topic Re: split parapet walls in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions

split parapet walls

AidaAfrooz — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 06:43:00 GMT

Hello,

Does anyone know which operation I need to use to split the parapet wall of the building attached similar to the Google image?Thanks!

Re: split parapet walls

BenLeslie1 — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 09:08:18 GMT

I think this section of CE documentation should help

split Operation

Unless I misunderstand what youre asking..

Re: split parapet walls

MatthiasBuehler — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 09:35:21 GMT

Hi,

Did you have a look at the official tutorial 9?

CityEngine Tutorials - Tutorial 9: Advanced shape grammar

This will give you a good intro in how to tackle your specific building..

Good luck!

Matt

Matthias Buehler

Head of 3D Technologies

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Re: split parapet walls

AidaAfrooz — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 23:56:40 GMT

Hi Ben and Matthias,

Thanks for your reply.

I tried split operation but was not successful to make the crenellation or the gap between the splits equally.

I looked at the tutorial before but will double check it and go through it again.

in case you came up with any ideas in making the crenellation for parapet walls, please let me know!

thanks

Re: split parapet walls

BenLeslie1 — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 07:02:07 GMT

I had a go and this looked pretty good to me - I'm not sure you'll get the sizes identical unless each wall is the same length.

Lot-->

extrude(10)

comp(f){top:Top|side:Sides.}

Top-->

offset(-0.5)

comp(f){inside:Roof.|border:Battlement}

Battlement-->

split(x){~1:Merlon|{~2:Crenel.|~2:Merlon}*|~2:Crenel.|~1:Merlon}

Merlon-->

extrude(2)

(edited to correct terminology)

Re: split parapet walls

AidaAfrooz — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:49:20 GMT

Thank you very much Ben!! It works