Latest Contributions by DevinLavigne

Just registered. Looking forward to it. ... View more

You can import rules in any CGA rule. So in your example you could create a master CGA rule importing your two CGA files.... // import texture & animate rule import a1 : "animate.cga" //import water extrusion import w1 : "water.cga" then you could call rules from each file using something like w1.Lot-->... For more info search CityEngine help for Import But I don't think your CGA is that complicated and using multiple rules seems unnecessary. Can you just do something like this? //Attributes @Group("Extrusion") attr ELEVATION = 0 @Group("Texture") @Range(-180, 180) attr Rotation = 0 @Group("Texture") @Range(0.1, 20.1) attr Scale = 5 @Group("Texture") @File attr Texture = "SeaWater.jpg" @Group("Texture") attr SizeX = 100 @Group("Texture") attr SizeZ = 100 @StartRule Lot-->    extrude(ELEVATION)           Water Water -->   alignScopeToAxes(y)   rotateScope(0,Rotation,0)   setupProjection(0, scope.xz, SizeX * Scale, SizeZ * Scale)   projectUV(0)   texture(Texture)   # This line makes it animate in a web scene.   set(material.name, "watermaterial__waterparams_2_5") If you just need the top to animate you can always split the component and texture the faces individually - i.e. comp(f) {top:Top | side: Sides} ... View more

Not sure if you mean the path or the image itself. I think the rule change would be fairly simple, and the heavier lift the imagery - converting hundreds of PNGs to JPGs. If that's what you are looking to do use Photoshop's Image Processor (File-->Scripts-->Image Processor). You can run it to scan your folders, open images and save them as JPGs in the same place. ... View more

Do you mean something like the tot lot in my image? I started out using a rule that would place the model - something like this: Playstructure-->      i("Playstructure.dae") But putting in the right spot and then the rotation and scale - just too painful. In this instance it was just plain easier to place the model. So in this scene - which supports a plan recommendation to consider using vacant lots at the end of blocks for tot lots - the model is just placed. I am however working on a some code that will develop a park site based on size and surrounding uses/population and I do plan on using CGA to build soccer fields and basketball courts (right angle type stuff), and just inserting assets like goals, play structures, backstops, etc... Hope this helps. ... View more

Ahhhhh....that's it. I have a Basic for my Mac and Advanced for my PC at work. Thanks Matt ... View more

I was having this problem to, but I resolved it yesterday. I have a 4K monitor with two 970GTX SLI NVIDIA cards. My models were constantly timing out. Sometimes it would crash simply previewing a rule file or texture in the preview window. At first I thought it was a memory issue related to the high resolution or the fact that I was running my workspace in a Dropbox folder. I did two things that have helped. First, I updated my video driver with one released yesterday (347.25 WHQL). Second, I now pause Dropbox syncing while working in CityEngine. I noticed CityEngine was constantly uploading changed files. I suspected at times CityEngine may have been waiting for a file to become available or was receiving write errors from files in use. I'm not sure which one, or both were the cause, but I've been crash free for 2 days. ... View more

Simon - do you have any news or updates you could share? ... View more

Wow! Obviously not the answer I was hoping to hear. Information I guess I knew before I upgraded to Yosemite. Rolling back an OS is a significant task. Any idea when 2015 is set to roll out? Will there be a beta? ... View more

Luke - where are you having this issue - in a Web Scene? Also, is the data coming from a shapefile attribute? And what do the attribute numbers look like in City Engine. It might be easiest to edit the shapefile/geodatabase to trim the data their first before bringing it into CityEngine. I believe City Engine will display only 6 decimal places. I'd like to help but I need a little more. ... View more

Not exactly sure what the issue is - if its a bad file, I'd try creating a new workspace - the ESRI.lib gets added by default to every one you create. You should note that the rule file is referencing textures - images of each letter - and they are located in the assets->General->Text folder so if you are seeing the default UV image (uvtest.png) than this is your error. ... View more