Latest Contributions by ElliotHartley

Hi Alicia, I replied to you LinkedIn as well but just in case...  There are a some things it could be but probably it's due to your terrain image not being clipped correctly. I've found the clipping process can leave 1 or 2 pixel width borders (mine tend to be on two edges). Elliot http://www.garsdaledesign.co.uk/ www.garsdaledesign.co.uk​ ... View more

You're welcome   As you can see from Blake's rule the concept is relatively simple, his takes a similar approach to mine, my one goes a bit further with reporting and testing of spaces as well as other things.  The difficulty with CityEngine is knowing when to stop adding customisation options...   ... View more

Hi, I have completed quite a specific multi-level car parking garage rule which has the potential for adaptation to what you require.  It really depends what you are looking for, visualisation, analysis or both? Feel free to drop me a direct message to discuss this further Warm Regards Elliot Elliot Hartley ------------------ Garsdale Design Ltd web: www.garsdaledesign.co.uk profile: uk.linkedin.com/in/elliothartley twitter: twitter.com/elliothartley ... View more

I just saw this article on the UK's National Mapping agency (Ordnance Survey) site that may interest you: our Research team have been working on a small project to see whether it’s possible to automatically extract the shape class of each roof and whether buildings that don’t fit simple height data can be identified. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2014/12/using-machine-learning-to-build-the-future-of-3d-mapping/http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2014/12/using-machine-learning-to-build-the-future-of-3d-mapping/http:// All the best Elliot ----------------- Elliot Hartley     Director twitter: @elliothartley --------------------------------- Garsdale Design Limited elliot.hartley@garsdaledesign.co.uk www.garsdaledesign.co.uk ... View more

LumenRT is great, my advice? start with small scenes and experiment, standard render is often 'good enough'.  If you were at the UC you would have seen the upcoming release which will blow you away with it's functionality! ... View more

I've got no solution here for you sorry, but I want to say I've had the same problem.  I'm trying to replicate it.    It looks similar to an issue that happens when your model is far away from the origin.  When this issue has happened to me, a close and restart fixes it, so perhaps it's a memory bug?    I don't think there is a fix for this in the new SR release but perhaps, it's worth installing that to see if it fixes this issue? ... View more

Hello! Is it possible to format the output of the Report function? For example, I have a formula (within a CGA rule) that calculates the average cost of a building based on price per square foot. The problem is that there is no currency or comma symbol to make something more easily readable like making "123145341" into "$123,145,341". This becomes particularly noticeable when exporting to a web scene for sharing with other people. Any ideas on how to make this adjustment? Even something like "123-145-341" would be an improvement. Cheers, Nathan You can't seemingly display Report result outputs as text (it's only really for numbers and calculations).   You could give each report output a heading title equal to the value but it would be very messy. I would have thought your best bet is to use python to take the raw number in the report, format it and make it an object attribute.  The resulting object attribute would then appear in the webscene if you exported it.   I suggest you explore the ce.setAttribute() function. You might start at this thread: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/91919-Report-gt-Object-Attribute Hope this helps... Elliot ... View more

yes,i know.If i don't publish the web scene to ArcGIS-Online,how to set up the section of  the comments in the scenes Without significant modification of the webscene offline viewer code you can not accept comments unless you are using ArcGIS online.   SmartBetterCities as far as I am aware have done something on this. ... View more

do you mean the Nexus 7 could display the webscene? A special blog post just for you... "Does the CityEngine WebViewer viewer work on a Nexus 7 (2012)?", basically yes but you'd be better off on a much more powerful device.   Before you do anything get it tested first. Hope this helps Elliot ... View more

SmartBetterCities have the viewer working on an iPad but I think you need it in developer mode. I know it's not an iPad but CityEngine webscene viewer does work on Android devices, (Chrome certainly).   My Nexus 7 can just about view 3D scenes!   I'd probably wait for official support or get a more powerful mobile device.. Elliot ... View more

If you can get it into SketchUp but the model looks messed up (as it's too far from the origin) I have used this tool in SketchUp before called MoveToOrigin (it's free).   You probably need to double click on the imported component select all and then run the tool....) It helps me sometimes 🙂 All the best Elliot ... View more

I'd also like to know too, please don't say we have to sign up as a developer (or partner) to gain access! Elliot Greetings, I am looking for the CityEngine SDK and I am unable to find it on the disc that came with my CityEngine purchase nor on any of the various ESRI/ArcGIS Websites. Specifically I am looking for the software that provides the following functionality listed on the Features page of the CityEngine website: CityEngine SDK The CityEngine SDK allows you to embed procedural geometry creation in other applications such as 3D modeling tools (e.g. SketchUp, Maya), game engines (e.g. Unity3D, Unreal Engine), simulation engines (e.g. CitiLabs, Vega Prime), or custom ArcGIS for Desktop tools and extensions. Is there such a software package or is it somehow included in one of the other ESRI/ArcGIS SDKs available? ... View more

Just stumbled on this thread looking for something else... thought I might contribute though.... I can relate to having an ArcMap 'basic'/arcview licence and needing one feature in other licence levels! You might want to check out the repeating shapes tool here to see if it helps: http://www.jennessent.com/arcgis/arcgis_extensions.htm Not ideal but then if we want ideal we have to pay for it 😉 ... View more