Latest Contributions by LR

Ah, that's a different story . There are a couple of ways to do this, but I think the example below is the least painful one for beginners. Basically, you have an attribute called LOD and its value determines which rule the script uses to generate the building. The rules each contain successively more modeling commands to make more detailed buildings. Make a few shapes and drag the rule onto them, then change their "LOD" value (default = 0). @Range(0,1,2,3) attr LOD = 0 @StartRule Lot -->   case LOD == 0: LOD0   case LOD == 1: LOD1   case LOD == 2: LOD2   else: LOD3 LOD0 -->   color("#FF0000") LOD1 -->   extrude(10)   color("#00FF00") LOD2 -->   extrude(10)   color("#0000FF")   comp(f){side: X. | bottom: X. | top: Roof} Roof -->   roofGable(30) LOD3 -->   NIL ... View more

If the buildings use the same rule, you can simply select them and change their attribute at the same time. If you use a few different rules, you could select one building and select the other buildings that use the same rule through the rightclick menu. If you're using hundreds of different rules, you could change the attribute with Python (assuming they have the same attribute name). ... View more

Assuming you use the median height to extrude, you first have to convert it from feet to meter, since CE only uses that: attr MEDIAN_HEIGHT = 0 #connect this attribute @Hidden attr MEDIAN_HM = MEDIAN_HEIGHT/3.2808 #feet to meter Lot -->   extrude(MEDIAN_HM) If you have faulty data, you could use some case checking to "fix" it, like this: attr MEDIAN_HEIGHT = 0 attr MEDIAN_HM = MEDIAN_HEIGHT/3.2808 attr FixHeight = 10 # in feet Lot -->   case MEDIAN_HEIGHT == 0: FixBuilding   else: ExtrudeBuilding ExtrudeBuilding -->   extrude(MEDIAN_HM) FixBuilding -->   set(MEDIAN_HEIGHT, FixHeight)   ExtrudeBuilding You could also use something like STORIES*storyheight (if it exists) as building height. ... View more

I guess I'll try extracting some image bits and somehow rotating/rectifying them. Also, triangles: Can JAM Project make ANYthing awesome? [Triangles AMV] - YouTube ... View more

Nah, I'm sampling the aerial image used in CE. It gets packed up with the RPK. If I export the models as multipatch, the image is added entirely, once for each shape ... View more

I'm using the same coordinate system across all programs. All the data is in the same cs as well. I thought decimal degree might cause problems but it's the same with meter-based cs too. I tried coming up with a few solutions* but found nothing so far that I'd call acceptable.. *Using world-aligned textures for roofs ... View more

You have to set the selection, under line 5 add this: ce.setSelection(shapes) ... View more

You can do script-based exporting*. I did some selection based exporting myself but don't recall being able to pick selection sets. Instead I gave all shapes in the different sets the same Name and used that to selected them (ce.getObjectsFrom --> ce.withName). * http://cehelp.esri.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.procedural.cityengine.help/html/manual/export/export_formats_scriptbased.html ... View more

You can use "restoreBookmark" with Python, no need to delete bookmarks or limit the number.  It's not exactly hard to code either. from scripting import * ce = CE() if __name__ == '__main__':     vp = ce.getObjectsFrom(ce.get3DViews(), ce.isViewport)[0] #get viewport     vp.restoreBookmark("b1", True) #navigate to bookmark titled "b1"     ce.waitForUIIdle() #wait for animation to finish     vp.restoreBookmark("b99", True) #navigate to bookmark titled "b99" ... View more

I've tried every option I could find, including that. The problem seems to be the lack of an ObjectID in the Excel table - after I imported the table into a GDB (which gave the rows an ObjectID), the relate started working as expected. However I'd rather keep the Excel table as source for easy editability. How do (can?) I give it an ObjectID field? Simply making a new column called ObjectID doesn't work. Also an additional related question: I can click on the image path in ArcMap to open the image with the default image viewer (see lightning symbol in the screenshot above). Sadly this functionality doesn't seem to be in AGP. Or is it hidden somewhere? The only way I managed to display the image at all was as thumbnail through the (compared to ArcMap rather limited) custom popup option, unfortunately only with a fixed path. I found out that unlike ArcMap, AGP doesn't use the mxd path as "root" directory, but instead a temp directory (C:/Users/%USERNAME%/AppData/Local/Temp/ArcGISPro5924/). Furthermore, linking to the image with an URL produces the correct link (like file:///path/image.jpg), however clicking the link in the popup doesn't open anything. Copying the link and pasting it in the browser URL bar however does open the image. Could this be caused by browser security settings? ... View more

Try refreshing the project, refreshing preview or deleting the .prvw folders. Update graphics card drivers. Check how much CE uses your GPU (GPU-Z is a pretty good program for that), generate only the buildings that cause problems, maybe update seed and generate. The image dimensions might cause problems as well, try downsizing them. ... View more