topic Re: How to read rule-based attributes of an object? in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/how-to-read-rule-based-attributes-of-an-object/m-p/74132#M1044 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Mohsen Nazemi,</P><P></P><P>This is a quite common question. It is not possible to directly read out the rule-defined attributes. <BR />Please also refer the following GeoNet thread: </P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/119365">Is it possible to read rule-defined attributes with Python?</A> </P><P></P><P>However there are indirect methods, like exporting a report to get the values.</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/cityengine/latest/tutorials/tutorial-12-scripted-report-export.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/cityengine/latest/tutorials/tutorial-12-scripted-report-export.htm">Tutorial 12: Scripted report export—CityEngine Tutorials | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:12:17 GMT ThomasFuchs 2016-08-03T13:12:17Z How to read rule-based attributes of an object? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/how-to-read-rule-based-attributes-of-an-object/m-p/74130#M1042 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am using the open source "complete street" rule file. I have defined and modified some street attributes such as speed. How can I read the speed of each street from the generated model, via Python API?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:39:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/how-to-read-rule-based-attributes-of-an-object/m-p/74130#M1042 MohsenNazemi 2016-08-03T04:39:08Z Re: How to read rule-based attributes of an object? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/how-to-read-rule-based-attributes-of-an-object/m-p/74131#M1043 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can't test ATM, but this should work on a selected shape:</P><P></P><PRE __default_attr="python" __jive_macro_name="code" class="jive_macro_code _jivemacro_uid_14702287897067835 jive_text_macro" data-renderedposition="60_8_1332_16" jivemacro_uid="_14702287897067835"><P>ce.getAttribute(ce.selection()[0], '/ce/rule/myAttribute')</P></PRE></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:53:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/how-to-read-rule-based-attributes-of-an-object/m-p/74131#M1043 LR 2016-08-03T12:53:51Z Re: How to read rule-based attributes of an object? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/how-to-read-rule-based-attributes-of-an-object/m-p/74132#M1044 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Mohsen Nazemi,</P><P></P><P>This is a quite common question. It is not possible to directly read out the rule-defined attributes. <BR />Please also refer the following GeoNet thread: </P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/119365">Is it possible to read rule-defined attributes with Python?</A> </P><P></P><P>However there are indirect methods, like exporting a report to get the values.</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/cityengine/latest/tutorials/tutorial-12-scripted-report-export.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/cityengine/latest/tutorials/tutorial-12-scripted-report-export.htm">Tutorial 12: Scripted report export—CityEngine Tutorials | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:12:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/how-to-read-rule-based-attributes-of-an-object/m-p/74132#M1044 ThomasFuchs 2016-08-03T13:12:17Z