CityEngine & ArcGis Terrain Data & Water

RomanGorshkov

Hey Guys,

I am just starting out with City Engine. I am going to get an educational license through my Uni, just what to ask a couple of questions.

1. What is the relationship between CityEngine and ArcGis? Do I have to get subscription for ArcGis as well to be able to do  masterplan designs?

    I am asking because for example I can’t get terrain data in City Engine without ArcGis subscription.

    Are there any other ways to get this DATA, I tried QGis but resolution is not as nice 

2. I know this question was asked before. How to mask out water areas from the map so I have a clean geometry of shore line or embarkment ?

    And then place a separate plane to represent a water surface. 

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Thank you

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RomanGorshkov

Hi Luiz,

Thank you for your reply. 

1. I think ArcGIS Online. I think I found an answer. I got an education license of City Engine and ArcGis Online identity through organisation (my university) Now I can get an access to Terrain Data from City Engine.

2. I don't have ArcGis Desktop ( Thought there is a way to extract mask from OSM and crop the terrain so I don't have extra polygons ?

Cheers