Latest Contributions by BenLeslie1

‎09-05-2017

Maybe a very basic question but how do I get the Geoportal Server LiveDVD to work? (Esri Geoportal Server LiveDVD ) I've downloaded the .iso and burnt it to DVD as an image. As per the instructions I have rebooted with the disc in my drive - nothing happens. If I choose "Open Autoplay..." I get options to: Import pictures and videos (using Windows) Download images (using Adobe Bridge CS4) Play (using Windows Media Player) Open folder to view files (using Windows Explorer) If I Open folder I see the following: boot (folder) config.isoclient Esri_Geoportal_Server_LiveDVD_Demo_2015-read-only.i686-1.4.0 I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. My computer is not connected to the internet.

‎08-08-2017

I'm processing some geoTiffs for a colleague using geoserver. The files I have supplied that include .tif.xml work. these files include proper header info "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>" these are older files and I'm not sure how they were processed; but, they contain Ersi and ArcGIS tags so I assume they were generated by Arc The ones that have .tif.aux.xml (and no .tif.xml) do not work these are currently being generated when I load files into ArcMap 10.2.2 these files start with "<PAMDataset>", so no 'proper' xml header info The original tifs are from the same supplier and didn't have any xml files supplied with them - the only difference seems to be the ones I looked at in the past have .tif.xml's and the ones I'm looking at now have .tif.aux.xml's and it seems both of these xml's have been created by ArcMap. So is there a way I can get Arc to generate .tif.xml instead of (or as well as) the .tif.aux.xml?

‎02-20-2017

I notice this bug is still unresolved 3.5 years on - NIM092999: The Near 3D tool outputs inconsistent results when c.. This seems quite a long time - do I need to recalibrate my expectations? Is there an alternative method for calculating nearest distance/angle? - I really only need it for 2D features but I have Intermediate licence with Spatial Analyst so Near 3D is what's available. I actually get mostly good results but there seems to be some errors and I'm not sure if the fault is the tool or my understanding.

‎01-29-2017

Are you using CE 2016? - I think flatTop CGA was only introduced at 2016. When you align shapes to terrain, instead of projecting, use translate to minimum then extrude the building through the terrain. I don't know if there's another way to replicate flatTop.

‎01-24-2017

I don't think it's a bug - this is the behaviour I expect. As you suggest, split looks like the correct tool for this job.

‎01-18-2017

I think it is to do with the angle between the edge you are setting back and the adjacent sloping edge. i.e. if the angle is closer to being a straight edge than a right angle you get the behaviour on the right-hand building, but if it's closer to being a right angle it behaves like the left-hand building.

‎12-16-2016

Are there any plans to support the creation of lightpoints in CityEngine? I've recently been creating buildings that required aircraft obstruction lights and it's a bit of a pain to create little place-holder polygons and then swap in lightpoints in another application.

‎10-24-2016

Python run in the arcmap python window acts on selected features. You could write block of code and re-run it each time you select new features or, I assume writing a function and running it via the window would work too.

‎08-09-2016

Thanks - got there in the end. Dan's method seems to refer to v8 & 9 - my Catalogue tab doesn't seem to metion coordinate systems. The "Copy and Modify" method was not sufficiently intuitive for me so, for anyone else with this question, here's what I did: 1. Make a new copy of WGS84.prj in windows explorer 2. Open it in a text editor and change the prime meridian to 180. 3. In the Coordinate system tab of the Dataframe properties click on little globe symbol and Import... 4. Select Transformations, then New... and change the "X Axis Translation (meters)" to 180. note: this give the desired 180 degree translation even though the dialog suggests that the translation is in metres. and I don't understand why you have to change the prime meridian and set a translation...

‎08-09-2016

ArcDesktop 10.2.2. Coordinate system: WGS84. I want to view the map of the world to that the centre is at 180 degrees instead of zero - as discussed by Chris Fox in this post https://community.esri.com/ideas/1132 . He mentions that this can be done by customising the spatial reference but I can't find the controls to do it - can someone walk me through it? i.e. so my map looks like 2 instead of 1.

‎07-29-2016

Well, funnily enough, I just re-opened CE and am no longer experiencing the cut geometry - it fixed itself, but thanks anyway, I'll think of bears to remind me of your tip. But if I "set(trim.vertical, true)" I still get inconsistent results as shown in the image, some are not cut..... And yeah, I realised later that my second question was a bit self defeating..... Cheers.

‎07-28-2016

I am attempting to randomly position boxes on the roofs of buildings using scatter() and primitiveCube(). 1. I am experiencing what appears to be inconsistent behaviour whereby some cubes are missing faces, or have their geometry clipped if they extend beyond the geometry of the face they are scattered upon - other ones are fine. The image below shows this behaviour using primitiveSphere because it's easier to see the problem with spheres - the blue face is the face they being scattered on. 2. Is there a way to prevent items that are being scattered from overhanging? - I am trying to do this using the offset() funtion to reduce the size of the scatter-face but this has the effect of making the object tend towards being positioned in the centre, which I don't necessarily want.

‎07-27-2016

Thanks for the rule.... A conker tree is a horse chestnut - odd choice of terminology, a bit of a brittish colloquialism I would have thought; see: game of conkers.

‎07-12-2016

Will a recorded version of this be available to watch after the event?

‎07-07-2016

In Notepad++ there's a neat bit of functionality whereby, when you select a term, all instances of it thoughout your text are automatically highlighted in green. This is really handy because it allows you to easily see where instances of the same term are in relation to each other (the find tool in CE doesn't do this because it only highlights one item at a time). It would be great if this were implemented in the cga editor.

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Latest Contributions by BenLeslie1

Geoportal Server LiveDVD

Creation of .tif.xml and .tif.aux.xml

Re: NEAR 3D compared to NEAR results

Re: Slope / extrude buildings

Re: Inconsistent Behaviour of Setback Operation

Re: Inconsistent Behaviour of Setback Operation

Support creation of light points

Re: Is there a way to interact in a python script with manually selected feature ?

Re: Customising the data frame spatial reference

Customising the data frame spatial reference

Re: Primitives - unexpected / inconsistent results

Primitives - unexpected / inconsistent results

Re: View all the plants in the ESRI.lib

Re: CityEngine Webinar: Model Cities with the Tech Behind Independence Day: Resurgence

Auto highlight selected term throughout code in cga editor

Re: Building height with roof

Re: geometry.isOriented and even issue on roofs.

Re: quotes and double quotes in an SQL expression

Re: roofShed generates at half height when the roo...

Re: Strangeness - gaps unintentionally created whi...