Latest Contributions by ThomasFuchs

Additional remark: The CityEngine help on Annotations points out, that @Range(value1, value2, value3, ...) can be numeric or string. ... View more

The first viewer app will be available soon for the Samsung Gear VR headset (send an email to zrh-support@esri.com if you are interested in early adopter access). ... View more

To start CityEngine the licensing service must be installed. It comes with the installer. I think this is problem here. Please refer the help on this topic: Installing CityEngine—CityEngine | ArcGIS for Desktop  ... View more

Hello Joe, Thank you for your question about the newly introduced VR capabilities of CityEngine. CityEngine 2016.1 allows the simple and quick creation of virtual reality experiences for mobile devices. Panoramic 360-degree screenshots can be rendered into the novel 3VR format and published on ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise, where they can be downloaded by dedicated viewer apps. The first viewer app will be available soon for the Samsung Gear VR headset (send an email to zrh-support@esri.com if you are interested in early adopter access). ... View more

Scott, Thank you for the video! I tried hard to get the erroneous behavior in CityEngine 2016.1 as you show. Unfortunately I wasn't able to reproduce it. Please try to import my GDB version of the building and see if it matches your scene. You were using EPSG:3361 NAD83(HARN) / South Carolina (ft) as scene coordinate system in each case, right? ... View more

CityEngine comes with a version of Python that has been ported to Java, therefore it cannot easily be extended with external packages. Some Python modules, like numberjack , have required components in C. These won't work. There is no official support for adding extensions to CityEngine Python. ... View more

Hello Jim, There is no down-sampling of terrain textures in CityEngine. Higher-End graphics hardware should be able to hold textures in the size of the original resolution. Could it be that 214 x 150 is the resolution of the DEM? Regarding the washed out look of the texture, could it be that the Aerial.tif is sampled in 16 bit? CityEngine simply maps such terrain textures down to 8bit. So as a best practice, one creates first an contrast enhanced 8bit image from 16 bit high dynamic range images. ... View more

Hello Dave, is it possible to send the corrupt collada file, so I could analyze the issue? ... View more

For CE 2016 and 2016.1 there has been given a lot of attention to the map projection. So far I'm not aware of any issues. Can you provide more specifics? ... View more

For exporting models from CityEngine to ArcGIS Pro, Esri FileGDB is the preferred exchange format. The spacial reference used in CityEngine is added to the FGDB and ArcGIS Pro does the re-projection on import.The following things must be considered: When updating an existing FGDB from CityEngine, it is important that the scene coordinate system matches the one of the FGDB. CityEngine provides the user the possibility to work without spacial reference. In this case the FGDB has no spacial reference. ... View more

Hello Christian, Please have a look at the geometry Functions they provide parameters of the start shape. Additionally you can always link a rule attribute to a shape attribute, have a look at CityEngine Help for: Attributes, Sources and Connections  ... View more

The algorithm roofGable(byHeight, XX) automatically creates the gables at the smaller sides of the building. Here is a hacky solution to rotate the gable roof by 90°: RoofRot -->      s(scope.sx*0.001,'1,'1)      roofGable("byHeight", XX)      s(scope.sx*1000,'1,'1)‍‍‍‍ ... View more

Hi Lessie, Thanks for the additional info. There have been some changes to the height conversion that do affect EPSG Projection 28992 - Amersfoort / RD New. If possible, please use the latest version of CityEngine CityEngine 2016.1 release notes—Esri CityEngine | ArcGIS for Desktop . Otherwise you could make a new scene using the corresponding UTM coordinate system (EPSG:32634). 3rd option is to export the KML from CityEngine, adding an Global Offset for Y to compensate for the shift (Altitude Mode = absolute). ... View more

Hello Lessie, For georeferencing DAE Collada files, KML is the way to go. The geo reference is added by the KML <Location> tag. It specifies the exact coordinates of the Model's origin in latitude, longitude, and altitude. Latitude and longitude measurements are standard lat-lon projection with WGS84 datum. Altitude is distance above the earth's surface, in meters, and is interpreted according to <altitudeMode> or <gx:altitudeMode>. For further information please consult the KML documentation: Models  |  Keyhole Markup Language  |  Google Developers  On import to CityEngine the KML lat-lon WGS84 coordinates are projected to the scene's coordinate system. To narrow it further down, could you please answer the following questions? Which scene coordinate system are you using? How large is the offset? Is it constant? Are the KMLs located correctly in ArcGIS Earth ? ... View more

My Esri contains the software downloads and authorization numbers necessary for you to install and activate your product. To start, you will need to download your product by navigating to My Organizations tab and clicking the Downloads sub tab. The Downloads page will then show the list of software downloads that you are eligible to install along with the installation guides that you can reference. Once you have downloaded and installed your product, you will need an authorization number or provisioning file to activate product. These pages are also located within the Licensing sub tab of the My Organizations tab. ... View more