topic CityEngine: aligning a shape to terrain in 3D Cities / Campuses Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-cities-campuses-questions/cityengine-aligning-a-shape-to-terrain/m-p/877654#M77 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have three layers:</P><P>-Parcels</P><P>-Buildings</P><P>-DEM</P><P></P><P>I imported them all into CityEngine and I aligned parcels and Buildings to Terrain (DEM).</P><P></P><P>I notices that, in large parcels (see Figure 1), some buildings are floating. The reason is, the large parcel vertices have been aligned to&nbsp;terrain. But the middle part of the parcel has a higher height. When I align the building to the terrain, it aligns it to terrain based on the height of that area. Accordingly, it keeps the building in a height floating.</P><P></P><P>What would be the best method for fixing this issue?</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/381312_1.png" /></P><P></P><P>Real case:</P><P></P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/381313_2.png" style="width: 783px; height: 441px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:11:52 GMT dshojaei1dsh 2017-10-25T04:11:52Z CityEngine: aligning a shape to terrain https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-cities-campuses-questions/cityengine-aligning-a-shape-to-terrain/m-p/877654#M77 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have three layers:</P><P>-Parcels</P><P>-Buildings</P><P>-DEM</P><P></P><P>I imported them all into CityEngine and I aligned parcels and Buildings to Terrain (DEM).</P><P></P><P>I notices that, in large parcels (see Figure 1), some buildings are floating. The reason is, the large parcel vertices have been aligned to&nbsp;terrain. But the middle part of the parcel has a higher height. When I align the building to the terrain, it aligns it to terrain based on the height of that area. Accordingly, it keeps the building in a height floating.</P><P></P><P>What would be the best method for fixing this issue?</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/381312_1.png" /></P><P></P><P>Real case:</P><P></P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/381313_2.png" style="width: 783px; height: 441px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:11:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-cities-campuses-questions/cityengine-aligning-a-shape-to-terrain/m-p/877654#M77 dshojaei1dsh 2017-10-25T04:11:52Z