topic SHP gets flatten when Align to Terrain in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/shp-gets-flatten-when-align-to-terrain/m-p/639660#M8490 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>I'm new in CE and this must be something simple that I'm missing here. When I import a SHP files, the 3D models are generated. However, when I click on "align shapes to terrain" they all get flatten. How do I retain the SHP attributes and &nbsp;align them to a DEM?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Sep 2016 02:07:12 GMT DavidTran3 2016-09-13T02:07:12Z SHP gets flatten when Align to Terrain https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/shp-gets-flatten-when-align-to-terrain/m-p/639660#M8490 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>I'm new in CE and this must be something simple that I'm missing here. When I import a SHP files, the 3D models are generated. However, when I click on "align shapes to terrain" they all get flatten. How do I retain the SHP attributes and &nbsp;align them to a DEM?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Sep 2016 02:07:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/shp-gets-flatten-when-align-to-terrain/m-p/639660#M8490 DavidTran3 2016-09-13T02:07:12Z Re: SHP gets flatten when Align to Terrain https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/shp-gets-flatten-when-align-to-terrain/m-p/639661#M8491 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If your building parts are seperate objects, they will each be translated seperately. If you select the building pieces&nbsp;you can group the shapes with the <STRONG>-&gt; &lt;-</STRONG> button in the drawing toolbar. Now you should be able to translate it while keeping its form.</P><P></P><P>Mind that projecting always projects the vertices of the shapes. This will flatten any shape.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:24:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/shp-gets-flatten-when-align-to-terrain/m-p/639661#M8491 LR 2016-09-14T10:24:53Z Re: SHP gets flatten when Align to Terrain https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/shp-gets-flatten-when-align-to-terrain/m-p/639662#M8492 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks L R&nbsp;for the reply!</P><P></P><P>Your comment helped me figure out that I had to change the Align function to Translate to Maximum and not projecting it as you mention it.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:40:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/shp-gets-flatten-when-align-to-terrain/m-p/639662#M8492 DavidTran3 2016-09-14T15:40:10Z