<s>
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
three-dimensional	O
(	O
3D	O
)	O
modeling	O
program	O
developed	O
by	O
Esri	O
R&D	O
Center	O
Zurich	O
(	O
formerly	O
Procedural	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
and	O
specialises	O
in	O
the	O
generation	O
of	O
3D	O
urban	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CityEngine	B-Application
works	O
with	O
architectural	O
object	O
placement	O
and	O
arrangement	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
that	O
software	O
like	O
VUE	O
manages	O
terrain	O
,	O
ecosystems	O
and	O
atmosphere	O
mapping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
traditional	O
3D	O
modeling	O
methodology	O
which	O
uses	O
Computer-Aided	B-Application
Design	I-Application
(	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
tools	O
and	O
techniques	O
,	O
CityEngine	B-Application
takes	O
a	O
different	O
approach	O
to	O
shape	O
generation	O
via	O
a	O
rule-based	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
use	O
Geographic	B-Application
Information	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
datasets	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
wider	O
Esri/ArcGIS	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
this	O
unique	O
feature	O
set	O
,	O
CityEngine	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
academic	O
research	O
and	O
built	O
environment	O
professions	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
urban	O
planning	O
,	O
architecture	O
,	O
visualization	B-Application
,	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
entertainment	O
,	O
archeology	O
,	O
military	O
and	O
cultural	O
heritage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CityEngine	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
within	O
Building	B-Architecture
Information	I-Architecture
Model	I-Architecture
(	O
BIM	B-Architecture
)	O
workflows	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
visualizing	O
the	O
data	O
of	O
buildings	O
in	O
a	O
larger	O
urban	O
context	O
,	O
enhancing	O
its	O
working	O
scenario	O
toward	O
real	O
construction	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
Procedural	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Esri	O
Inc	O
and	O
became	O
Esri	O
R&D	O
Center	O
Zurich	O
,	O
continually	O
studying	O
in	O
the	O
fields	O
of	O
computer	O
graphics	O
,	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
,	O
software	O
engineering	O
,	O
finance	O
,	O
marketing	O
,	O
and	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
(	O
renamed	O
from	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
in	O
June	O
2020	O
)	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
ETH	O
Zurich	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
author	O
Pascal	O
Mueller	O
,	O
co-founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
Procedural	O
Inc	O
.	O
During	O
his	O
PhD	O
research	O
at	O
ETH	O
Computer	B-Application
Vision	I-Application
Lab	O
,	O
Mueller	O
invented	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
techniques	O
for	O
procedural	O
modeling	O
of	O
3D	O
architectural	O
content	O
which	O
make	O
up	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
CityEngine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
CityEngine	B-Application
's	O
public	O
debut	O
in	O
the	O
2001	O
SIGGRAPH	O
conference	O
,	O
additional	O
research	O
papers	O
have	O
contributed	O
to	O
featuring	O
CityEngine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
CityEngine	B-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Swiss	O
company	O
Procedural	O
Inc	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
professionals	O
in	O
urban	O
planning	O
,	O
architecture	O
,	O
visualization	B-Application
,	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
entertainment	O
,	O
GIS	B-Application
,	O
archeology	O
,	O
and	O
cultural	O
heritage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Date	O
Version	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2008	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2008	O
Nov	O
20	O
,	O
2008	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2008.2	O
Dec	O
17	O
,	O
2008	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2008.3	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2009	O
Sept	O
15	O
,	O
2009	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2009.2	O
Dec	O
10	O
,	O
2009	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2009.3	O
June	O
23	O
,	O
2010	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2010	O
Oct	O
12	O
,	O
2010	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2010.2	O
Dec	O
9	O
,	O
2010	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2010.3	O
Oct	O
26	O
,	O
2011	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2011.1	O
Feb	O
23	O
,	O
2012	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2011.2	O
Oct	O
3	O
,	O
2012	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2012.1	O
Nov	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2013.1	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2014	O
Sept	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2014.1	O
----,----	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2015.0	O
----,----	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2015.1	O
----,----	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2015.2----	O
,	O
----	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2016.0----	O
,	O
----	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2016.1----	O
,	O
----	O
Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2017.0Nov	O
7th	O
,	O
2017Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2017.1May	O
10	O
,	O
2018Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2018.0Sept	O
18th	O
,	O
2018Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2018.1May	O
14	O
,	O
2019Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2019.0October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2019Esri	O
CityEngine	B-Application
2019.1June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
(	O
Advanced	O
and	O
Basic	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Purchasing	O
of	O
CityEngine	B-Application
is	O
via	O
an	O
Esri	O
local	O
distributor	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
region	O
can	O
redirect	O
to	O
the	O
distributor	O
based	O
on	O
your	O
browser	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIS/CAD	O
Data	O
Support	O
:	O
Support	O
for	O
industry-standard	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
Esri	O
Shapefile	O
,	O
File	O
Geodatabase	O
and	O
OpenStreetMap	O
which	O
allow	O
to	O
import/export	O
any	O
geo-spatial/vector	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Industry-Standard	O
3D	O
Formats	O
:	O
CityEngine	B-Application
supports	O
KMZ	O
,	O
Collada	O
,	O
Autodesk	O
FBX	O
,	O
3DS	O
,	O
Wavefront	O
OBJ	O
,	O
RenderMan	O
RIB	O
,	O
Alembic	O
,	O
e-on	O
software	O
's	O
Vue	O
,	O
Universal	O
Scene	O
Description	O
USD	O
,	O
Khronos	O
Group	O
GLTF	O
and	O
Unreal	O
Datasmith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I3S	O
(	O
Scene	O
Layer	O
Package	O
)	O
Export	O
:	O
Models	O
built	O
in	O
CityEngine	B-Application
can	O
be	O
directly	O
exported	O
and	O
then	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
WebGL	B-Library
scene	O
in	O
a	O
browser	O
across	O
via	O
ArcGIS	O
Online	O
Scene	O
viewer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
Web	O
Scene	O
Export	O
:	O
The	O
model	O
built	O
in	O
CityEngine	B-Application
can	O
be	O
directly	O
exported	O
and	O
then	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
WebGL	B-Library
scene	O
in	O
a	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python	B-Language
Scripting	O
Interface	O
:	O
CityEngine	B-Application
provides	O
ce.py	O
as	O
a	O
built-in	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
Format	O
Support	O
for	O
Game	O
Engines	O
(	O
VR/AR	O
)	O
:	O
Now	O
the	O
model	O
built	O
in	O
CityEngine	B-Application
can	O
be	O
directly	O
exported	O
to	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
loading	O
capacity	O
of	O
tens	O
of	O
millions	O
of	O
polygons	O
and	O
tens	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
objects	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
non-limited	O
material	O
textures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
exporting	O
to	O
Unity3D	O
still	O
requires	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
as	O
a	O
transfer	O
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
for	O
All	O
Platforms	O
:	O
Available	O
for	O
Windows	O
(	O
64bit	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
(	O
64bit	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
procedural	O
modeling	O
approach	O
to	O
automatically	O
generate	O
models	O
through	O
a	O
predefined	O
rule	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modeling	O
an	O
urban	O
environment	O
within	O
CityEngine	B-Application
can	O
start	O
out	O
with	O
creating	O
a	O
street	O
network	O
either	O
with	O
the	O
street	O
drawing	O
tool	O
or	O
with	O
data	O
imported	O
from	O
openstreetmap.org	O
or	O
from	O
Esri	O
data	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
Shapefiles	O
or	O
File	O
Geodatabase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
selecting	O
all	O
or	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
lots	O
CityEngine	B-Application
can	O
be	O
instructed	O
to	O
start	O
generating	O
the	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
different	O
than	O
mainstream	O
shape	O
grammars	O
like	O
Grasshopper	B-Algorithm
in	O
Rhinoceros	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
and	O
Dynamo	O
in	O
Autodesk	B-Application
Revit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designers	O
used	O
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
to	O
create	O
shapes	O
one	O
by	O
one	O
,	O
and	O
researchers	O
analyzed	O
cities	O
by	O
computing	O
2D	O
information	O
in	O
GIS	B-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
only	O
supports	O
limited	O
3D	O
shape	O
generation	O
like	O
extrusion	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
CityEngine	B-Application
's	O
Procedural	O
Modeling	O
system	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
generate	O
complex	O
3D	O
models	O
via	O
information	O
massively	O
,	O
bringing	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
relevant	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discussions	O
on	O
geodesign	O
often	O
mention	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
analytical	O
tool	O
like	O
GIS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
crucial	O
tool	O
to	O
enhance	O
3D	O
shape	O
generation	O
in	O
ArcGIS	O
,	O
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
is	O
the	O
critical	O
product	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
applicability	O
of	O
GeoDesign	O
,	O
using	O
geospatial	O
information	O
to	O
design	O
or	O
analyze	O
a	O
city	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garsdale	O
Design	O
were	O
early	O
pioneers	O
of	O
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
city	O
master	O
plans	O
in	O
Iraq	O
pre-2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larger	O
companies	O
like	O
Foster+Partners	O
and	O
HOK	O
Architects	O
have	O
also	O
used	O
CityEngine	B-Application
in	O
their	O
sizable	O
urban	O
planning	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
using	O
that	O
,	O
it	O
took	O
them	O
numerous	O
work	O
hours	O
on	O
creating	O
interactive	O
visualizations	B-Application
of	O
hundred	O
thousands	O
of	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
CityEngine	B-Application
,	O
the	O
designers	O
and	O
clients	O
of	O
projects	O
can	O
communicate	O
via	O
craft	O
fluid	O
,	O
data-rich	O
,	O
and	O
real-time	O
rendered	O
experiences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
dominant	O
feature	O
in	O
building	O
informative	O
city	O
models	O
,	O
urban	O
researchers	O
are	O
using	O
CityEngine	B-Application
to	O
compare	O
land-use	O
planning	O
schemes	O
,	O
starting	O
from	O
the	O
densest	O
global	O
cities	O
such	O
as	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
and	O
Seoul	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
urban	O
designers/planners	O
enjoy	O
the	O
quantitive	O
analyst	O
,	O
environmental	O
scientists	O
also	O
like	O
the	O
instant	O
3D	O
model	O
generation	O
in	O
CityEngine	B-Application
,	O
leading	O
to	O
more	O
convenient	O
informative	O
research	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
time-consumption	O
on	O
creating	O
a	O
city	O
from	O
each	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Triple-A	O
Games	O
require	O
detailed	O
3D	O
environments	O
to	O
assign	O
interactive	O
scripts	O
,	O
causing	O
CityEngine	B-Application
's	O
participation	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
game	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zootopia	O
,	O
which	O
won	O
the	O
2016	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Animated	O
Feature	O
Film	O
,	O
used	O
CityEngine	B-Application
to	O
establish	O
an	O
impressive	O
metropolis	O
where	O
humans	O
do	O
n't	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
build	O
up	O
a	O
multi-scaling	O
city	O
,	O
the	O
designers	O
used	O
CityEngine	B-Application
due	O
to	O
its	O
rule-based	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Zootopia	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Zootroplis	O
in	O
countries	O
outside	O
the	O
USA	O
)	O
,	O
CityEngine	B-Application
was	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
—	O
San	O
Fransokyo	O
—	O
in	O
Big	O
Hero	O
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
due	O
to	O
its	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Esri	O
product	O
suite	O
and	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
process	O
geospatial	O
data	O
to	O
create	O
3D	O
scenes/maps	O
is	O
being	O
used	O
within	O
military/defense	O
organisations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Studios	O
and	O
companies	O
rarely	O
state	O
what	O
software	O
they	O
use	O
in	O
their	O
pipelines	O
,	O
when	O
CityEngine	B-Application
is	O
mentioned	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
in	O
production	O
it	O
's	O
often	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
reference	O
in	O
a	O
larger	O
article	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
*	O
these	O
are	O
movies	O
that	O
have	O
rumoured	O
to	O
have	O
CityEngine	B-Application
usage	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
via	O
one	O
source	O
an	O
Esri	O
employee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
and	O
has	O
therefore	O
been	O
built	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
was	O
stopped	O
in	O
March	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcGIS	O
CityEngine	B-Application
currently	O
works	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
3rd	O
Party	O
3D	O
modelling	O
,	O
rendering	O
and	O
analytical	O
software	O
products	O
via	O
its	O
SDK	O
and	O
API	O
,	O
these	O
currently	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
