CityEngine provides means for exchanging projects in collaborative environments. The simplest way to exchange project data is to create archived projects. An archived project contains all project specific settings, scenes, rules, and assets.
Export a project to an archive file
In order to export a project to an archive file, do the following:
- Click File > Export.
- Click General > Archive File.
- Click Next.
You have the following options for exporting a project as an archive file:
- Select resources to export — The project (and resources within that project) to export to the archive.
- Filter Types — Select which file types to export. Use this to restrict the export to only certain file types.
- To Archive File — The path and name of the archive file into which the resources will be exported. Type the path, select a previous path from the drop down list, or click Browse to select a path and file name on the file system.
- "Save in zip format" — Exports the file in zip format or "Save in tar format" exports the file in tar format.
- Compress the contents of the file — Compresses the contents (resources selected to be exported) in the archive that is created.
- Create directory structure for files — Creates hierarchical folder structure in the file system as it exists in the workspace.
- Create only selected directories — Creates hierarchical structure in the file system only for selected folders.
Export a project to local file system
- Click File > Export.
- Click General > File System.
- Click Next.
You have the following options for exporting a project as a local file:
- Select resources to export — The project (and resources within that project) to export to the file system.
- Filter Types — Select which file types to export. Use this to restrict the export to only certain file types.
- To Directory — The directory on the file system into which the resources will be exported. Type the path, select a previous export path from the drop down list, or Browse to select a path.
- Overwrite existing files without warning — Determines whether exporting a resource should silently overwrite a resource which already exists in the file system. If this option is off, you will be prompted before a given file is overwritten, in which case you can overwrite the file, skip it, or cancel the export.
- Create directory structure for files — Creates hierarchy (folder) structure in the file system as it exists in the workspace.
- Create only selected directories — Creates hierarchy (folder) structure in the file system only for selected folders.