Draw a circle

CityEngine provides tools to draw shapes, such as circles.

Create circles

To create a circle, complete the following steps:

  1. On the CityEngine toolbar, click the Polygonal Shape Creation tool Polygonal shape creation tool (or press S) and click the Circular Shape Creation tool Circular Shape Creation tool (or press Shift+C) in the Tool Options window Tool options.

    You can also click Shapes > Circular Shape Creation in the main menu.

  2. Click once to set the center of the circle, move the pointer to define the radius, and click again to finish.

    See the Tool options section below for shape creation options.

    Circular Shape Creation tool
    The Circular Shape Creation tool is shown.

    Similarly to the arc mode, you can change how many sides the circle has.

    Circle changed to multiple sides.
    The circle changed to multiple sides.

Tool options

Circle tool options

The Circular Shape Creation tool Tool options includes the following options:

Tool options Circular Shape Creation
Snapping

Turn snapping options on and off in the scene. See Snapping.

Radius (m)

The radius length in meters. You can enter a value before or while drawing to lock the radius length. Press Enter to apply the value.

Segments

The number of segments the circle has. You can enter a value or use the scroll wheel or the up and down arrow keys to change the number of segments.

Force New Shape

Force a new shape to be created, including when drawing intersecting shapes.

Force Planar

Force the circle to be planar. Press T to turn force planar mode on and off. See Force Planar.