City Engine Essential Skills Training project error in rule file

[JéssicaDalCol]

Seems there're errors in City Engine Essential Skills Training project/Essential_street.cga. When importing the envReports. The code being imported (Environmental Reporting.cga) contains errors. Can someone help me?

/**
* File: Environmental Reporting.cga
* Created: 23 Apr 2013 20:13:09 GMT
* Author: Esri
*/

version "2014.0"

import envSettings : "3D_City_Design_Rules/User Settings/Environment Settings.cga"

# Constants for different material types used in pervious surface reporting/display.
const materialUnderTrees = "Woodlands"
const materialLawn = "Pasture, Grass, Farmland"
const materialPerviousPavement = "Pervious Pavement"
const materialPavementAndRooftops = "Rooftops, Pavement"

# Peak discharge calculation (Q):
# Q = C * i * A / 100 (/100 is to get correct unit conversion to m3)
#
# Q = peak discharge (runoff) in cubic feet per second (m3/hr) #
# C = runoff coefficient (no units)
# i = Average intensity of rainfall in inches per hour (cm/hr)
# A = the watershed area in meters^2 (m2)

colorByPerviousMaterial(materialType) =
case materialType == materialUnderTrees: envSettings.perviousThematicWoodlands
case materialType == materialLawn: envSettings.perviousThematicPastureGrassFarmland
case materialType == materialPavementAndRooftops: envSettings.perviousThematicRooftopsAndPavement
case materialType == materialPerviousPavement: envSettings.perviousThematicPerviousPavement
else: envSettings.perviousThematicUnknown

@Hidden
attr slope = 0

# Import this rule to the rule requiring reporting,
# and then send a copy of the geometry to this rule.
# If multiple geometries come here from the same initial shape, then
# it will still work - those geometries all report cumulatively to the same start shape.

ReportPeakDischarge(materialType) -->
# Align object scope to yUp world coordinate system.
alignScopeToAxes(y)
# Save the slope of the geometry before projecting into xz plane for rainfall area calculation.
# Note: Not sure if maxSlope is best way to get slope. We need average slope, but probably is not applicable, since most shapes in CE are planar or close to it.
set(slope, geometry.angle(maxSlope))
# Project the geometry into xz plane, by scaling to zero in the y direction.
s('1,0,'1)
ReportPeakDischargePart2(materialType)

ReportPeakDischargePart2(materialType) -->
case errors(materialType) :
# Remove textures, color it red, move up into the air so it shows up visibly, print warning to CGA panel, in case they have that open.
deleteUV(0)
color(1,0,0)
t(0,1,0)
print("WARNING: Error in peak discharge reporting (Environmental Reporting.cga)")
else :
# Report operations will attach these reports to the shape that called this rule.
report("Site Conditions, Stormwater Runoff (m3/hr)", peakDischarge(geometry.area, slope, materialType, envSettings.Soil_Group))
# Lose the geometry in question, since it is not part of the final model.
NIL

# Support functions ----------------------

peakDischarge(area, slopeInDegrees, materialType, soilGroup) =
runoffCoefficient(slopeInDegrees / 90, materialType, soilGroup) * envSettings.Design_Storm_Rainfall * area

# Note: This error mechanism could be built out further to check the other inputs,
# but we are putting this one in now, since it will be the only input specified by the user.
errors(materialType) = !materialTypeMatch(materialType)

# Note: May want to create function to map more user-friendly naming into these four categories.
materialTypeMatch(materialType) =
materialType == materialUnderTrees ||
materialType == materialLawn ||
materialType == materialPavementAndRooftops ||
materialType == materialPerviousPavement

# Note: This will give off a very large negative number if soil group is not specified correctly,
# to flag the error by skewing the results out of the ballpark.
runoffCoefficient(slope, materialType, soilGroup) =
case slope < 0.02 :
case materialType == materialUnderTrees :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.1
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.15
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.15
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.2
else : -100000000
case materialType == materialLawn :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.15
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.2
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.2
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.25
else : -100000000
case materialType == materialPavementAndRooftops : 0.95
case materialType == materialPerviousPavement :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.75
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.95
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.9
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.95
else : -100000000
else : -100000000
case slope >= 0.02 && slope < 0.07 :
case materialType == materialUnderTrees :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.15
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.2
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.2
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.25
else : -100000000
case materialType == materialLawn :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.2
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.25
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.25
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.3
else : -100000000
case materialType == materialPavementAndRooftops : 0.95
case materialType == materialPerviousPavement :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.8
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.95
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.9
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.95
else : -100000000
else : -100000000
else :
case materialType == materialUnderTrees :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.2
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.25
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.25
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.3
else : -100000000
case materialType == materialLawn :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.25
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.35
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.3
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.4
else : -100000000
case materialType == materialPavementAndRooftops : 0.95
case materialType == materialPerviousPavement :
case soilGroup == "A" : 0.85
case soilGroup == "B" : 0.95
case soilGroup == "C" : 0.9
case soilGroup == "D" : 0.95
else : -100000000
else : -100000000


##############################################################
# Cut and Fill

calculateCutAndFillCost(cutVolume, fillVolume) =
(cutVolume * envSettings.Grading_Cut_Cost__m3) + (fillVolume * envSettings.Grading_Fill_Cost__m3) + calculateCutAndFillMaterialCost(cutVolume, fillVolume)

calculateCutAndFillMaterialCost(cutVolume, fillVolume) =
case cutVolume == 0 && fillVolume == 0: 0
case cutVolume == 0 && fillVolume > 0:
# If filling, but not cutting.
fillVolume * (envSettings.Fill_Material_Input_Cost__m3)
case cutVolume > 0 && fillVolume == 0:
# If cutting, but not filling.
cutVolume * envSettings.Cut_Material_Disposal_Cost__m3
case cutVolume > fillVolume:
# If cutting more than filling.
(fillVolume * envSettings.Cut_Material_Repurpose_Cost__m3) + ((cutVolume - fillVolume) * envSettings.Cut_Material_Disposal_Cost__m3)
case cutVolume < fillVolume:
# If cutting less than filling.
(cutVolume * envSettings.Cut_Material_Repurpose_Cost__m3) + ((fillVolume - cutVolume) * envSettings.Fill_Material_Input_Cost__m3)
else: 0

#-------------------------------
# Non-functional code:

DisableCGAWarnings -->
# This is rule exists only to stop the "unused rules" CGA warnings from showing; otherwise it has no use.
# The below lines are just calling all of the unused rules so they do not flag as unused.
ReportPeakDischarge("")

[JonasObertuefer]

Hi JéssicaDalCol,

First: The "CityEngine_Essential_Skills_Training" project is very old (getting close to 10 years!) and in many ways outdated. I suggest you to work with the tutorials, which can be donwloaded from inside CityEngine (Help -> Donwload Tutorials and Examples...) All of them have step by step instructions and we keep them updated for each new release of CityEngine so there you should not encounter any errors inside the rule files.

Now to your specific error: I could not reproduce it. I downloaded the project from link in the youtube description and tested with the latest version (2021.1). Environmental Reporting.cga does generate for me. There is however an error in Essential_street.cga. This was already brought up once in this forum and there you will find a solution which still works with the latest version of CityEngine.

Hope this helps,

Cheers
Jonas

[JéssicaDalCol]

Thank You!

I resolved the problem correcting each rules that was giving error