Create shapes

CityEngine provides tools to draw and modify shapes.

You can use the following drawing tools when creating shapes:

Polygonal Shape Creation Polygonal shape creation tool

Draw a polygon and switch between arcs and lines.

Rectangular Shape Creation Rectangular Shape Creation tool

Draw a rectangle.

Circular Shape Creation Circular Shape Creation tool

Draw a circle and change how many sides it has.

Push Pull Push Pull tool

Use Push Pull tool to create volumes out of 2D shapes.

Guide Creation Guide creation tool

Use guides to draw parallel and with an offset to existing features.

Texture shapes Texture shapes tool

Manually texture shapes and individual faces.

Cleanup shapes Cleanup shapes

Cleanup shapes to simplify geometry such as faces, vertices, and edges.

Align shapes to terrain Align shapes to terrain tool

Align shapes to terrain.

You can use the following additional drawing options: