{"id":69931,"date":"2015-11-13T05:37:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T05:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/cityengine-2015-2-released\/"},"modified":"2020-01-29T03:09:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T11:09:50","slug":"cityengine-2015-2-released","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/3d-gis\/3d-gis\/cityengine-2015-2-released","title":{"rendered":"CityEngine 2015.2 released!"},"author":6601,"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],"tags":[25781,26141,549072,26161,26171],"industry":[],"product":[36781],"class_list":["post-69931","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","tag-3d","tag-city-modeling","tag-esrirdzurich","tag-new-release","tag-urban-planning","product-city-engine"],"acf":{"short_description":"\r\nIntroducing Esri CityEngine 2015.2! In this minor release, we present some enhancements such as Reporting Dashboards, improved KML and ...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CityEngine-2015.2-Released-RenderMan-Export-Upgrades.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56265 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CityEngine-2015.2-Released-RenderMan-Export-Upgrades.jpg\" alt=\"RenderMan export upgrade\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Introducing Esri CityEngine 2015.2! In this minor release, we present some enhancements such as Reporting Dashboards, improved KML and WGS84 support, better RenderMan export, and many others. \u00a0See the <a href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/latest\/get-started\/cityengine-release-notes.htm\">release notes<\/a> for full details.<\/p>\n<h1>Reporting Dashboards<\/h1>\n<p>With reporting in CityEngine, it is critical to see the necessary information about your scene in a concise manner for analysis and decision-making. \u00a0With this release, we present Reporting Dashboards. \u00a0With the new Dashboard window, you can quickly and easily understand key metrics of your project\u00a0through compelling and dynamic visualization tools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CityEngine-2015.2-Released-Introducing-Reporting-Dashboards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56267 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CityEngine-2015.2-Released-Introducing-Reporting-Dashboards.jpg\" alt=\"Reporting Dashboard\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>KML and WGS84 support<\/h1>\n<p>We\u2019ve also improved KML and WGS84 support by enhancing the precision of the KML exporter with more stable WGS84 re-projection. In addition, CityEngine\u2019s overall handling of projections is more accurate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CityEngine-2015.2-Released-KML-WGS84-Improvements-e.g.-for-upcoming-ArcGIS-Earth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56264 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CityEngine-2015.2-Released-KML-WGS84-Improvements-e.g.-for-upcoming-ArcGIS-Earth.jpg\" alt=\"KML and WGS84 support\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>New look<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>You also probably noticed that something looks different on our website. Well, yes, with the release of CityEngine 2015.2, we&#8217;ve updated our look. With clearer structure, additional social and community links, and easier to find assets such as tutorials, videos, and software help, we think you\u2019ll find the experience of our resource pages even more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/\">http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/cityengine\/<\/a> to see for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Upgrade to CityEngine 2015.2. at <a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.esri.com\/\">My Esri<\/a> or if you are new to CityEngine, try it now with a fully functional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/software\/cityengine\">free trial version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-Your CityEngine team<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"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. 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