{"id":5398,"date":"2020-05-29T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=5398"},"modified":"2020-05-29T16:52:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:52:15","slug":"esri-cityengine-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=5398","title":{"rendered":"Esri CityEngine is Dead!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Long live ArcGIS CityEngine!<\/strong> haha you have to let me have some clickbait blog posts occasionally!\u00a0 Well it looks like CityEngine 2020 (now with added ArcGIS<\/em> for marketing continuity I think) has been released, or about to be as I think I get downloads earlier (from my.esri.com).<\/p>\n

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“Changed the full name of CityEngine<\/span>\u00a0from Esri CityEngine to\u00a0ArcGIS CityEngine<\/span> to better align with the ArcGIS product family.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This seems like a bigger release befitting of a .0 release (the point .1s are for fixing things generally).\u00a0 Better \u2018SketchUp-like\u2019 editing tools which may be of use to some (I prefer SketchUp personally for that kind of thing), an improved interface for some tools (a new Tool Options window pane for one thing).<\/p>\n

On the CGA front a headline of improved CSV support and arrays<\/strong>, which means you can use CSV (thing MS Excel tables planners) to control rule operations.<\/p>\n

They are making a big thing of improved visual rendering in the viewport which now respects Physical Based Rendering (PBR)<\/strong>. This is potentially good for those not wanting to use any other 3rd<\/sup> party product for visuals, although I\u2019d use something else anyway.<\/p>\n

Exporting to Mobile Scene Packages<\/strong> is now available to you, although personally I wish they\u2019d do more with old CityEngine webscene viewer (3WS format) or replicate the swipe tool functionality somewhere.<\/p>\n

They have also added support for another format Universal Scene Descriptor (USD)<\/strong> which is great for use in vfx pipelines\/workflows\u2026<\/p>\n

New webstyles in Esri.lib and metadata for plants (SoilPH) which is nice but hopefully not a distraction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be reviewing the other new features over the coming week, and may add more detail here if I have the time.\u00a0 In the meantime feel free to read the blog and release notes.<\/p>\n

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Interested in more or some CityEngine training? Head over to GD3D (my company’s brand for 3D stuff) for more information, I hear I have an online training offering!<\/a><\/p>\n

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