ArcGIS CityEngine for Rhino and Grasshopper

(by ArcGIS CityEngine)

CityEngine for Rhino is a plugin for Rhino and Grasshopper. It enables the use of CityEngine CGA rules for the generation of procedural buildings within Rhino and Grasshopper.

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Welcome to CityEngine for Rhino!

CityEngine for Rhino (formerly "Puma") is available below or from within the Rhino Package Manager in the Tools menu! Please check out our website with the example scene shown in the video below. Also, take a look at our user manual!

CityEngine for Rhino is ...

... a plugin that enables running ArcGIS CityEngine rules in Rhino/Grasshopper to generate building and street models.
... freely(*) available in the Rhino Package Manager. It needs RPKs (Rule Packages) authored in the CityEngine desktop app to work.
... open source, so you can adapt it to your needs, see https://github.com/esri/cityengine_for_rhino

CityEngine for Rhino is NOT ...

... a replacement for the CityEngine desktop app itself (no terrain editing and dynamic parceling).
... a CGA authoring software.

With CityEngine for Rhino, architects and urban planners do not have to leave Rhino/Grasshopper to make use of the procedural modeling power of the CityEngine CGA language. The buildings remain procedural at all times and architects or urban planners can change the height, style and appearance of buildings easily with a parametric interface. In addition, report values created by the CityEngine rules can be directly accessed.

As input, CityEngine for Rhino requires Rule Packages (RPK) which are authored in CityEngine. An RPK includes assets and CGA rule files.

(*) CityEngine for Rhino is free for personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial use requires at least one commercial license of the latest CityEngine version installed in the organization. Redistribution or web service offerings are not allowed unless expressly permitted.