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CityEngine Web Scene (3ws) and Esri Scene Layer Package (slpk) are custom, web-optimized formats that can be viewed with Web Viewers and shared on ArcGIS online for simple sharing. CityEngine Web Scenes can only be generated from a scene, but not re-imported into CityEngine. The original scene can of course be exported as a KML/DAE Collada file. Please consult the CE help for more information: CityEngine Web Scene  ... View more

Thank you for the question. It is hard to tell why the facade textures are not showing up. Please provide more information: Are the textures also not showing, when re-importing to CityEngine? When you do an export to e.g. OBJ, are the wall textures missing also? What is the image format of the textures? In the model, do you use multiple material.map attributes? material.map attribute—Esri CityEngine | ArcGIS Desktop ... View more

Thank you for the hint. I was able to download the CityEngine Trial with Chrome and Firefox. For Internet Explorer I couldn't find such a setting and still wasn't able to continue to the download page. ... View more

Thank you for the question. I assume the Revit Model is in the FBX format. FBX can be imported directly into CityEngine. But I suggest to first import the Revit FBX into 3D Studio Max using the "Autodesk Architectural" preset And then export it to Open Collada. ... View more

The same procedure as described in How To: Clear or delete trusted storage for concurrent-use and single-use licenses applies to the Mac. Location of the trusted storage on a Mac machine for concurrent-use: /Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher/FLEXnet ... View more

There seems to be a new issue. When I tried it today, it was impossible to select an industry, this prevents going to the next page. I've reported this and hope it gets fixed soon. ... View more

Hello Mihai Thank you for your question. The CGA models are controlled by occlusion queries using the inside / overlaps / touches function—Esri CityEngine | ArcGIS Desktop . I created a simple building rule that checks from top to bottom for floors outside an envelop and colors them red. version "2017.1" @Range(0,1,2) attr LOD = 1 @Range(1,150) attr maxFloors = 50 attr floorheight = 4 @StartRule Lot --> offset(-3)      comp(f) { inside: Initial }      Initial --> extrude(maxFloors*floorheight)      FloorSplit FloorSplit-->      case overlaps(inter, "limit"):           split(y){~1:FloorSplit | floorheight: Outside}      else:           case LOD < 1: Mass           else: split(y){~1:FloorSplit | floorheight:  Floor} Mass--> color("#0000ff") Floor--> color("#00ff00") report("Floos",1) Outside--> color("#ff0000") // or NIL‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Here is an example how to create an view shed occluder, just draw a shape and add this rule: version "2017.1" @Range(5,500) attr height = 100 @StartRule Occluder --> extrude(world.up,height)      label("limit")      set(material.opacity,0.3)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Finally a slope occluder to control the height of a building. Just draw a shape representing an area that shall be visible from a given angle and add this rule: version "2017.1" @Range(1,89) attr angle = 30 @Range(50,1000) attr dist = 500 @StartRule Waterfront --> extrude(world.up.flatTop,0)      comp(f) { top = Top } Top --> extrude(world.up,1)      comp(f) { side= Sides } Sides --> extrude(vertex.normal, dist)     comp(f) { back: Slope | all: NIL }     Slope  -->     roofShed(angle)      comp(f) {      vertical: NIL |                     bottom: NIL |                     all:     Occluder }                                Occluder --> extrude(world.up,-1)      label("limit")      set(material.opacity,0.3)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... View more

hello darren@westislandmedia.com‌ Thank you for your question. This error normally occurs, when you have selected a shape, that has no CGA model attached. The exporter tries to generate all models for export and gives this error message. Please verify if your export selection contains such shapes. ... View more

Hello Claudia Can you view the texture with an standard image viewer? If this is possible, it also should work in CityEngine. To further investigate this, I'd need your image data. ... View more

Currently in CGA one can directly query the world elevation using the scope Shape Attribute . With this information the scope can be translated to a certain height. This allows for exact modeling of subsurface structures like wastewater networks. As shown in this thread https://community.esri.com/message/666944-re-detecting-terrain-intersetion-with-a-shape-to-achieve-more-realistic-window-te… the relation of the scope to the ground can be obtained by adding shapes onto the terrain. I hope in a future release there will be a simpler way to do this. For visualization the terrain can be made transparent. CityEngine 2017 will offer new capabilities for CGA to query for collision with other models. Since there is a wide demand for subsurface structures, there are plans to offer more CGA rule sets for such applications. Please check GeoNET for updates. ... View more

Hello Brian, Thank you for this question about Get map data from ArcGIS Online / Portal . A free Arc GIS Online subscription is sufficient to download Basemap and Open Street Map data. The paid subscription is only needed for the Esri World Elevation service. For many workflows in CityEngine this is sufficient. For instance: KML Models are usually clamped to the ground and therefore need no exact height reference. ... View more

CityEngine does have a tool, to help with the task. However some manual cleanup work can't be avoided. Use the Fit Street Widths to Shapes tool to correct the street width and offset. For the bonus question: Streets with lanes that are separated (e.g. a row of trees) are modeled as two one way streets. At intersections the nodes of these streets are too close together. If the option "Run Graph Cleanup Tool after Import" is activated in the OSM importer, the nodes are merged. This leads to the bended streets. The option needs be be turned off and the street and sidewalk width needs to be manually adjusted to enable the street shape creation. Conflict on the left, resolved on the right ... View more

Hello April, You have created a DSM with Drone2Map. CityEngine does support import of image based terrain data. Please follow the steps to create a Terrain Layer in CityEngine Help. If you want to add 3D data from Drone2Map, I suggest georeferencing the drone2map OBJs or FBXes in CityEngine. 1. use your DSM or "File > Get Map Data..." to download the surveyed area 2. import the drone2map export as static model (drag file into scene) 3. use the translation tool to fit the model into the map CityEngine does not support import of SLPKs. ... View more

Hello Peter, You can use an enterprise account. The address to the server needs to be like this: https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/ Then the login will appear. ... View more