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Export data overview

This 2019.0 documentation has been archived and is no longer updated. Content and links may be outdated. See the latest documentation.

Exporting is all about bringing your work out of CityEngine into other 3D authoring tools, publishing it on ArcGIS Online, or wrapping it into a user experience on the web or in VR. Each layer type can be exported into a variety of data types.

  • To cover the most common use cases for exporting in CityEngine, the menu File > Export Models... has been created for you. It lets you export CGA Models, manually drawn shape-models, static models, as well as terrain meshes into a variety of file formats.
  • Additional export methods can be found under File > Export...This dialog covers all use cases of Export Models... as well.

The following table gives an overview of what types data can be created from the different CityEngine layer types:

Layer typeExport data types

Model

Meshes

Map

Images, meshes

Graph

Lines

Shape

Meshes

Note:
  • Exporting projects and scenes to share data with another CityEngine user or locally between workspaces is not part of this section.
  • 360VR Experiences are a special type of export format that can cover entire scenes and are therefore independent of layer types.