topic Re: 3D Printing in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/3d-printing/m-p/240856#M3136 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I played around with making a solid terrain a while ago, this was my rather janky result. The basic idea was to triangulate a shape then align it to the terrain, grab the lowest part's y-pos and subtract the current part's y-pos + x to extrude downward. Top it off with a thick plate from below and then slap an aerial image on top of that. If someone wants to know more, I'll try to remember the steps <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P><P></P><P></P><P><IMG alt="house.png" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/190853_house.png" style="width: 620px; height: 392px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:23:48 GMT LR 2016-03-12T00:23:48Z 3D Printing https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/3d-printing/m-p/240854#M3134 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My employer has finally decided to print some 3D models of downtown areas to use in community planning.&nbsp; This is a new avenue for me and I wanted to ask a few questions here to people that may have experience with this.&nbsp; I know that my city engine models can be exported to a print-friendly format.&nbsp; However, the model we are ultimately trying to build MUST have topography; And MUST have separate buildings.</P><P>a) If I bring in a multipatch file of my buildings into City Engine and perform a simple rule operation...such as coloring...is the geometry tight enough to print?...or should I use and extrude a footprint in CityEngine and print that?</P><P>b)&nbsp; If I export an obj of all my model buildings, can I print them one by one (as in not connected) or should i make an obj file for each building?</P><P>c)&nbsp; What is a <STRONG>recommended workflow to print a topography base</STRONG> and keep the scale where the individual buildings can sit on the topography as they would in the CityEngine Model?</P><P>d)&nbsp; Can a large topography (lets say an 8x8&nbsp; -- 10x10 Model topography (no buildings)) be printed from CityEngine ; how to make it thick enough to sit on a table (the on-screen terrains look paper thin) ?</P><P></P><P>I think the idea is to get the topography from somewhere ....and have a smaller 3D printer in-house to print buildings and smaller entities on.</P><P></P><P>Any advice would be greatly appreciated on how to go about this project.<A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/54574">Matthias Buehler</A>​</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:54:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/3d-printing/m-p/240854#M3134 MicahTaylor 2015-07-10T19:54:28Z Re: 3D Printing https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/3d-printing/m-p/240855#M3135 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Did you ever find a good workflow for printing a topography base? I'm having the same issue myself and have tried a few things that have failed, so I'm still looking!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:34:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/3d-printing/m-p/240855#M3135 AliciaNewberry 2016-03-03T14:34:47Z Re: 3D Printing https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/3d-printing/m-p/240856#M3136 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I played around with making a solid terrain a while ago, this was my rather janky result. The basic idea was to triangulate a shape then align it to the terrain, grab the lowest part's y-pos and subtract the current part's y-pos + x to extrude downward. Top it off with a thick plate from below and then slap an aerial image on top of that. If someone wants to know more, I'll try to remember the steps <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /></P><P></P><P></P><P><IMG alt="house.png" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/190853_house.png" style="width: 620px; height: 392px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:23:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/3d-printing/m-p/240856#M3136 LR 2016-03-12T00:23:48Z