Export a project

CityEngine provides means for exchanging projects in collaborative environments. The most efficient 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

To export a project to an archive file, do the following:

  1. Click File > Export.
  2. Click General > Archive File.
  3. 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 in 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 a hierarchical folder structure in the file system as it exists in the workspace.
  • Create only selected directories—Creates a hierarchical structure in the file system only for selected folders.

Export a project to the local file system

  1. Click File > Export.
  2. Click General > File System.
  3. 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 click Browse to select a path.
  • Overwrite existing files without warning—Determines whether exporting a resource should silently overwrite a resource that 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 a hierarchy (folder) structure in the file system as it exists in the workspace.
  • Create only selected directories—Creates a hierarchy (folder) structure in the file system only for selected folders.