Forums - CityEngine - Import/Export http://forums.arcgis.com/ en Tue, 21 May 2013 02:17:49 GMT vBulletin 5 http://forums.arcgis.com/images/misc/rss.png Forums - CityEngine - Import/Export http://forums.arcgis.com/ Main prerequisities on the data before importing it to http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/84318-Main-prerequisities-on-the-data-before-importing-it-to?goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 16:09:32 GMT Good morning everyone, I would like to know please what are the main prerequisities on the data (.gdb,.shp,..) before getting to importing to an... Good morning everyone,

I would like to know please what are the main prerequisities on the data (.gdb,.shp,..) before getting to importing to an empty model or a scene() using esri City Engine ?
And How to transform this 2D data into a 3D data (How to get the shape of a building for example)? What is the process to follow in order to create 3D shapefiles ?

Thank you. ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export Reda20 http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/84318-Main-prerequisities-on-the-data-before-importing-it-to Importing SHP files (Data Located too Far) with Terrain http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/84071-Importing-SHP-files-(Data-Located-too-Far)-with-Terrain?goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 13:19:31 GMT Hi, I am having trouble overlaying my SHP file onto the terrain. All of the SHP files and DEM and Texture gtif are all on the same coordinates... Hi,

I am having trouble overlaying my SHP file onto the terrain. All of the SHP files and DEM and Texture gtif are all on the same coordinates (NAD83 North Carolina (US feet)). I keep getting an import failed the data is located too far from the current scene contents. I have even made a geodatabase file but cannot get anything to work. Can you please help?

Thanks,
Chris
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]]> CityEngine - Import/Export chriseglass http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/84071-Importing-SHP-files-(Data-Located-too-Far)-with-Terrain CityEngine to Unity3D Tutorial by www.3decide.com http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/83751-CityEngine-to-Unity3D-Tutorial-by-www.3decide.com?goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 15:26:01 GMT Here's a great detailed tutorial how to bring CityEngine 2012 models to Unity3D game engine ( including files and scripts )!

Features :
- Data transfer CE > Unity
- Handling georeferenced datasets
- Create a first person player controller and walk the city
- AssigningCollision Meshes [ to interact with the geometries ]
- Texturing the environment ( terrain & sky )
- Create a standalone .exe application (!)


http://www.3decide.com/break-a-leg/ce-to-unity-tutorial


Have fun ! ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export matthiasbuehler http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/83751-CityEngine-to-Unity3D-Tutorial-by-www.3decide.com <![CDATA[Export hanging on "Finalizing Export"]]> http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/83464-Export-hanging-on-quot-Finalizing-Export-quot?goto=newpost Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:12:26 GMT When I try to export a scene, the exporter sometimes infinitely hangs on "finalizing export."

This is a problem with a new building I've developed. It's meant to be very fully featured in terms of randomized
facade elements, attached models, texture variations etc.

The rule file has gotten very large. If I reduce it down in size by eliminating some of the facade elements and variations,
the export works. As I reintroduce things, eventually I'll reach a point in which the export starts hanging on "finalized
export" and it fails (I have to kill the CE process to get out of the program).

This suggests there is some kind of limit to how complex a rule can be if it is going to export successfully. Is this the
case? And if so, is there a way to test or know what that limit is?

Thanks. ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export feilong80 http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/83464-Export-hanging-on-quot-Finalizing-Export-quot Water Effect in cityengine http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/82817-Water-Effect-in-cityengine?goto=newpost Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:00:41 GMT Hi!

I would like to know how to do mass water seem like Rotterdam City as link below. I saw in facebook just type "_water" in the layer name. I have tried to type "_water" at the terrain layer name and export to 3ws but it's not work.

Please help me how to do it.

Thanks


E: Rotterdam with Water: http://ow.ly/jDwho

This is my project
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This is my export setting
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]]> CityEngine - Import/Export monrath.p http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/82817-Water-Effect-in-cityengine Problem in creation 3d in city engine http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/82244-Problem-in-creation-3d-in-city-engine?goto=newpost Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:44:18 GMT When i entr open streat map data to city engine 2012 and when you try to create 3d buldings does not exist When i entr open streat map data to city engine 2012 and when you try to create 3d buldings does not exist ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export isolom http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/82244-Problem-in-creation-3d-in-city-engine heightmap issues http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/82072-heightmap-issues?goto=newpost Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:08:03 GMT I have been away from this tool for a couple of months but for some reason seem to have forgotten a workaround I had for importing a heightmap. I... I have been away from this tool for a couple of months but for some reason seem to have forgotten a workaround I had for importing a heightmap. I tried Brady's example in an earlier thread but an odd thing almost always happens. I tried creating the image in various tools and various formats. I've gone back to trying to use a geotiff. I've tried 8 bit, 16 bit and 32 bit. When the file is imported, it seems to put it in the correct place but the odd thing I encounter is that I never see the terrain. When I "fit" it in the scene, it goes to where I expect but there is no geometry. The grid position looks right but the perspective view contains 1 object, 0 polygons.
There was something I'd forgotten to do in my importing process but I can't for the life of me remember what it was that made all the difference. ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export NMiller827 http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/82072-heightmap-issues ArcMaps to CityEngine http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/81471-ArcMaps-to-CityEngine?goto=newpost Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:05:59 GMT Hi Matthias!! I have a question, how can I export my data from ArcMaps straight to CityEngine? what extension should I use to not loose any layers... Hi Matthias!!

I have a question, how can I export my data from ArcMaps straight to CityEngine? what extension should I use to not loose any layers and map colors? I tried shape file, and all I got was grey maps with no layers.
I also tried .gdb and for some reason it wouldn't let me import it, because of coordinates, so I removed them and the data was still the same grey- no layers


Best!


Lukasz ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export Lukaszczar http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/81471-ArcMaps-to-CityEngine <![CDATA[Arc segment [parametric (true) curves] import in CE]]> http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/81462-Arc-segment-parametric-(true)-curves-import-in-CE?goto=newpost Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:51:49 GMT Hi, I am having difficulties with importing Gdb features, that were edited as *arc segments* (parametric curves) with the editing tool Arc:... Hi,
I am having difficulties with importing Gdb features, that were edited as arc segments (parametric curves) with the editing tool Arc: Attachment 23228

Here how it looks in ArcMap:
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And in CE after the gdb import:
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Some totally disappear, some show up with a distorted form.

Please let me know if I miss some details or if it's a known issue.

Cheers
Ozgur
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]]> CityEngine - Import/Export oertac1981 http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/81462-Arc-segment-parametric-(true)-curves-import-in-CE Slider bar http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/80911-Slider-bar?goto=newpost Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:43:23 GMT How do you get the slider bar in the CityEngine web scene? Like it shows in the Philly demo? How do you get the slider bar in the CityEngine web scene? Like it shows in the Philly demo? ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export nhanson83 http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/80911-Slider-bar <![CDATA[Error: Data is located too far from current scene's contents]]> http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/80617-Error-Data-is-located-too-far-from-current-scene-s-contents?goto=newpost Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:21:17 GMT Hi all,

I have been experiencing this problem repeatedly. I am trying to import some models (both "homemade" and from the 3D warehouse), GIS vector data (building footprints, roads, etc), and GIS raster layers (elevation and imagery). I have tried .tif, .png, and .bmp and also have run the "Export Raster World File" tool on them. Everything is in the correct UTM zone in ArcMap, but it seems there is an issue reading in the coordinates in CityEngine.

Has anyone experienced this and have any tips?

Thank you ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export germ813 http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/80617-Error-Data-is-located-too-far-from-current-scene-s-contents Adjusting texture file http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/80276-Adjusting-texture-file?goto=newpost Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:53:55 GMT I want to have some 3d-ness with my texture file, but I don't want it looking like this: Attachment 22784

I have the flat picture, which doesn't look bad, but I want it with some more demension. Attachment 22785 I tried using a black and white scale elevation map, but that didn't work either. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Nicole
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I also have a lot of problems with coordinates, the model is far away from the scene - but in this case I do not care about coordinates, it just doesn't matter, so I want to import my model into a scene, but "because of coordinates" the model is too far from the scene, it says I can just drag and drop the model in order to place it where the cursor is, but still I get the same message

Is there any way to turn off coordinates?

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I have a question, I imported DFX file into scene, than I used rules to color the site plan, suddenly today when I opened the file the site plan that was colored using rules "blinks" with grey triangles, I noticed when I created a new shape everything works well, but the site plan (dfx) that was imported seems to not work property.
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]]> CityEngine - Import/Export Lukaszczar http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/79777-Display-Error Origin of shapes imported from FGDB seems arbitrary http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/79729-Origin-of-shapes-imported-from-FGDB-seems-arbitrary?goto=newpost Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:09:38 GMT Here's something I haven't yet been able to figure out. I'm importing simple building footprints from FGDB into an empty scene. Although I have no street network, I do know what direction each model should face (in other words, which side of the model should be the front).This I'm trying to model based on the shape's first edge. Trouble is that the placement of the origin (and therefore first edge) of each shape seems completely arbitrary.

I would have thought it had something to do with the order of vertices of the 2D shapes, but I can't work out any logic - see attached image, which is a composition of 4 shapes from ArcMap showing vertices. I manually painted in purple lines where CityEngine places the first edge.

This is a problem, since I don't want to set the first edge of each footprint manually (it's a lot of houses). Besides, "set first edge" doesn't always seem to persist if I regenerate a lot of models. Exports to FGDB and KML also show random behaviour with origin placement.

So my question is: how does CityEngine work out where to put the origin of a shape imported from FGDB? Can I solve this problem in another way than manually setting each first edge?

Thanks
Eva
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]]> CityEngine - Import/Export edienske http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/79729-Origin-of-shapes-imported-from-FGDB-seems-arbitrary import street closed polygon Shape file to street network http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/79183-import-street-closed-polygon-Shape-file-to-street-network?goto=newpost Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:46:50 GMT Dear, if i have my streets as closed polygons shape file, how could I convert these closed polygons to streets. Do i need to create extra (center... Dear,
if i have my streets as closed polygons shape file, how could I convert these closed polygons to streets.
Do i need to create extra (center line and streets shoulders)? ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export aalani http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/79183-import-street-closed-polygon-Shape-file-to-street-network Scene Coordinates http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/78883-Scene-Coordinates?goto=newpost Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:33:05 GMT Hi Matthias!

In my project everything looks to be into a scale, I brought sketchup models, terrain, but then, when I use rules "extrude" 12 the new building seems to be much taller than the rest of my sketchup models, 12 feet height building is taller than 4 story building.
I changed the coordinates from meters to feet's but still it won't change anything.

Sincerely

Lukasz ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export Lukaszczar http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/78883-Scene-Coordinates Graph Analyze http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/78552-Graph-Analyze?goto=newpost Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:07:13 GMT Hi Matthias! One more question, could you explain to me what does the analyze graph do? Its a little bit too complicated to me, in a few words... Hi Matthias!

One more question, could you explain to me what does the analyze graph do? Its a little bit too complicated to me, in a few words (from yellow to red colors) for instance, red means well developed networks? or to much networks in small area?



Thanks!!!! ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export Lukaszczar http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/78552-Graph-Analyze City Engine Projects/ differences between MAC and PC http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/78460-City-Engine-Projects-differences-between-MAC-and-PC?goto=newpost Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:57:13 GMT Hi Matthias, I am working on my projects (on PC)and everything seems to work well, unless I work on MAC, I am having troubles to export my project... Hi Matthias,

I am working on my projects (on PC)and everything seems to work well, unless I work on MAC, I am having troubles to export my project into web scene. Another problem is, when I work on a project (3D terrain+ buildings on MAC) everything runs smooth, but when I try to create new project and use the same map files (height maps) suddenly City Engine starts to be very slow.
Are there any adjustments? that I can just change on MAC? the project runs well on PC


Sincerely,


Lukasz ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export Lukaszczar http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/78460-City-Engine-Projects-differences-between-MAC-and-PC Web Scene - Bookmarks http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/78410-Web-Scene-Bookmarks?goto=newpost Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:24:21 GMT Hi,

I have a question about Web Scene Bookmarks, after I export my project into Web Scene there is no "STAR" SYMBOL for my bookmarks which I would like to use... It seemed to work before, but now it doesn't, where would be a problem?

Sincerely,


Lukasz ]]> CityEngine - Import/Export Lukaszczar http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/78410-Web-Scene-Bookmarks