3D City Models in ArcGIS

and City Engine

Patrick Chege
Raynah Kamau
 Level of detail

Better visualization

Better interaction
 ArcGIS Desktop
3D Analyst
Arc Globe
Arc Scene

Esri City Engine

 Create and Store a 3D Virtual City

Edit and Update a 3D Virtual City

3D City Analysis

Share 3D Virtual Cities

 Base Data
2D GIS features
3D CAD models
Lidar
3D CAD models 2D building footprints

Aerial lidar

3D Virtual City
Schematic buildings
3D zoning shells
Realistic buildings
Create 3D Virtual City Features from 2D GIS Data

Step 1: Overlay 2D GIS data with DEM Raster

Step 2: Turn 2D GIS Features into 3D GIS Features based on Building

Heights

Step 3: Import Geodatabase into Esris City Engine

Step 4: Extrude the 2D GIS Features from the Building Heights

Step 5: Apply Procedural Rules to the extruded features

Step 6: Save 3D Virtual City Features as Multipatch in GDB

Demo
 Step 1: Import Features from GDB
 Step 2: Edit 3D City features
Create / Modify City features
Change textures
 Step 3: Update 3D Virtual City
Store changes in GDB
 Globe services
Step 1: Prepare
Globe document
Step 2: Share as a Service

CityEngine Web Scenes

Step 1: Prepare
CityEngine Scene
Step 2: Export as
WebGL Scene
Demo
Additional resources:
3D resource center
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/communities/3d

3D Blog
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/category/subject-3d-
gis/
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