topic Re: Question in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633272#M8432 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>All units in CE are meters, so</P><P>Length = meters</P><P>Area = meters squared</P><P>Volumes = meters cubed</P><P></P><P>Hooray for metric. Down with the dark side.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:38:06 GMT Anonymous User 2014-12-09T21:38:06Z Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633271#M8431 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am learning from the trial version,&nbsp; is the lot min area and lot max area in acres?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:32:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633271#M8431 LucyCourchaine 2014-12-09T21:32:53Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633272#M8432 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>All units in CE are meters, so</P><P>Length = meters</P><P>Area = meters squared</P><P>Volumes = meters cubed</P><P></P><P>Hooray for metric. Down with the dark side.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:38:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633272#M8432 Anonymous User 2014-12-09T21:38:06Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633273#M8433 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What about if your coord system is 'Raw data in feet' or another non-metric system?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:56:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633273#M8433 BenLeslie1 2014-12-10T07:56:24Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633274#M8434 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>Is there a way to change the default through preferences or something to feet and acres?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:03:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633274#M8434 LucyCourchaine 2014-12-10T15:03:34Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633275#M8435 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ben,</P><P></P><P>I assume that the coord system that i am importing is adjusting to the metric system when i import it.&nbsp; But to answer your question the raw data that I work with is in feet and acres, not meters.</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:05:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633275#M8435 LucyCourchaine 2014-12-10T15:05:42Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633276#M8436 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I don't know about preference settings but if you're running the subdivision tool you can do that via python and build in a conversion factor.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:21:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633276#M8436 BenLeslie1 2014-12-10T15:21:37Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633277#M8437 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok, I haven't gotten to that tutorial yet so I will investigate. Thank you for your help!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:32:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633277#M8437 LucyCourchaine 2014-12-10T15:32:51Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633278#M8438 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey ..</P><P></P><P>There's no way to way to set different main units. Meters it is.</P><P></P><P>CGA is also meter based, e.g. extrude(1) extrudes 1 meter.</P><P></P><P>I highly recommend to use both CGA and Python only to convert attributes to meters and then work metric.</P><P></P><P>Cheers!</P><P></P><P>Matt</P><P></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Matthias Buehler</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"></SPAN></STRONG></P><P><EM><SPAN lang="EN-US">Head of 3D Technologies</SPAN></EM><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"></SPAN></STRONG></P><P><SPAN style="color: #999999; font-size: 10pt;"><SPAN lang="EN-US">twitter: @MattB3D</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"><BR /></SPAN></STRONG></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US">---------------------------------</SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US">Garsdale Design Limited </SPAN></P><P><A href="mailto:matthias.buehler@garsdaledesign.co.uk" target="_blank">matthias.buehler@garsdaledesign.co.uk</A></P><P><A href="http://www.garsdaledesign.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.garsdaledesign.co.uk</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:35:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633278#M8438 MatthiasBuehler 2014-12-10T15:35:53Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633279#M8439 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Oh, i have another question, do you know if I can add geo location information to a print screen jpeg?&nbsp; when i imported an aerial, it was not geo located, then imported a shapefile that was City Engine said they were to far apart.&nbsp; How can I resolve that?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:35:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633279#M8439 LucyCourchaine 2014-12-10T15:35:54Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633280#M8440 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok, thank you</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:57:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633280#M8440 LucyCourchaine 2014-12-10T15:57:03Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633281#M8441 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi.</P><P></P><P>You need to make sure the files line up, so also the satellite picture needs to have the correct projection.</P><P></P><P>There's some threads/discussions about this here on GeoNet. They're a bit scattered after all the old forum was dumped into GeoNet some time ago.</P><P></P><P>Ok ?</P><P></P><P>Matt</P><P></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Matthias Buehler</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"></SPAN></STRONG></P><P><EM><SPAN lang="EN-US">Head of 3D Technologies</SPAN></EM><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"></SPAN></STRONG></P><P><SPAN style="color: #999999; font-size: 10pt;"><SPAN lang="EN-US">twitter: @MattB3D</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"><BR /></SPAN></STRONG></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US">--------------------------------</SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US">Garsdale Design Limited </SPAN></P><P><A href="mailto:matthias.buehler@garsdaledesign.co.uk" target="_blank">matthias.buehler@garsdaledesign.co.uk</A></P><P><A href="http://www.garsdaledesign.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.garsdaledesign.co.uk</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:13:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633281#M8441 MatthiasBuehler 2014-12-10T16:13:47Z Re: Question https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633282#M8442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok</P><P></P><P>Thank you for your help</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:14:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/question/m-p/633282#M8442 LucyCourchaine 2014-12-10T17:14:55Z