Latest Contributions by MichaelWalton

We can't remove the header, but the sidebar can be minimized. We cannot code the sidebar to not appear for users that view the scene within the story map journal. However, if you are using this story map to show people, then I would just click the the layer tab to remove the sidebar. That way the web viewer becomes wider for more optimized navigation. I think a Story Map Journal is the best app to facilitate the understanding of a story to a user. I've also been searching for the best application/software platform that can display my organized GIS layers along with 3D CityEngine layers. It needs to be easy for the user to understand the story and also needs to be capable of hosting 3D content. ... View more

Did you find a solution yet? A question about changing the webviewer's style and settings have been posted in the past, and I learned everything is hard-coded, therefore unchangeable. What kind of a story journal? You want to include the CE scene in a story map? ... View more

It's crashes every time I attempt to fix the rule. I am attaching the GIS shapefile and when you have more free time please check out the boundary rule on this shape. ... View more

     For instance, the same rule applied to the shapefile looks different in some areas and corners.            Good                                                  Bad                                                   Ugly   ... View more

Hi, The rule works when displayed in the cga rule preview window... However, when assigning the dashed boundary rule to an irregular shapefile, it causes a big long crash to any computer. If I draw a perfect rectangle, the rule works perfectly. But, on the complex and irregular shapes there is a big problem. I tried to increase the  corner scale to 5 meters, but  it still crashed when applied to my district's political boundary. ... View more

Hi Chris, I was told that the 3D boundary looks too much like an oil pipeline, so I am trying to make it into a dashed 3D line...But CityEngine keeps crashing as I update the code....Can you please test this code out to see if it works? attr pipeThickness = 1.5 attr colorer = "#ffffff" @StartRule Boundary -->   offset(-pipeThickness) comp(f) {inside: Inside} Inside -->   extrude(pipeThickness) comp(f) {side: Pipeline} Pipeline -->   extrude(pipeThickness)   s('5,'1,'1)   center(x)   i("models/pipe/pipe.obj")   t(0,'0.5,0)   split(x) { { ~5 : Pipeline | ~1 : NIL }*  | ~5 : Pipeline }   color(colorer) ... View more

Thank you, It works nicely for me. ... View more

Hey another awesome thing....if you export a scene with a 3D labels layer set as "backdrop", it will appear in the webscene and will not be present in layer table of contents. ... View more

Now it works...thank you for the quick fix ... View more

I was about to try it on a project, but I discovered the 3D text rule didn't generate. The same 3D text rule works on my laptop which has CE 2014.0, but on my pc, I have CE 2014.1 and 3D text doesn't generate. There is an error that appears in the problems log "Error: geometry asset not found in ResolveMap" And the warning looks like this in the log: [Method: 'Default$sx'] assetInfo(): assetInfo(): could not load file 'rules/3D_Text/For_3D_Text/Arial/3.obj' - returning 0. ... View more

What do you mean by hardcoded? How may I change the hardcode for CEWebViewer's default initial month? ... View more

Hi, I tested out the rule for 3D text. Want to know if I used it correctly and I have one question. What I did was draw a polygon over a street and applied the 3D text rule, edited some parameters, and lowered the polygon slightly below the street surface. My question is, when I export an entire scene should I merge all the 3D text layers as one and export them as the backdrop state? This way the layer doesn't appear in the Web scene table of contents. Thanks again Chris, Michael ... View more

To learn the basics read through this manual...will take about 2 weeks of dedicated time to become familiar with the language used for CE. In geonet, you can search for example rule packages and make sure you complete all the tutorials Matthias made for us. Help - ... View more