ce_webviewer_intranet
Because I can, and no this is not a real development proposal…

Well CityEngine Web Viewer from ESRI is wonderful, but if you have internet connection like our office (ADSL) download speeds are good but upload speeds not so much….   The prospect of uploading my CityEngine models of 100s of megabytes only to find I’ve done something wrong is not enticing and I grew up playing on the C64!

So have you thought about using a local webserver?  If like us you have a network storage device like a ReadyNAS NV+ you can enable a directory for web (http) services and copy over these files to it.

  • You can download the webviwer files from ESRI here : CityEngine WebViewer application package
  • Follow the instructions above make sure you rename the ceviewer_offline.html to viewer.html
  • Point your browser to an address like the follow (note string after ?) – “/webviewer/viewer.html?3dWebScene=../webscenes/test_blocks1.3ws”

If you don’t have a ReadyNAS you could install a small webserver onto you local PC try this page as a start point http://www.ehow.com/how_4863770_turn-pc-server.html

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