{"id":4355,"date":"2018-11-05T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2019-04-15T20:38:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T20:38:47","slug":"usa-style-street-signs-for-esri-cityengine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=4355","title":{"rendered":"USA STYLE STREET SIGNS FOR ESRI CITYENGINE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Subtle product placement by me (I\u2019ve already modified this rule set)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Just a quick Esri CityEngine news post for those who may have missed it, or (and more likely) for me about 2 months later when I remember there being a cool rule set for signs, but can\u2019t for the life of me remember where the link is\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those of you who use Esri CityEngine will already know that it is sometimes frustratingly lacking in useful content.   Yes there is the \u2018ESRI.Lib\u2019 project directory which is installed in each new \u2018workspace\u2019.  Some of the most used rules in that library are the tree and road rules, and the occasional text for labels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

creating generic rules for everyone is actually quite hard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always said creating generic rules for everyone is actually quite hard unless you can guarantee how they work and the structure of their underlying data (oh crikey I think I just advocated some kind of \u2018standard\u2019).   Complicated generic rule files for all the Esri CityEngine users is hard to do, but simple focused rules (like trees, signs and simple streets) is much easier and in the end more useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

oh crikey I think I just advocated some kind of \u2018standard\u2019*<\/strong>*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Not this type of daisy-chain | Source: Wikipedia<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ability for us to \u2018daisy-chain\u2019 rules means and a consistent perpetual Esri CityEngine \u2018ESRI.Lib\u2019 directory means I can write rules that reference simple tree visualisations easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now a very cool gentleman from Esri called Geoff Taylor <\/a>has created a new rule package (for ArcGISPro 3D users) and CityEngine project that has done some hard work for you.  USA street signs!  Yes we\u2019ve had signs within the Streets rules before, but this one is far more useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It contains the start of something that I\u2019m sure will only expand and become more useful for those of us doing 3D modelling in the USA (some of this may be useful in Canada too).  It also looks like this may end up linking up with the awesome Complete Streets tool from David Wasserman<\/a> (you can get that here on github<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some nice rendering of the street signs and unusually for me I\u2019ve not used any \u2018depth of field\u2019 \u2019tiltshift\u2019 effects..<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n