CityEngine: An IntroductionBrady Hoak

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3D Across The Platform

Desktop Web Device

Server Online Content

and Services

Portal

ArcGIS Pro

CityEngine

3D Analyst

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Runtime

ArcGIS JavaScript API

Complete workflow for editing, managing,

publishing and sharing data in 3D

Integrating GIS into the Design ProcessGeodesign

Feedback

Data AnalysisDesign

(Sketch)Evaluate Decision

Map Current

ConditionsDesign and Visualize

Scenarios

Engage with Key Stakeholders

and The Public

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Swedish Parametric Architectural Styles Façade Style Variations and LODs

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality,

CAD, BIM, 3D Rendering, 3D ModelingInteroperability

What is

procedural

modeling?

• Supports Rapid Iteration

• Multiple Views

- Realistic Display

- 3D Thematic Rendering

• Performance Reporting

- Driven by Attributes

- Visualized Dynamically

Procedural Modeling is Intelligent

Rule Based Design

CAD / 3D Sketching

Procedural Design

Number of Iterations

New

Rule

Creation

3-D Zoning

Infiltration Rate Design

When to use ArcGIS Pro?

When to use CityEngine?

Procedural Geometry

Continuous improvements & focus on visual

rule authoring (with Portal/Online contents)

ArcGIS Pro CityEngine

“2D to 3D” procedural engine Yes Yes

Interactive design tools Dynamic reports, handles, local edits,…

No Yes

Rule authoring No Yes

Dynamic 3D streets & blocks No Yes

3D Data Types

CE for advanced 3D models (materials, instances…);

CE focus on CAD/BIM to WebGIS workflows

ArcGIS Pro CityEngine

Lidar / reconstruction Yes No

BIM import Partly Partly

Multipatch editing No Yes

3D export (Unity, etc) No Yes

3D Visualization

Focus in CE on preview; Pro, Earth & WSV are

our real-time visualization environments

ArcGIS Pro CityEngine

Scales All (global & local) Up to city scale (local only)

Rendering Streaming, adaptive In-memory only

Animation Yes No

AR/VR No R&D