{"id":2843632,"date":"2025-06-25T09:45:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T16:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2843632"},"modified":"2025-07-08T01:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:12:44","slug":"an-introduction-to-street-designer","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer","title":{"rendered":"An introduction to Street Designer"},"author":139801,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,37151,22841],"tags":[42631,779962,23401,756352,26171],"industry":[],"product":[36781],"class_list":["post-2843632","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-design-planning","category-local-government","tag-cityengine","tag-street-designer","tag-transportation","tag-urban-design","tag-urban-planning","product-city-engine"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":139801,"user_firstname":"Ricardo","user_lastname":"Cabrera Nyst","nickname":"Ricardo Cabrera Nyst","user_nicename":"rcabrera","display_name":"Ricardo Cabrera Nyst","user_email":"rcabrera@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-12-15 17:56:47","user_description":"Ricardo Cabrera-Nyst is an Architect, Building Engineer and Urban Design specialist at the Esri R&amp;D Center in Z\u00fcrich.  \r\nHe is currently involved in the development of Esri software with focus on practical applications related to Architecture, Urban Design and Planning.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/458374772_3377498279226591_7669908953603083679_n-465x465.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"},{"ID":357732,"user_firstname":"Jonas","user_lastname":"Obertuefer","nickname":"Jonas Obertuefer","user_nicename":"jobertuefer","display_name":"Jonas Obertuefer","user_email":"jobertuefer@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2024-05-31 12:48:54","user_description":"Jonas is a Product Engineer for ArcGIS CityEngine at Esri R&amp;D Center in Z\u00fcrich. He holds a degree in landscape and media architecture and is interested in technology and urban design.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/profile-465x465.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Street Designer is the new tool to create and manage street configurations in ArcGIS CityEngine. This article highlights its main features.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The street realm has always been a fundamental part of urban planning and urban design.<\/p>\n<p>From the assignment of space to different uses, to the level of service required, every aspect contributes to building an efficient system.<\/p>\n<p>These qualities have a big impact on any place\u2019s identity. If we aim to create healthy and livable urban landscapes for people to live in, streets can\u2019t be overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>In order to put together their vision, planners need to work in a precise and flexible way, so that different ideas can be tested.<\/p>\n<p>Street Designer was developed to make this process easy and, why not, even fun!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>What is Street Designer?<\/h1>\n<p>Street Designer is the new tool to create and manage street configurations in ArcGIS CityEngine.<\/p>\n<p>Draw your streets, apply the desired configuration, and you\u2019re ready to go.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2843642,"id":2843642,"title":"01-Intro_Original_1269","filename":"01-Intro_Original_1269.gif","filesize":4098170,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/01-Intro_Original_1269.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/01-intro_original_1269","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"The new CityEngine release 2025.0 includes 15 built-in Street Designer configurations.","name":"01-intro_original_1269","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-19 23:16:13","modified":"2025-06-19 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street configuration is a combination of different lanes, such as sidewalk, vegetation, or car lanes.<br \/>\nThese are typically outlined as 2D sections, but in CityEngine we can also represent them in 3D along a street segment.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the tip of the iceberg; the true potential of Street Designer lies in the creation of customized configurations to meet specific demands.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to learn how we can use it to create almost any kind of street.<\/p>\n<h1>Parts of a street segment<\/h1>\n<p>Before we dive into creating street configurations, we should understand the parts of a street segment.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, every street segment is subdivided into independent lanes, and lanes might belong to the \u201csidewalk\u201d or the \u201croadbed\u201d group.<\/p>\n<p>Long arrows indicate the travel direction of the whole segment, while short arrows indicate the direction of each lane.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2843672,"id":2843672,"title":"Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB","filename":"Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB.gif","filesize":5008013,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/roadbed_1200x720_25fps_hb","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"Lanes, roadbed and sidewalk are the three key elements you need to know to get started.","name":"roadbed_1200x720_25fps_hb","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-19 23:23:27","modified":"2025-06-25 15:06:19","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":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB.gif","large-width":1280,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB.gif","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB.gif","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Roadbed_1200x720_25fps_HB.gif","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>Create your own configurations<\/h1>\n<h2>Fire up Street Designer<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-graph-overview.htm\">Once we have our network drafted<\/a>, we may access the Street Designer tools by clicking on its icon in the Toolbar.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2843682,"id":2843682,"title":"SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither","filename":"SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither.gif","filesize":3325453,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/sd_main_button_hd_1280x720_new_64color_nodither","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"A new Street Designer button was added to CityEngine\u2019s 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23:24:34","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":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither.gif","large-width":1280,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither.gif","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither.gif","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Main_Button_HD_1280x720_NEW_64color_NoDither.gif","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Add, remove and edit lanes<\/h2>\n<p>Simply hover on a street segment to interact with the individual lanes directly in the viewport.<\/p>\n<p>From the tool window, it\u2019s possible to perform the most basic actions like \u201cAdd\u201c and \u201cRemove\u201d, or \u201cEdit\u201d to move, copy and adjust the lane width.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2845952,"id":2845952,"title":"Add-Remove-Edit-Lanes_1088x612_20fps_64_Dither_20Lossy","filename":"Add-Remove-Edit-Lanes_1088x612_20fps_64_Dither_20Lossy.gif","filesize":5388648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Add-Remove-Edit-Lanes_1088x612_20fps_64_Dither_20Lossy.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/add-remove-edit-lanes_1088x612_20fps_64_dither_20lossy","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"Adding, editing, or removing lanes of a street segment is as easy and intuitive as it 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parameters<\/h2>\n<p>Select a lane to access its Lane Parameters in the Inspector.<\/p>\n<p>Here we may enter the Lane Width value directly and set the Travel Direction.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2845962,"id":2845962,"title":"Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy","filename":"Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy.gif","filesize":4466234,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/lane-parameters_1280x720_128c_dither_1lossy","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"Adjusting the Lane Parameters. Blue arrows, at both ends of the selected lane, indicate the travel direction.","name":"lane-parameters_1280x720_128c_dither_1lossy","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-22 23:55:50","modified":"2025-06-22 23:58:42","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":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy.gif","large-width":1280,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy.gif","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy.gif","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lane-Parameters_1280x720_128c_Dither_1Lossy.gif","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Applying lane rules<\/h2>\n<p>The updated Esri.lib folder comes with a whole new set of lane rules, especially created for Street Designer.<\/p>\n<p>These rules have been thoroughly developed to work with specific lane types such as bus, cars, bikes, sidewalks, vegetation, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Use the Navigator to browse through the rules, and drag them directly onto the lanes to apply them.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2845972,"id":2845972,"title":"Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1","filename":"Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","filesize":3872298,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/applying-rules_1280x720_256c_dither_lossy1","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"Lane rules can be directly applied to any lane.","name":"applying-rules_1280x720_256c_dither_lossy1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-22 23:56:00","modified":"2025-06-23 12:58:37","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":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","large-width":1280,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Applying-Rules_1280x720_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","content":"<p>Keep in mind:<br \/>\nRules can be applied to \u201croadbed\u201d or \u201csidewalk\u201d lanes indistinctly. For example, we could apply a Sidewalk_Lane.cga to a \u201croadbed\u201d lane to create a pedestrian boulevard in the central part of the street section.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Adjusting the rule\u2019s attributes<\/h2>\n<p>Once we apply the desired rule to the lane shape, we can start adjusting attributes in the Inspector panel.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is important to distinguish between the \u201c<strong>main<\/strong>\u201d attributes section, and the \u201c<strong>detailed\u201d <\/strong>attributes section.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<strong>main<\/strong>\u201d attributes are always on top, under the dropdown labeled with the rule name.<br \/>\nHere, we find the most important and frequently used attributes.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the \u201c<strong>detailed<\/strong>\u201d attributes below refer to more specific parameters we don\u2019t need to adjust as often.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2845942,"id":2845942,"title":"Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy","filename":"Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1.gif","filesize":2622924,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/main-vs-detailed_1200x720_dither_64c_1lossy-2","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"The \u201cmain\u201d attributes work like a shortcut to specific \u201cdetailed\u201d attributes that are used quite often.","name":"main-vs-detailed_1200x720_dither_64c_1lossy-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-22 23:55:29","modified":"2025-06-22 23:59:32","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":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1.gif","large-width":1280,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1.gif","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1.gif","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Main-Vs-Detailed_1200x720_Dither_64c_1Lossy-1.gif","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>It\u2019s important to mention that attributes set in any of the \u201cdetailed\u201d sections do override those in the \u201cmain\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it\u2019s good practice to always modify our attributes in the \u201cmain\u201d section and only tweak the attributes in the \u201cdetailed\u201d section if no shortcut to them is available in the \u201cmain\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, the number of attributes has been narrowed down to the essentials, and they are quite self-explanatory.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at some examples:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Vehicle lanes<\/h3>\n<p>This folder includes rules for typical travel lanes like Car, Bus, Bike or an \u201cUnmarked\u201d lane. Each rule is driven by specific attributes in both main and imported sections to allow a high level of customization.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2845982,"id":2845982,"title":"Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10","filename":"Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10.gif","filesize":6197269,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/vehicle-lanes_1280x720_dither_128c_lossy10","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"Vehicle lanes allow different combinations of symbols and markings, using continuous or dashed lines.","name":"vehicle-lanes_1280x720_dither_128c_lossy10","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-22 23:56:11","modified":"2025-06-22 23:59:49","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":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10.gif","large-width":1280,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10.gif","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10.gif","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehicle-Lanes_1280x720_Dither_128c_Lossy10.gif","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Sidewalk lanes<\/h3>\n<p>The sidewalk lane rules cover the most common use cases for sidewalks. They include assets like streetlamps, furniture, and bollards. These are all driven by easy-to-set-up attributes that ensure a high level of control over curbs, crossings, and materials.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2845992,"id":2845992,"title":"Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1","filename":"Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","filesize":5868582,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/sidewalk-lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_dither_lossy1","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"Assets position on sidewalks can be adjusted through offset values in both directions, along or across.","name":"sidewalk-lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_dither_lossy1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-22 23:56:24","modified":"2025-06-23 00:00:06","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":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","large-width":1280,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1-826x465.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sidewalk-Lane-1280x720_30fps_128c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Parking lane<\/h3>\n<p>Choose from parallel, perpendicular, or diagonal parking types. Add vegetation islands, bike racks or simple curb extensions to your configuration.<\/p>\n<p>The parking lane rule even displays warning symbols when the lane isn\u2019t wide enough to host the configured slot dimensions.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2846002,"id":2846002,"title":"Parking-Lane_1280x720_256c_Dither_lossy1","filename":"Parking-Lane_1280x720_256c_Dither_lossy1.gif","filesize":4295421,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Parking-Lane_1280x720_256c_Dither_lossy1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/parking-lane_1280x720_256c_dither_lossy1","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"The parking lane allows for the alternation of parking spaces and elements such as planters or bike racks.","name":"parking-lane_1280x720_256c_dither_lossy1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-22 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lanes<\/h3>\n<p>Use Vegetation_Buffer_Lane rule for continuous green stripes, or Sidewalk_Plant_Lane for distributed planters along the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>Pick your preferred tree or shrub asset and adjust the parameters to your specifications.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2846012,"id":2846012,"title":"Vegetation-Lanes_1088x612_30fps_256c_Dither_Lossy1","filename":"Vegetation-Lanes_1088x612_30fps_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","filesize":5806058,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vegetation-Lanes_1088x612_30fps_256c_Dither_Lossy1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/vegetation-lanes_1088x612_30fps_256c_dither_lossy1","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"All vegetation species have been carefully selected to make sure they are suitable for street use.","name":"vegetation-lanes_1088x612_30fps_256c_dither_lossy1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-22 23:56:48","modified":"2025-06-23 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lane<\/h3>\n<p>A buffer lane is typically placed to provide spacing, like next to a bike lane for additional security or at the sides of the road to create shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Make it a simple empty space or pick from different patterns and bollards to create the buffer lane your design requires.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2846022,"id":2846022,"title":"Buffer_1280x720_25fps_128c_Dither_Lossy5","filename":"Buffer_1280x720_25fps_128c_Dither_Lossy5.gif","filesize":5900591,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Buffer_1280x720_25fps_128c_Dither_Lossy5.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/buffer_1280x720_25fps_128c_dither_lossy5","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"Exploring different material combinations on our lanes may lead to interesting 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The connection with the street configuration will be lost, but the appearance of the segments won\u2019t be affected.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2846062,"id":2846062,"title":"manage configs","filename":"manage-configs.gif","filesize":132186,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\/manage-configs","alt":"","author":"139801","description":"","caption":"The \u201cSelect in Viewport\u201d function selects all street segments in the scene sharing that specific configuration.","name":"manage-configs","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2843632,"date":"2025-06-23 00:24:35","modified":"2025-06-23 12:59:40","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":902,"height":372,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":191,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":317,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs.gif","large-width":902,"large-height":372,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs.gif","1536x1536-width":902,"1536x1536-height":372,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs.gif","2048x2048-width":902,"2048x2048-height":372,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs-826x341.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":341,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/manage-configs.gif","wide_image-width":902,"wide_image-height":372}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Import configurations<\/h2>\n<p>Street configurations are automatically saved in the scene file. 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Street Designer will continue evolving as a tool in upcoming releases. The rules and material catalog will expand to help users materialize their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to check out the latest CityEngine <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/whats-new\/cityengine-whats-new.htm\">What\u2019s New video<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/street-designer-overview.htm\">official documentation<\/a> for more detailed information.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t wait to see how you harness CityEngine\u2019s procedural power using Street Designer in your projects!<\/p>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">Try <a id=\"menur3ro\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-cityengine\/trial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-cityengine\/trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link ArcGIS CityEngine\">ArcGIS CityEngine<\/a> (which includes access to ArcGIS Urban) or <a id=\"menur3rq\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-cityengine\/overview#getstarted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-cityengine\/overview#getstarted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link view purchasing options\">view purchasing options<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":"","show_article_image":false,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Promo_02_Crop_826x465p.jpg","wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Promo_02_Crop_1920x1080p.jpg"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An introduction to Street Designer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An introduction to Street Designer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ArcGIS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T08:12:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SD_Promo_02_Crop_826x465p.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"826\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"465\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ESRI\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ricardo Cabrera Nyst\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/94f25321670d6d9a870ed9d2bff23e9e\"},\"headline\":\"An introduction to Street Designer\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-25T16:45:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-08T08:12:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/design-planning\/an-introduction-to-street-designer\"},\"wordCount\":5,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"CityEngine\",\"Street Designer\",\"Transportation\",\"Urban Design\",\"Urban Planning\"],\"articleSection\":[\"3D Visualization &amp; 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