topic Re: Exporting to ArcScene in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions

Exporting to ArcScene

NicoleHanson — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:19:45 GMT

I used the format: Esri FileGDB to export my model from CityEngine, and now I want to bring it into ArcScene, but I can't seem to figure out how.

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

MatthiasBuehler1 — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:54:26 GMT

Any GIS specialists reading this thread ?

I'm not really familiar with ArcScene..

M.

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

JoanneO_Brien — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:29:34 GMT

This is pretty simple, you just bring it in as you would any new file by clicking the add data button. It's just put the files into a geodatabase as meshes, so when you add the data it brings in the model into the scene.

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

NicoleHanson — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:03:54 GMT

When I did that, it was going on four days of trying to import into ArcScene. What file format do I need to make sure to export out of CityEngine?

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

ScottFujikawa — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:51:00 GMT

Hi,
I attached some screenshots the steps that I take to export a building from CE.
Hope this helps.
Scott

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

ScottFujikawa — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:53:45 GMT

Here's the final 2 screenshots to complete the process.
Scott

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

NicoleHanson — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:04:18 GMT

Thanks Scott. Will it work the same for streets?

I will give that a try.

Nicole

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

NicoleHanson — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:21:46 GMT

OK, so when I followed what you had done I got this error message: [ATTACH=CONFIG]22039[/ATTACH]

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

MatthiasBuehler1 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:35:02 GMT

Hi .

Such Errors can appear because :

- rule file contains errors
- no rule assigned to shape
- start rule not set properly
- actual CGA operation error ( rarely and can be mostly ignored )
- ..

Usually, this info message can be igored, but actually reading the content of the log may give you more inputs.

The export has completed, so try to import what you got into ArcScene. I guess it has worked anyway.

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

NicoleHanson — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:49:58 GMT

Nope, there's nothing in the file geodatabase. I tried it a couple of times, once having it exported to an existing geodatabase and once into a new one. I'm not grabbing that big of an area, and I went through, at least I think I did, to make sure everything had a rule. I will check that again and try it again.

Thanks guys!

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

ScottFujikawa — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:54:55 GMT

Hi,
I've gotten that same error message occasionally and usually it means that I have been trying to export something that has too much texture or rasters too large (like the terrain imagery) for the exporter memory to process. (I 'm working on an old XP machine with only 4GB of memory) Try exporting just one or two buildings to see if the whole process is working for you.
Scott

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

NicoleHanson — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:32:37 GMT

Nope, same thing. I have 12GB of memory.

I called into ESRI support, and they had me to try the collada format, which worked, but then bringing it into ArcScene, ArcScene froze and closed.

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

MatthiasBuehler1 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:33:34 GMT

Hi Nicole ..

Try not to use Collada but .kml. Using Collada is dangerous for the exact same reason as in this thread here :
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/59442-FBX-export-%28models%29-to-3DSMAX

Try using kml for the export. Then use the GP tool 'kml to layer' to import the model into ArcScene.

m.

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

NicoleHanson — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:19:08 GMT

I have done the kml to layer, but ArcScene was taking days for it to convert. Is that normal?

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

MatthiasBuehler1 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:41:34 GMT

Hi ..

Should not take days .. That seems something for Esri support ..

Maybe check the polycount ..

[[ Tip : Test your workflows always just on maybe 1 building or 1 street segment. Then, if all works grow the amount of data you transport at a time.. ]]

Re: Exporting to ArcScene

NicoleHanson — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:45:42 GMT

OK, I will try that. Thanks!

When I tried one segment, I got an error message saying that there were "no features found for processing".