityengine when using the command "import arcpy" at the beginning of the script.

I am unsure if this includes the full library of cityengine procedures, however, due to cityengine using jython not python.

example on importing rules: Features From CityEngine Rules—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Únete a la Conversación

Los miembros registrados pueden publicar, seguir actualizaciones y más. ¿Nuevo aquí? Regístrate gratis.

Enlaces Rápidos

Community Help
Find useful guides, FAQs, and documents to help you navigate and make the most of Esri Community.