CityEngine 2015.1 Release Notes—ArcGIS CityEngine Resources

3D data import

Introducing support for importing FBX files (as shapes, as static models, or assets to insert in CGA; in previous versions, only FBX export was possible).
Shape importer (obj, dae, fbx) added “align to terrain” option.

Added support for custom coordinate systems (e.g. WGS_1984_Transverse_Mercator Projection).
Support for more coordinate systems due to improved WKT mechanisms.
Added support for exporting shapes as Polygon geometry type.
Better user interface of FileGDB export dialog (e.g. clear column order/labels).
Fixed extent pre-checks in FileGDB import dialog.
Fixed an attribute name handling issue when exporting lines.
Fixed a localization issue in the FileGDB importer (e.g. Japanese FCs).

The CityEngine Web Viewer (in the browser) is now able to open larger 3WS scenes without throwing a “line too long” error.
For the 3WS exporter, sublayers in different parent layers can now have the same name e.g. House1/Walls and House2/Walls.
Fixed a rare issue in the 3WS exporter where materials were wrongly matched (this issue resulted in scenes that could not be opened).
Objects with trailing numbers used to be renumbered on 3WS export; now the original numbers are used.
Fixed a rare issue where sharing a rule package (RPK) to ArcGIS Online/Portal was not possible.
Upload to ArcGIS Online/Portal via Python can now override existing items on portal.

Fixed update issues in occlusion queries (overlaps(), touches(), inside()), e.g. deleted shapes no longer influence occlusion queries.
For ArcGIS Pro, the annotation “@Out(granularity=separatedShapes)” has be added to declare the semantic interpretation of the generated geometry in the rules (see “Panelize” use case).
Rotate handle has a new skin=ring option.
Color handle now shows current color using moving circle, the large circle has been removed.
Fixed situations in which handles layout wouldn't snap to a single line (chain dimensions).
Fixed a rare numerical issue which led to misaligned faces after component split comp(f) in case of a specific face orientation setup.
CGA errors & warnings to the Log are no longer produced when using the Model Hierarchy.
Shape selection in Model Hierarchy now preserved when editing attributes in the Inspector.

Fast graph editing now possible even when multiple street shapes are selected.
Isolation and visibility settings for all tools improved, e.g. when in isolation, editing street shapes no longer removes the shapes from isolation.
Line width preferences are now applied to dynamic shapes and block perimeters.
The shape tool “Separate Faces” now operates correctly on shapes with holes.
Extruding a hole with the shape creation tools no longer deforms the UV sets.

Shadows are no longer shown in headlight mode in order to prevent confusing shadowing effects.
The default light settings on new scenes have been improved.
Shadows are now switched on for wizard cities.
Panorama visibility is now persistently saved in the CityEngine scene.
Scene light and panorama dialogs cannot be open multiple times anymore.
If activated, Shadows and Ambient Occlusion are now included in screenshots, i.e. always rendered regardless of resolution.

The collapsed/expanded state of group layers is now saved with the scene.
Dragging a layer to the end of the scene editor tree is now possible.
Resolved the mouse action conflict between dragging and renaming a layer.
Copying or merging terrain layers no longer throws exceptions.
Snapping is now disabled for locked layers.
Fixed a layer coloring issue on textured shape layers.
Street blocks on colored layers are now rendered correctly when lots are selected.

Edit fields in the Inspector are now validated also on enter and not only on focus change.
An empty string as texture path in the inspector materials section now disables the texture rather than showing “unknown texture”.
More stable sampling of object attributes in layers.
Hex color values with transparency (e.g. “#ffee2288”) are now displayed correctly in the Inspector.
Coloring a map layer in the Inspector now correctly updates the layer color icon in the Scene Editor.

Script exporter dialog now remembers previous script name, and preferences work reliably.
Script exporter now generates reports for all supported export formats.

Taking multiple high-resolution screen shots no longer causes out-of-memory problems.
“Select objects with same start rule” now works correctly (regression issue).
The facade wizard now displays the texture being edited (regression issue).
Fixed a localization issue in the terrain (e.g. Turkish layer attributes).
“Team” entry removed from the Navigator context menu.
The recent files list in the File Menu has been improved.
Show/Hide Status Toolbar is now consistent after loading layout presets.