topic Re: Starting with City Engine in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions

Starting with City Engine

CarmaGerber — Thu, 22 May 2014 01:43:37 GMT

Hello

I am looking to create a 3D interior model.

When I start City Engine I click through the wizard and end up with a city template.

Is there any way I can start with a blank canvas and add a layer (i.d. a CAD layer)?

Many thanks

Re: Starting with City Engine

RaymondHuang — Thu, 22 May 2014 02:06:03 GMT

Hi Carma,

Welcome to the CityEngine community!

I believe you will need to create a new project. Then the first step is to create a new scene. This can be done in the main menu via �??File �?? New... �?? CityEngine �?? CityEngine scene. The name of the CityEngine scene can now be entered and after pressing Finish, the new project is created.

Autodesk's AutoCAD files can be imported into the CityEngine. This can be done by invoking the import wizard in the File menu, e.g. �??File �?? Import... �?? CityEngine Layers �?? DXF Import for .dxf files.

There are a lot of tutorials and resources online and among them, I will recommend you read the quick start guide first: http://cehelp.esri.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.procedural.cityengine.help/html/quickstart/cemodelingwflow.html

Good luck and have fun! Hope it help!

Raymond

Re: Starting with City Engine

CarmaGerber — Thu, 22 May 2014 02:15:20 GMT

Thanks Raymond!

I'm currently working my way through the video tutorials which I am finding very helpful. I will also make myself familiar with the help document as you have suggested.

I'm very much a beginner with CityEngine and look forward to getting to know it!

Regards,
Carma Gerber

Re: Starting with City Engine

RaymondHuang — Thu, 22 May 2014 04:29:27 GMT

Hi Carma,

I am glad you are progressing! If the quick start link helps, do mark the post as the answer so that it helps others. 🙂

Raymond