{"id":74051,"date":"2016-10-27T07:30:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T07:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/cityengine-2016-1-released\/"},"modified":"2020-01-29T03:05:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T11:05:24","slug":"cityengine-2016-1-released","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/3d-gis\/3d-gis\/cityengine-2016-1-released","title":{"rendered":"CityEngine 2016.1 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":[25781,26141,549072,34461,26171],"industry":[],"product":[36781],"class_list":["post-74051","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","tag-3d","tag-city-modeling","tag-esrirdzurich","tag-openstreetmap","tag-urban-planning","product-city-engine"],"acf":{"short_description":"With the CityEngine 2016.1 release, we've added many cool new features such as an OpenStreetMap-ready rule set, revised Inspector with fa...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>With the CityEngine 2016.1 release, we&#8217;ve added many cool new features such as an OpenStreetMap-ready rule set, revised Inspector with faster user interface, and an enhanced Alembic exporter.<\/p>\n<h1>OpenStreetMap-ready CGA rule<\/h1>\n<p>We&#8217;ve added procedural rules for OpenStreetMap (OSM) buildings. The CGA rule is automatically assigned when you launch \u2018Get map data\u2019. It also auto-interprets attributes on import to provide these rules with the information they need to generate your 3D buildings. If the OSM data for the area of interest does not include attributes, the rules apply smart defaults based on city style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/helsinki-osm-cga-rule_blog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/helsinki-osm-cga-rule_blog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Cross-platform scene layer packages with attributes<\/h1>\n<p>You can now open Scene layer package (SLPK) files generated from CityEngine also in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Earth. 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