LogInCityEngine 2021.1 comes with improved tools, an updated user interface, multiple bug fixes, and more.
Esri has released CityEngine 2021.1, the latest version of their procedural 3D city generation software. The new version of CityEngine features new enhancements for terrain sculpting, a new importer and exporter for IFC, and an improved authoring of dashboards. The 360 VR application, which was completely overhauled for the 2021.0 release with the migration to a web app that runs on most VR headsets with a modernized, now has improved render quality, and for more convenience, you can use the render settings of an existing viewport.
What's new?
- More accurate buildings in Get Map Data: The OSM importer and the OSM rule are enhanced so that you get buildings with more detail now when using Get Map Data. This helps make the creation of a realistic context for your urban design projects in CityEngine even easier.
- New enhancements for terrain sculpting: The team has refined the terrain editing brushes by adding functions that let you smooth the border between your edits and the original terrain. The Smooth Range fades the edited part out, and Constant Gradient lets you define a slope with a given angle. These functions are also available in the Align Terrain to Shapes window which is helpful when working with street networks.
- New importer and exporter for IFC: In the last release, CityEngine 2021.0 introduced new functionality for importing and exporting DWG models which improved interoperability with the CAD world. With the 2021.1 release, CityEngine connects to the world of BIM with the new IFC importer and exporter.
- Transform and drawing tools: You can now save and retrieve custom reference systems and apply them using the transform tools.
- Working with materials in CGA: This release adds a new material encoder that lets you export materials defined in CGA to a folder containing a .cgamat file and all used textures. In combination with the readMaterial function, you can now reuse materials across scenes.
- Improved authoring of dashboards: You can now duplicate cards and pages, as well as move cards from one page to another.
- And more!
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