Cityengine 3d model query

[PrasunSaxena]

Hello everyone,

I am using CityEngine for building a model for my college campus. How can I add vegetation flower and people in my map?

Thanks for help

[ZorkoSostaric1]

Hi Prasun

Have you tried scatter operation followed by insert of assets? That would be my first try.

[PrasunSaxena]

Hey Zorko,

I have not tried it. Can you tell me the process or any link that couuld be helpful. I have used sketchUp but there were some co-ordinate issue. So I am looking for different options.

Question: I have an already built scene of my college and I want to add people and vegetation to give it a real time feel. 

Thanks and Regards

[ZorkoSostaric1]

I made a quick and dirty rule that is using people from Redlands Redevelopment example. The rule is like this

@StartRule
PlacePeople-->
 scatter(surface, 50, uniform) {Populate}
 
Populate-->
 i(fileRandom("/Example_Redlands_Redevelopment__2016_0/assets/3D_City_Design_Assets/People_by_lowpolygon3d_com/Person_*.obj"))
 r(0,rand(60,320),0)
 
and result is like below

[PrasunSaxena]

Thankyou zorko,

As I am new to cityengine can you tell me what is the process for taking data from redland and populating it in my scene. Do I just have to write rule and drag and drop people from redland development or the process is something else?

Thankyou so much for your help

[ZorkoSostaric1]

CityEngine is hard for newcomers. You should start with the tutorials to get familiar with basics. In this case here is what you would need to do.

• Download Redlands Redevelopment example from Help, Download Tutorials and Examples
• Import some data or create new polygons
• Create new rule and copy & paste my example
• Select polygons
• Assign your new rule
• Click Generate

Once you get that going have a go with modifying the rule.

Good luck and also check these playlist

#1 CityEngine Essential Skills: Installing Esri CityEngine - YouTube 

[PrasunSaxena]

Thanks Zorko

[CherylLau]

ESRI.lib, which comes with CityEngine and can be found in the Navigator, has plant models and rules that insert them.  The Plant_Loader inserts a single plant, and you can set the species and size in the Inspector.  The Plant_Distributor scatters a bunch of plants over a surface.