{"id":2968766,"date":"2026-07-01T00:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2968766"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:14:00","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-cityengine-2026-0","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/whats-new-in-arcgis-cityengine-2026-0","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in ArcGIS CityEngine 2026.0"},"author":360672,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,615021,37151],"tags":[25781,25891,32621,42631,24341],"industry":[],"product":[36781],"class_list":["post-2968766","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-aec","category-design-planning","tag-3d","tag-arcgis","tag-architecture","tag-cityengine","tag-python","product-city-engine"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":360672,"user_firstname":"Jennifer","user_lastname":"Johnson","nickname":"Jen Johnson","user_nicename":"jenjohnson","display_name":"Jen Johnson","user_email":"jenjohnson@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2024-08-26 13:49:44","user_description":"Jen Johnson is a Product Engineer on the ArcGIS CityEngine team at the Esri R&amp;D Center in Zurich. 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Instead, after install, just login into your portal account which has an active license and start creating!<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Last but not least, we continue to update and improve documentation. As ususal,\u00a0 the new tools and features are explained and as a bonus the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/tutorials\/essentials-work-with-gis-data.htm\">Essentials Work with GIS tutorial<\/a> has been refurbished.<\/p>\n<h2>Learn More and Contribute<\/h2>\n<p>As you can see, this release is all about speed, flexibility, and unlocking new possibilities. 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