topic Re: Share Scene Layer Package-what projection? in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions

Share Scene Layer Package-what projection?

deleted-user-OlpHy1NoMNug — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:43:25 GMT

When exporting to a Scene Layer Package in CE what coordinate system should I be using. I've been working in our State Plane but when the scene environment is set to global scene the data is way off and when it's set to local scene you can't use the ESRI basemaps.

Scott

Re: Share Scene Layer Package-what projection?

LR — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:19:14 GMT

Pretty sure it's Web Mercator / EPSG 3857.

Re: Share Scene Layer Package-what projection?

ThomasFuchs — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:18:30 GMT

Hello Scott Aulen,

Due to the big distortions of the Web Mercator / EPSG 3857 projection it is not recommended for working with CityEngine. If possible, use the UTM coordinate system of your area. For the upcoming CityEngine release the support for State Planes has been improved.

For ESRI basemap support in the web viewer, you should set 'Create a global scene' on export. The scene layer content then gets automatically re-projected to Web Mercator.

Re: Share Scene Layer Package-what projection?

deleted-user-OlpHy1NoMNug — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:51:58 GMT

Sounds good.

I'm also having difficulty finding instructions for using my own elevation data. Can this be done through AGOL or just ArcServer? Can you point me to the documentation for this?

What's the ETA on the next CityEngine release?

Re: Share Scene Layer Package-what projection?

ThomasFuchs — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 08:01:22 GMT

Frequently asked questions—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS

Can I share my own terrain models in scenes?

Yes. You can share custom terrains using ArcGIS 10.3 for Desktop and later to create a cached elevation image service. You can add these services as elevation layers in your scene.

CityEngine 2016.1 has just been released:

What's new in CityEngine 2016—Esri CityEngine | ArcGIS for Desktop