Latest Contributions by ThomasFuchs

Please make sure the your user login name is correct. The login from CityEngine is case sensitive, whereas on https://www.arcgis.com/home/signin.html it isn't. You can see your exact user name on ArcGIS online under My Profile. ... View more

SHP generally does not support curved segments. However all values needed can be accessed from Python, exported as attributes and reconstructed later on. To define curves, CityEngine uses Cubic Bézier curves. The position of the Points P1 and P2 can be accessed via Python and added as Object Attributes to the segment (Python Scripting - CE.setAttribute). # direction = P_1 / startNode = P_0 directionStart = ce.getCurveHandle( segmentAB, nodeStart ) # direction = P_2 / startNode = P_3‍‍ directionEnd   = ce.getCurveHandle( segmentAB, nodeEnd )‍‍‍‍‍ The intersection type can also be queried with Python: ce.getAttribute(node, '/ce/crossing/type')‍ ... View more

Hi Isaac, could you please check if there is an error in the Log window? The screenshot of the import dialog you posted looks like, the TIF and TFW are not read in. There is no image preview and all values are default. For reference here is how it usually looks like: ... View more

Thank you for reporting the issue. The CityEngine team has fixed it in the upcoming 2018.0 release. As a workaround for 2017.1, add this line to the CityEngine.ini file: -DsnapshotFsaaLevel=0 On Windows, the file is located in the installation root folder. typically: "C:\Program Files\Esri\CityEngine2017.1\CityEngine.ini" On MacOS it located is inside the application package. First you need to open the application bundle: Applications > CityEnigine > Show package contents Second you browse to the file: Contents > MacOS > CityEngine.ini ... View more

Hi Dulini Ratnayake CE 2017.1 support was just shipped in LumenRT Update 5 (April 15).  There is another update scheduled for June (LumenRT Update 6). Support for CE 2018.0 will be added to that release. Thomas F ... View more

Hi Karl The restarting of CityEngine is actually the expected behavior, since workspaces cannot be changed on the fly. After restart the newly defined workspace is used. ... View more

Hi Flo Please follow this steps: Select the terrain in the Scene Editor File > Export Models... > FBX Apply the settings as shown below: ... View more

Hi Nate, Thank you for this question. The CGA street rules work on CityEngine dynamic shapes and their attributes. By changing the underlying graph properties, the shapes are automatically regenerated. Here is a Python script to accomplish this task: ''' Created on Apr 23, 2018 @author: ESRI R&D Center Zurich ''' from scripting import * # get a CityEngine instance ce = CE() def findDeadEnds(nodes):     deadEnds = []     for node in nodes:         if ce.getAttribute(node,'valency') == 1.0:             deadEnds.append(node)     return deadEnds      if __name__ == '__main__':         # get selected nodes     nodes = ce.getObjectsFrom(ce.selection(), ce.isGraphNode)     # get all dead end nodes     deadEnds = findDeadEnds(nodes)         # set all dead ends to 'Roundabout'     ce.setAttribute(deadEnds, '/ce/crossing/type', 'Roundabout')     ce.setAttributeSource(deadEnds, '/ce/crossing/type', 'USER')         pass‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... View more

Esri provides various raster base map services (including high res imagery) and a world elevation service. They can be used within CityEngine to create a terrain layer from scratch without preparing any data. ... View more

Hi Kenneth, thank you for your question. Below is a small example how to use two object attributes to set a layer attribute: attr StreetType  = getObjectAttr("type",false) attr bikeLanes  =      case getObjectAttr("bikeLanes",false) > 0 : rint(getObjectAttr("bikeLanes",false))      else : 0 attr streetWidth =      case StreetType == "MAJOR" : 24 + 1.5*bikeLanes      case StreetType == "MINOR" : 13 + 1.5*bikeLanes      case StreetType == "LOCAL" : 5.7 + 1.5*bikeLanes      else : 10‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Further information and examples can be found in the CityEngine Help Mapping Object Attributes via Layer Attribute  ... View more

There is an issue with reporting NaN values to FileGDB. As a workaround, please add a value validation to you CGA code. validate(value) =      case isnan(value): -1      else: value report("FAR",validate(FAR))‍‍‍‍‍ ... View more

Code snippets published on Esri GeoNet protected by any license, need to respect the associated usage rights. They must be marked accordingly by the publisher. Any license violations need to be reported to the forum administrator.  Generally, CityEngine CGA and Python snippets published by Esri employees, are meant to support our customers in achieving their goals in accordance with the product's software license. For further information please visit Esri Legal Information | Overview  In your case distribution of GeoNet snippets under the Apache 2.0 license in a folder called "Esri Scripts" is appropriate. ... View more

Hi Luiz Thank you for your input. I changed the script in my post above to add export support for 360 panoramas from CityEngine View Domes. For View Domes it now creates six 90° x 90° square snapshots (back, down, front, left, right, up). These can be stitched and re-projected from cubemap to equirectangular format with common VR/panorama tools. Here is a link to a free online tool: 360Toolkit - Convert and View Panorama Pictures Instantly  ... View more