3D City Modeling with CityEngine & ArcGIS Pro Geoff Taylor | 3D Solutions Engineer

In every industry, customers are using 3D to…

• Visualize scenarios, change, and designs that don’t yet exist

• Understand behavior and aesthetics in the context of the real world

• Communicate to audiences that don’t understand maps and spreadsheets

Transitioning from 2D to 3D GIS

Perceived Barrier

Too Hard!

Too Expensive!

No Usage!

Smart 3D City Model

Trees

Water Bodies

Extruded 2D

Building

Footprints

3D Complex

Buildings

Terrain /

Imagery

Streets

Integrating and

Synthesizing Information Supporting Informed

Decision MakingEngaging Citizens

3D is Becoming Mandatory Increased adoption of location-based 3D

Modeling 3D Cities is now FeasibleThe ArcGIS “Integrated 3D Web GIS Platform”

For Smart 3D Cities

3D City Levels of Detail

Definition: 3D Extrusion3D Extrusion with Roof

Form or Building Shell

High Detail 3D Building

Models

Interior Spaces and

Floors

Data Required:

Building Footprints

# of Stories

or Total Height

& or Usage

# of Stories

or Total Height

or Usage

& if available Roof Height

3D Building Shell with

Fine details (Textured or

Untextured)

3D Building Shell

Interior Spaces (CAD or

BIM)

Streets Street CenterlinesStreet Centerlines with

Width attributedDetailed Streets (CAD)

Street Furniture, Stop

Lights, Signage,

Infrastructure lines

(GIS/CAD)

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3D City Levels of DetailDifferent levels of detail for

Smart 3D City Models

3D City Levels of Detail Level of Detail 1 (LOD1)

3D City Levels of Detail Level of Detail 2 (LOD 2)

3D City Levels of Detail Level of Detail 2.5 (LOD2.5)

Modeling 3D Cities is now FeasibleThe ArcGIS “Integrated 3D Web GIS Platform”

For Smart 3D Cities

ArcGIS — Integrated 3D Web GIS Platform

ArcGIS PRO CityEngine Procedural

Rules

3D Scene

Services

64-bit GIS Application

enabling Massive 3D

City Creation

3D Modeling Software

for Creating Procedural

Rules & GeoDesign

Code that leverages

GIS attributes to

automatically model 3D

Features

Share your 3D City

Models in the Cloud on

ArcGIS Online

Feature

Extraction

Attribute Existing GIS

Data or Extract 3D &

2D Geometries from

LiDAR

Software Applications Capabilities

Modeling 3D Cities is now Feasible Procedural Technology

64-bit GIS Application

enabling Massive 3D

City Creation

CityEngine Procedural Rules

Traditional 3D

Esri 3D

Number of Features

Costs

Pro

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3 Person

Team

6,400 Hours

14 Person

Team

27,500 Hours

150 Person

Team

300,000 Hours

Modeling a 3D City without Procedural Tech

If 1 building takes 15 minutes to model

Number Staff required to model City in 1 year.

Modeling 3D Cities is now Feasible Procedural Technology

Base geometry

Iterative refinement

Generated

3D Model3.

1. +Base

Geometry

+CGA

3D Models Textures

+2.Procedural

Rules

Solutions Templates Local Government Scenes

Solutions Templates Local Government Scenes

3D Facility Tools 3D Solutions

http://bit.ly/3DFacilityTools

3D Facility Tools 3D Solutions

Test Results: Gaëtan LAVENU | Esri France

Gaëtan‘s Blog: http://bit.ly/3DFacEsriFr

Test Results: Gaëtan LAVENU | Esri France

Test Results: Gaëtan LAVENU | Esri France

http://bit.ly/3DFacilityTools

3D Facility Tools 3D Solutions

Create Walls

Cleanup FloorsSplit Floors

Extrude Floors

Extrude Walls

http://bit.ly/3DFacilityTools

3D Facility Tools 3D Solutions

http://bit.ly/3DFacilityTools

3D Facility Tools 3D Solutions

Interoperability

• Web Services

• Extract, Translate, Load

• Interchange Formats

• DWG, DXF, OSM, DGN

• COLLADA, OBJ, FBX

• KML, GML, LAS, IFC

Tools

• Data Management

• Spatial Analysis

• 2D / 3D Design

• Dashboards

• App Deployment

CAD

BIM

Other 3D Tools

Standards

Lidar / Imagery

Data Management Integrating Building Data with Geography

Site Design and Development

Review / Permitting

Comprehensive Planning and

Environmental AssessmentUrban and Landscape

Scenario Design

A Platform for Design Empowering Professionals

Glare

Shadow Viewshed (To / From) Wind

Solar Radiation Flood (Stream/ Storm)

A Platform for Design Supporting 3D Analysis

Landscape Design

Complete Streets

Urban Design

Massing Study

Essential Context

Zoning and Land Use

Dwelling Units

Relative Greenspace

Relative Parking

Economic Impacts

Procedural Rules

Viewshed (To / From)

Shadow

Noise

Flood (Stream / Storm)

Solar Radiation

Glare

Analysis Tools

Job Development

FAR

GFA

Planning & Analysis Practice Templates Supporting an Iterative Design Process

Leveraging the GeoDesign Process to

Re-Think Infrastructure

Planning &

Public Works

New Methods for Visualizing and

Analyzing Data in 3DPublic Safety

New Methods for Visualizing

and Analyzing Data in 3DEmergency Management

New Methods for Visualizing

and Analyzing Data in 3DElectric | Gas | Telco

Thank You!

gtaylor@esri.com

@GeoffHTaylor