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Features From CityEngine Rules

Available with 3D Analyst license.

Summary

Generates 3D geometries from existing 2D and 3D input features using rules authored in Esri CityEngine.

Usage

  • The input Rule Package is a CityEngine rule package (.rpk). It is a compressed file containing a compiled CityEngine rule and associated assets used by that rule.

  • Detailed errors or warnings raised during conversion are written to a log file named PRT#.txt (where # is a numeral that increases incrementally with each run of the tool). The location of this file depends on your operating system:

    • On Windows XP, it is at <Install drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\ESRI\GeoProcessing.
    • On Windows Vista and Windows 7, it is at <Install drive>:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\ESRI\GeoProcessing.

Syntax

FeaturesFromCityEngineRules_3d (in_features, in_rule_package, out_feature_class)
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_features

Input polygon, or multipatch features.

Feature Layer
in_rule_package

The CityEngine rule package *.rpk file containing CGA rule information and assets.

File
out_feature_class

The output feature class containing multipatch features with CGA rules applied.

Feature Class

Code sample

FeaturesFromCityEngineRules example (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the FeaturesFromCityEngineRules tool in immediate mode:

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("3D")
env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.FeaturesFromCityEngineRules_3d("in_polygons", 
                                     "rules.rpk", 
                                     "out_multipatches")

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments

Licensing information

  • ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: Requires 3D Analyst
  • ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: Requires 3D Analyst
  • ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Requires 3D Analyst

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