Export data overview

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 type	Export 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.