Latest Contributions by ThomasFuchs

Hello Jim, thank you for providing such a detailed report. Normally the street network shows up white, like other shapes, that have no rule attached. No quite sure, why this does not happen in your case. But anyway I suggest to add the esri.lib rule file Street_Modern_Simple.cga to your streets. ... View more

Hello Raditia Wiyad, your description sounds like you have enabled back face culling in your scene. Pleas have a look at this post: https://community.esri.com/thread/170855  ... View more

Hi Robert, in an standard CityEngine installation the RPK referenced in the example does not exist. This is the reason the "Select file for upload..." dialog pops up. Please verify in your script, that the file intended for upload does exist by using: import os.path os.path.exists(ce.toFSPath(workspacePath)) ... View more

Q: Is there a reason for using the .JP2 not .JPG? A: JP2 ( JPEG 2000 - Wikipedia ) does for instance feature 16 bit encoding. So there are reasons to use JP2s for storing terrain information. CityEngine however does not support JP2, the images need to be converted to IMG/TIFF/PNG in an external tool. Q: They select a handful of files associated with the DEM data (after processing in Arcmap) and copy into maps folder in CE. Are the only two files needed the .TIF and .TFW file you mention above?  A: Yes, *.TIF and *.TFW and image file with the same extend as texture. When the georeference is embedded in the terrain image file the world file *.TFW is not needed. ... View more

Hi Simon, great to see you already hat a look into the tutorials, e.g.: Tutorial 2: Terrain and dynamic city layouts—CityEngine Tutorials | ArcGIS Desktop  Question 1: You can check the cursor's elevation in the Navigation Display at the bottom of the viewport: Question 2: The georeference of the terrain is given by the TIF and TFW file. The terrain texture is just added on top of the terrain. So the only requirement is, that the extend is exactly the same. There is no need to have the same resolution in both image files. ... View more

Hi, To customize the CityEngine web viewer you need to host your own version. This GeoNet thread handles the issue: How to download the CityEngine Web Viewer?  The Web Viewer is stored in ce.lib in CityEngine workspace folder Exit CityEngine locate your CityEngine workspace in the file system (usually $USERFOLDER/CityEngine) locate ce.lib in CityEngine workspace folder inside this folder, create a back-up of the current webviewer/ (e.g. rename to webviewer_previous/) then you can start customizing ... View more

Please also refer these GeoNet threads: CityEngine 2016.1 export to LumenRT  https://community.esri.com/message/633483-how-can-i-convert-my-cej-file-version-from-the-new-2016-to-the-old-20151-verison  ... View more

Thank you for the feedback! The LumenRT export has been removed in CityEngine 2015. It was decided that the plugin gives more value to the user. Unfortunately there is a long delay between the release of CityEngine and the new version of the LumenRT plugin. This problem will be addressed by the CityEngine Team. ... View more

Hi, Please post any comments/bugs/issues directly on GitHub: https://github.com/Esri/esri-cityengine-sdk/issues Thank you. ... View more

Hi The plugin is developed and maintained by Bentley LumenRT. Did you use the latest plugin? Generally it has to support the version of CityEngine you are using. New version available - Bentley LumenRT CONNECT Update 1 - Tech Preview - Getting Started with Bentley LumenRT Technolog…  Can you specify what exactly is not working properly? ... View more

In the FGDBImportSettings you find the option: setDatasetFilter(self, datasetPaths) Set a list of dataset paths to include in the import.  If empty (= default), all valid datasets will be imported.   datasetPaths: List of case-sensitive dataset paths (using forward slash as delimiter),  e.g. ['/MyFeatureDatataset/Parcels'] . This allows to filter for specific layers. ... View more

Joao Pedro Marques‌ This rule should give you a building on a leveled lot at the minimum of sloped shapes: attr buildingHeight = 15 @StartRule Lot -->      alignScopeToAxes(y) s('1,0,'1)      extrude( buildingHeight )‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... View more

OBJ files have generally no georeference, the object coordinates are centered around 0. For georeferencing KML, Esri Scene Layer Packages (SLPK) or FGDB should be used. OBJs need to be placed interactively by dragging them into the viewport. If there is no georeference, this should actually always work. As a fallback you can specify an offset in the import dialog. When the OBJ has an unsuitable georeference, you first need to press the center button and then manually add the new georeference to this value. The numbers must be given in the CityEngine Coordinate System (y-up). Alternatively OBJ assets can also be placed with CityEngine's CGA  i Operation  ... View more

The default values are not optimal when you have an empty scene with no coordinate set. In this case just lower the basemap resolution (High -> Med) or increase the width/height of the bounds (1000 -> 2000). Both has the same effect. ... View more