{"id":507882,"date":"2019-05-14T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=507882"},"modified":"2020-06-17T06:13:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T13:13:03","slug":"cityengine-2019-0-release-highlights","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/city-engine\/3d-gis\/cityengine-2019-0-release-highlights","title":{"rendered":"CityEngine 2019.0 Release Highlights"},"author":9292,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,37101,22941],"tags":[25781,39371,42631,549072,26171],"industry":[],"product":[36781],"class_list":["post-507882","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-announcements","category-mapping","tag-3d","tag-announcement","tag-cityengine","tag-esrirdzurich","tag-urban-planning","product-city-engine"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn all about new features and improvements in the Esri CityEngine 2019.0 release.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s alive!<br \/>\n<\/strong>We&#8217;ve released CityEngine 2019.0 and just quietly between us, we&#8217;re pretty proud of what we have put together.<br \/>\nActually, this is probably one of the bigger CityEngine releases we&#8217;ve had in a long time.<br \/>\nNow you can enjoy things like new CGA operations, new import\/export formats and new plug-ins (to name a few)! New, new, new!<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s also new, is that we have worked on making our extensive CityEngine documentation available to you more easily and have introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/\">Esri CityEngine Resources<\/a> page!<br \/>\nHere you will find things like the Help manual, tutorials, CGA assistance and curated videos.<br \/>\nGo ahead and check it out!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In this blog post we&#8217;re highlighting some of our favorite released features, but you can learn more about all of our new features and fixes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/whats-new\/cityengine-release-notes.htm\"><span class=\"s1\">2019.0 release notes<\/span><\/a>.<br \/>\nGo to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/my.esri.com\/welcome\"><span class=\"s1\">My Esri<\/span><\/a> to upgrade to CityEngine 2019.0. Or, if you are new to CityEngine, try it out now with a fully functional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/software\/cityengine\/free-trial\"><span class=\"s1\">free trial version<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"What&#039;s New in Esri CityEngine 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ioohCco1v94?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<h2>Interactive edit &amp; design tools improvements<\/h2>\n<p id=\"GUID-F587DA81-6819-48A8-B14D-3147044FEFCC\">In this release, we highly improved the\u00a0<a class=\"xref xref\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-draw-objects-overview.htm\">interactive edit and design tools<\/a>. They feel much snappier and more responsive due to numerous performance improvements. Also, we enhanced the arc drawing capabilities and the general UX when creating polygons on terrain. And, due to popular demand, we introduced a Subtract boolean tool for 2D shapes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>New CGA operations for urban design<\/h2>\n<p id=\"GUID-A63BF460-ED6F-406A-BD65-2DE82606F1ED\">In CityEngine 2019.0, we added several new operations to its procedural modeling language CGA, which is used to encode architectural styles. Highlights include the\u00a0<a class=\"xref xref\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/cga\/cga-rectify-operation.htm\"><span class=\"usertext\">rectify<\/span><\/a>\u00a0operation which can be used to clean up inaccurate building footprints, the\u00a0<a class=\"xref xref\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/cga\/cga-setback-per-edge-operation.htm\"><span class=\"usertext\">setbackPerEdge<\/span><\/a>\u00a0operation which allows control of the setback distance individually on each edge of a polygon, and the\u00a0<a class=\"xref xref\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/cga\/cga-setback-to-area-operation.htm\"><span class=\"usertext\">setbackToArea<\/span><\/a> operation which enables a better encoding of urban design practices, such as optimizing area capacities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Integration with ArcGIS Urban (beta)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"GUID-26ADE17B-1872-4C56-A7E2-18442C51B099\">With this release, we&#8217;re excited to announce CityEngine\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"xref xref\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-urban-integration.htm\">integration<\/a>\u00a0and data exchange with ArcGIS Urban beta. ArcGIS Urban is Esri&#8217;s upcoming web-based urban planning platform for (1) visualizing master plans, (2) monitoring development projects across the city, (3) managing zoning codes and overlays, (4) and engaging with citizens.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>New glTF import and export<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">glTF is an open standard format for 3D models developed by the Khronos Group. The format is highly efficient and has been adopted by the GIS and 3D industry across the world. With CityEngine 2019.0, we introduce\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-import-gltf.htm\"><span class=\"s1\">import<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-export-gltf.htm\"><span class=\"s1\">export<\/span><\/a>\u00a0functionality for glTF 2.0 which also supports physically based materials. A collection of glTF 2.0 models can be found on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Sketchfab<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"ESRI_SECTION1_94229AA11DBF468BBE3FE2A87DFE9DFB\" class=\"section1 padded-anchor\">\n<h2>Better export to Unreal Studio (beta)<\/h2>\n<p id=\"GUID-58874DCC-963D-46E1-8E40-88245579D4DF\">The Unreal Engine exporter (\u201c<a class=\"xref xref\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/help\/help-export-unreal.htm\">Datasmith<\/a>\u201d format) of CityEngine now supports Unreal Studio 4.22, the latest version of the acclaimed tool for real-time rendering in architecture and design. We significantly improved the exporter to make it easier to bring the vast and rich CityEngine scenes into Unreal Studio. Highlights include support of (1) native Unreal landscapes for terrain elevation data, (2) physically based Unreal materials, and (3) workflows that require metadata on meshes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"ESRI_SECTION1_B5382F7E44254C2DA23F79A7F528209B\" class=\"section1 padded-anchor\">\n<h2>CityEngine VR Experience now also for Oculus Rift<\/h2>\n<p id=\"GUID-10C1493C-0BCA-4EC5-9ADE-0FBF2E672798\">The CityEngine VR Experience is a tabletop virtual reality application for urban planning. It allows planners, designers, city officials, and citizens to immerse themselves in a CityEngine scene, and view, discuss, or modify possible development scenarios in ways that were not possible on regular computer screens or with physical models up until now. Besides many new features, usability improvements, and extensive new documentation, we added support for Oculus Rift headsets. Learn how to build\u00a0<a class=\"xref xref\" href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/docs\/DOC-11563-cityengine-vr-experience-for-unreal-studio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">your own CityEngine VR Experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"ESRI_SECTION1_F992C2C6CEFA481AB363C0CF2B7215E7\" class=\"section1 padded-anchor\">\n<h2>Palladio, a CityEngine plugin for Houdini<\/h2>\n<p id=\"GUID-873B3D66-7251-4D2C-A9F3-92751905AAD4\">Palladio started as a side project from an enthusiastic CityEngine developer who teamed up with a talented CityEngine artist to build a unique procedural modeling plugin for SideFX Houdini. By using Palladio, 3D environment artists do not have to leave their familiar Houdini toolset anymore to make use of the generative modeling power of CityEngine. With this release, we made Palladio easier to install, simpler to use, and more stable to work with. You can\u00a0<a class=\"xref xref\" href=\"https:\/\/esri.github.io\/palladio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download Palladio here<\/a> (available for Linux and Windows).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>\u2026and don&#8217;t forget<\/h3>\n<p>Join our CityEngine community on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityEngine\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityEngine\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/esri_cityengine\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/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. 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