Bringing in Polylines as Shapes

Question

Hi everyone.

I'm looking for a workflow to import closed Polylines in AutoCAD as shapes in CityEngine.

I found this video, in which shapes from Sketchup are imported into CityEngine using the KMZ format. When I try to do the same thing, the shapes come in as highly triangulated models. When I use 'Convert Models to Shapes' they merge together.

Has anyone found a clean way to do this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plncupf4FA8&t=963s

DevinLavigne · Answer

Sounds good. Yes I was going to say bring them in as fills.

MattOlsen · Answer

@DevinLavigne

Thanks for following up on this. As you suggested, I wanted a shape that I can assign CGA rules to in the same way as a Lot.

In the end, I found a solution - by creating a HATCH from the shapes, converting to a surface (CONVTOSURF), then converting to a mesh (MESHSMOOTH) - saving a DWG and importing into CityEngine.

DevinLavigne · Answer

@MattOlsen just checking in - your screenshot is my work FYI