{"id":1052251,"date":"2020-11-09T07:52:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1052251"},"modified":"2020-11-09T07:53:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:53:20","slug":"cityengine-2020-1-release-highlights","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/cityengine-2020-1-release-highlights","title":{"rendered":"CityEngine 2020.1 release highlights"},"author":6601,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771],"tags":[25781,549072],"industry":[],"product":[36781],"class_list":["post-1052251","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","tag-3d","tag-esrirdzurich","product-city-engine"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn about CityEngine 2020.1 highlights, such as the USD importer, better footprint drawing, the CSV import tutorial, and much more.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"What&#039;s New in ArcGIS CityEngine 2020.1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qH5EgBW8yII?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be honest&#8230;we all expected 2020 to go a little differently. If a magical fairy elf thing had turned up on December 31st 2019 and asked us if we wanted to freeze time, I dare say (in hindsight) most of us would have agreed to that.<br \/>\nIn fact, I&#8217;m writing this blog from my home office desk (aka my kitchen table), flanked by my cats Missy Elliott and Austin Pawers (they are both of zero help in any way, shape or form &#8211; I would even go as far as saying that they are a distraction).<\/p>\n<p>I come bearing good news though! 2020 isn&#8217;t all bad! ArcGIS CityEngine 2020.1 for one, is AWESOME!<\/p>\n<p>The CityEngine team made lots of little tweaks here and there (it is a &#8220;.1&#8221; release after all) but my favourite new feature is that we can now import USD into CityEngine (remember that the USD exporter was released with CityEngine 2020.0) and we&#8217;re now a whole lot closer in supporting the whole USD workflow.<\/p>\n<p>Have a read of this blog to see what else is new in ArcGIS CityEngine 2020.1 or even better, try it out for yourselves <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/docs\/DOC-15553-cityengine-trial-licenses\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>USD Import<\/h2>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-import-usd.htm\">USD ( Universal Scene Description) importer<\/a> complements the USD exporter introduced in CityEngine 2020.0. It allows you to insert USD assets with CGA rules, as well as import static models and shapes. 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When your CGA rule supports LODs, such as in the Redlands Redevelopment example, you can now automatically export them to Unreal without additional steps. Using LODs in Unreal can significantly improve rendering speed as well as quality.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1052481,"id":1052481,"title":"unreallod_resize","filename":"unreallod_resize.gif","filesize":1321114,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/cityengine-2020-1-release-highlights\/unreallod_resize","alt":"","author":"6601","description":"","caption":"LOD (Level of detail)  driven by CGA attributes","name":"unreallod_resize","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1052251,"date":"2020-10-30 13:50:12","modified":"2020-10-30 13:50:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":576,"height":324,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize.gif","medium_large-width":576,"medium_large-height":324,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize.gif","large-width":576,"large-height":324,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize.gif","1536x1536-width":576,"1536x1536-height":324,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize.gif","2048x2048-width":576,"2048x2048-height":324,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize.gif","card_image-width":576,"card_image-height":324,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unreallod_resize.gif","wide_image-width":576,"wide_image-height":324}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Better footprint drawing<\/h2>\n<p>We added more tool options to make precision drawing easier. The <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-shape-geometry-tool.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_210E73EC1DBF4EC5884C056E6C87599D\">Offset Shapes<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-graph-overview.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_2661447165214118AB22ECA50E858570\">Polygonal Street Creation<\/a> tools allow you to apply numeric values to set distances. Also, the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-push-pull-tools.htm\">Push Pull<\/a> tool now has a toggle key to enable and disable snapping.<\/p>\n<p>CityEngine 2020.1 also includes improvements to splitting and snapping to shapes and a better drawing experience. First, we&#8217;ve added more snapping targets to the Polygonal Street Creation tool in which you can snap to shapes and perpendicular to guides. Also, the Push Pull tool now snaps to guides to allow for exact alignment of extrusions to other buildings. Finally, the measurement tools snap perpendicular to edges and guides which makes measuring triangles and other non-rectangular shapes smoother.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1052531,"id":1052531,"title":"whatsnew_resize","filename":"whatsnew_resize.gif","filesize":1216821,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/cityengine-2020-1-release-highlights\/whatsnew_resize","alt":"","author":"6601","description":"","caption":"Tool options for precision drawing","name":"whatsnew_resize","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1052251,"date":"2020-10-30 15:26:03","modified":"2020-10-30 15:27:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":576,"height":324,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize.gif","medium_large-width":576,"medium_large-height":324,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize.gif","large-width":576,"large-height":324,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize.gif","1536x1536-width":576,"1536x1536-height":324,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize.gif","2048x2048-width":576,"2048x2048-height":324,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize.gif","card_image-width":576,"card_image-height":324,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/whatsnew_resize.gif","wide_image-width":576,"wide_image-height":324}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Improved integration with ArcGIS Urban<\/h2>\n<p>We added support for the latest ArcGIS Urban rule, this includes support for the Building Type, Alignment, and Skyplane attributes. Additionally, we simplified the import experience by automatically assigning the latest ArcGIS Urban rule available in your workspace to the imported data. Finally, satellite map imagery is downloaded in addition to the default basemap, and you can switch between the maps using the Inspector.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1052321,"id":1052321,"title":"WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2","filename":"WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2.gif","filesize":1664710,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/cityengine-2020-1-release-highlights\/whatsnewurbanviewport_2","alt":"","author":"6601","description":"","caption":"CityEngine supports the latest ArcGIS Urban rule","name":"whatsnewurbanviewport_2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1052251,"date":"2020-10-30 11:51:10","modified":"2020-10-30 11:53:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":960,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2.gif","medium-width":348,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2.gif","large-width":960,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2.gif","1536x1536-width":960,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2.gif","2048x2048-width":960,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2-620x465.gif","card_image-width":620,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsNewUrbanViewport_2.gif","wide_image-width":960,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>CGA tutorial for handling CSV data<\/h2>\n<p>A new tutorial shows you how to <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/tutorials\/tutorial-21-csv-import.htm\">import CSV data<\/a> from CGA and how to work with arrays. Also, the code browsing experience in the CGA Editor and the RPK creation is improved.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1052331,"id":1052331,"title":"tutorial21v2","filename":"tutorial21v2.png","filesize":113294,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/cityengine-2020-1-release-highlights\/tutorial21v2","alt":"","author":"6601","description":"","caption":"Models driven by imported CSV attributes","name":"tutorial21v2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1052251,"date":"2020-10-30 11:54:11","modified":"2020-10-30 11:54:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1263,"height":846,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2.png","medium-width":390,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":514,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2.png","large-width":1263,"large-height":846,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2.png","1536x1536-width":1263,"1536x1536-height":846,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2.png","2048x2048-width":1263,"2048x2048-height":846,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2-694x465.png","card_image-width":694,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tutorial21v2.png","wide_image-width":1263,"wide_image-height":846}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>&#8230;and many more enhancements and fixes<\/h2>\n<p>You can find further news and details in the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/whats-new\/cityengine-release-notes.htm\">2020.1 release notes<\/a>. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/my.esri.com\/\">My Esri<\/a> to upgrade to CityEngine 2020.1.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":9292,"user_firstname":"Taisha","user_lastname":"Fabricius","nickname":"Taisha Fabricius","user_nicename":"tfabricius","display_name":"Taisha Fabricius","user_email":"TFabricius@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2019-03-26 08:42:10","user_description":"Taisha Fabricius is a technology leader at the Esri R&amp;D Center in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland. With over a decade of hands-on experience spanning product management, innovation strategy, and tech evangelism, Taisha specializes in Extended Reality (XR) and Web 3D, driving Esri\u2019s strategy for immersive geospatial technologies. With a focus on transforming spatial data into interactive experiences, Taisha is helping redefine how people explore and understand complex environments through XR and web-native 3D.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/headshot-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"},{"ID":6601,"user_firstname":"Matthew","user_lastname":"Miller","nickname":"Matt Miller","user_nicename":"millerma2001","display_name":"Matt Miller","user_email":"Matthew_Miller@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:18:35","user_description":"Matt is a product engineer living in Zurich, Switzerland. He joined Esri R&amp;D Center Zurich in 2014 and has a passion for 3D! 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