topic Re: Generate object names from a value from the object attributes in CityEngine in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/generate-object-names-from-a-value-from-the-object/m-p/724719#M9562 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Nelson</P><P></P><P>Pls find attached a python module that should solve your problem.</P><P>Copy the .py file into the script folder of your project.</P><P>In order to make it work you need to replace "myAttr" with the attributes name you want to use. Save it afterwards.</P><P>Select the shapes you want to rename <STRONG>only</STRONG>.</P><P>With the python script open in the editor go to Python -&gt; Run&nbsp;</P><P>the selected shapes should now be renamed.</P><P></P><P><STRONG>Note</STRONG>: this script&nbsp;is intended to work exactly for this case. it doesn't handle edge cases such as attribute does not exist, etc.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 26 May 2019 14:41:40 GMT ChristianIten 2019-05-26T14:41:40Z Generate object names from a value from the object attributes in CityEngine https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/generate-object-names-from-a-value-from-the-object/m-p/724718#M9561 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a shapefile with buildings and imported it into CityEngine. All the objects in CityEngine get named automatically. Is there a way to change to generate custom object names from a value in the object attributes table (with&nbsp;a rule file) ?<IMG alt="How to automatically assign the value GEBID as the object name?" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/440845_Unbenannt.PNG" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 31 Mar 2019 18:27:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/generate-object-names-from-a-value-from-the-object/m-p/724718#M9561 NelsonSchäfer1 2019-03-31T18:27:30Z Re: Generate object names from a value from the object attributes in CityEngine https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/generate-object-names-from-a-value-from-the-object/m-p/724719#M9562 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Nelson</P><P></P><P>Pls find attached a python module that should solve your problem.</P><P>Copy the .py file into the script folder of your project.</P><P>In order to make it work you need to replace "myAttr" with the attributes name you want to use. Save it afterwards.</P><P>Select the shapes you want to rename <STRONG>only</STRONG>.</P><P>With the python script open in the editor go to Python -&gt; Run&nbsp;</P><P>the selected shapes should now be renamed.</P><P></P><P><STRONG>Note</STRONG>: this script&nbsp;is intended to work exactly for this case. it doesn't handle edge cases such as attribute does not exist, etc.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 26 May 2019 14:41:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/generate-object-names-from-a-value-from-the-object/m-p/724719#M9562 ChristianIten 2019-05-26T14:41:40Z