{"id":3595,"date":"2017-10-06T11:07:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T11:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2017-10-06T14:04:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:04:06","slug":"cityengine-2017-1-beta-a-sneak-peek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=3595","title":{"rendered":"CityEngine 2017.1 Beta (a sneak peek)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well I’ve been a bit busy as of late working on some exciting 3D projects and attending some really interesting conferences!\u00a0 One day I’ll get around to writing about them.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 There is so much going on in the 3D GIS space that it can feel a bit too much.\u00a0 Fortunately that’s where our <\/a>expertise lies, making sense of it all and helping clients.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Viewshed from the Motte & Bailey in Sedbergh towards the M6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve made some time though to talk a little bit about the new CityEngine 2017.1 Beta that I’ve just installed. But before I continue this is a sneak peek at a beta release some or all features I talk about maybe removed at the last minute, don’t plan your future projects based on this blog.\u00a0 What I would say is yet again, if you are thinking of working in 3D and the Esri platform, CityEngine is worth a look,\u00a0especially for planners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The team in Zurich seem to be hell bent on adding new features quickly now especially for the Urban Planners among us!\u00a0 I wanted to show you a very cool new feature\/toolset called viewsheds.\u00a0 This gives you live (see animated GIFS below) views of viewshed domes or corridors in the CityEngine viewport, giving you an indication of what you would see from particular vantage points.\u00a0 You can change the colour for each area too (colour visible by all, colour visible by one, colour not visible by any) and place multiple viewsheds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well I can think of a number of industries (and former trainees of mine) that would love this particular tool!<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> Now before you get too excited you can’t export these results yet (its a live dynamic view within the viewport).<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for help either training for CityEngine (we’re the first to offer CityEngine training and have been using it longer than Esri even!), or you need help with 3D data capture, contact us directly.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sedbergh’s 4G mobile telecommunications mast….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are some usual bug fixes and a few new rule functions I can see coming up (I may write about these later), and there is a facility to import and synchronise feature layers hosted in ArcGIS Online!\u00a0 This brings some potentially exciting opportunities and workflows but as a new feature I think as usual this should be used with caution, but the direction of travel here is interesting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now one final thought: remember how a previous release of ArcGISPro (1.4) incorporated the ability to edit multipatch geometries using SketchUp-like tools<\/a>?\u00a0 Did I mention this really was first seen in CityEngine…?\u00a0 Now, if I was a betting man (which I’m not) I would look at CityEngine features to see perhaps where new ArcGISPro 3D related tools may come from…. just a thought and I have no insider knowledge here…<\/p>\n

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oh, this is a lot of fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nice work Esri R&D Zurich, nice work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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While you’re here it would be good to know what you think of CityEngine and\/or it’s direction into Geodesign and planning.\u00a0 Add a comment to continue\/start the discussion (all comments reviewed\/moderated).<\/p>\n

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