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MIND THE GAP
Using CityEngine’s hidden powers
What’s coming up?
•Introductions
•The Challenge
•What is the Gap?
•The Problem
•The Solution
•The Future
(and Procedural Sheep)
An Introduction
Elliot Hartley
Director & Planner
Garsdale Design Limited
architecture - planning - heritage - urban design - 3D visualisation
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The Challenge
Not so smart huh?
The Challenge
• INTERNET OF THINGS
• ASSET/PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
• ENTERTAINMENT
• SMART CITIES
• CONVERGENCE
What is the Gap?
What is the Gap?
• The gap is the thing we need
to fill to complete a project.
• It’s a problem
• It can be destructive
• It can be devastating when
related to expectations
• It’s costly
• It’s ultimately a challenge
The Problem
DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA
DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA
DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA
DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA
The problem
• Cynics?
• Data
• Purchasing of data
• Licensing of data
• Workflows
CityEngineAnalysis
Reports
Sketch
Submit ApprovalFeedback
GIS
£
SketchUP
AutoCADPen & Paper
ArcGIS QGIS
Visualise
The Solution
People, Data, GIS, Geodesign,
Esri CityEngine
Esri CityEngine
• Integrates well with other
tools and workflows
• Procedural Modeller
• Content Aggregator
• Inside and outside the Esri
Platform
Modelling the “What if?”
Procedural Sheep?
Procedural Sheep - Visualised
Procedural Sheep – Line of Sight
Urban Renewal in Iraq
Casterton, Cumbria
• OS MasterMap with Height
Attribution (alpha)
• DEM
• Satellite imagery
• National Tree Map
Sedbergh, Cumbria
• OS Opendata (river, road)
• National Tree Map
• Aerial Imagery
• DEM
• CyberCity3D Building data
City of Cardiff
• Cardiff Model from our
partners at CyberCit3D
• Assembled a scene in less
than an hour
• Ready for analysis in ArcGIS
Desktop
ArcGISPro
City Of Redding
Miami Downtown Development Authority
City Planning Agency of Zurich
Geodesign - Philadelphia University
VISUALISATION
MIAMI BEACH
L.A. FINANCIAL DISTRICT
FAVELA
Building Volumes
Building Facades and Textures
• Scattering Regions on Facades
Roofs and Asset Distribution
• Scattering of Static 3D Assets
Cables and Clotheslines
• Computing Cable Geometries
Vegetation
Un-textured
FAVELA – Textured and rendered
The Future?
More of this…
The Future – Is Virtual & Augmented
The Future – Is Streaming & in the Cloud
The Future – Is not just cities
The Future – Is Convergence
Conclusion
One day while the Wizard was mixing and stirring a little
of this and a bit of that,
he saw something strange in the bottom of his pot.
“What good-looking stuff I have made!” he exclaimed.
“I will make some more right away.”
THE GREAT BLUENESS and OTHER PREDICAMENTS – Arnold Lobel
Thank You
@elliothartley
elliot.hartley@garsdaledesign.co.uk
www.garsdaledesign.co.uk
GeoPlanIT.co.uk
3dpathfinder.uk

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