indeed, the rule based construction means you can teach it how your buildings are made, down to individual doors and window elements, and it will procedurally make stuff up
given time, it's insanely powerful.... a -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy Sent: 29 February 2016 13:11 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: City generator? It is a shame though - it looks really versatile and powerful. /MB > Den 29. februar 2016 klokken 13:22 skrev adrian wyer > <[email protected]>: > > > we went through a painful process trying to get a demo license from them to > evaluate it's usefulness for a project > > at the time, no one outside architects/town lanners was using the software > > they didn't understand the 'entertainment' industry, how to deal with small > studios, they wouldn't provide a 64bit demo, which as i remember, severely > limited what you could do with the package > > in the end we gave up and did it manually.... > > since then i believe DNeg have started using it in production, so now they > probably have a better idea about how to deal with post production companies > > saying that, im not sure it was cripplingly expensive, just 'reassuringly > so' > > a > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Morten > Bartholdy > Sent: 29 February 2016 12:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: City generator? > > I have pored over Esri's site and their reseller here in DK but no pricing > available without actually contacting them. Smells expensive too :) > > I think I will fall back on some simpler methods with curve duplication and > scattering for this one. > > /Morten > > > > > Den 27. februar 2016 klokken 02:25 skrev Francois Lord > <[email protected]>: > > > > > > CityEngine is amazing, but very expensive. We've used it several times > > in the past. I think it now has some sort of link to Houdini to be able > > to work procedurally directly in Houdini. > > > > On 2016-02-25 10:11 AM, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > > > Thanks Chris, but I am looking for something that allows for more > > > irregular and > > > organic looking cityscapes. I found the tool I was thinking of - > > > unfortunately > > > it was not ICE based: > > > > > > http://www.esri.com/software/cityengine > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFRqSJFp-I0 > > > > > > > > > Morten > > > > > > > > > > > > > Den 25. februar 2016 klokken 15:31 skrev Chris Marshall > > > > <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > > > > I did this really simple one:- > > > > > > > > https://vimeo.com/5200892 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 February 2016 at 13:00, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Thanks Sven - I will check that one out :) > > > >> > > > >> MB > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> Den 22. februar 2016 klokken 13:51 skrev Sven Constable > > > >>> <[email protected]>: > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> Theres also CityEngine. I have no clue about pricing. > > > >>> http://www.esri.com/software/cityengine > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > > >>> From: [email protected] > > > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Morten > > > >>> Bartholdy > > > >>> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 11:07 AM > > > >>> To: Userlist, Softimage > > > >>> Subject: City generator? > > > >>> > > > >>> I thought I once saw an ICE based City Generator system for XSI, but > I > > > >> might > > > >>> be mistaken. I found two systems on rray.de/xsi which look a bit > > > >> rudimentary > > > >>> - I am looking for something that allow you to do road and cityblock > > > >> layout > > > >>> and position buildings procedurally based on that. Do any of you > > > know of > > > >> a > > > >>> good system, even if not xsi based? > > > >>> > > > >>> Cheers > > > >>> Morten > > > >>> ------ > > > >>> Softimage Mailing List. > > > >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [email protected] > > > >> with > > > >>> "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > >>> > > > >>> ------ > > > >>> Softimage Mailing List. > > > >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [email protected] > > > >> with > > > >>> "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > >> ------ > > > >> Softimage Mailing List. > > > >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [email protected] > > > >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chris Marshall > > > > Mint Motion Limited > > > > 029 20 37 27 57 > > > > 07730 533 115 > > > > www.mintmotion.co.uk > > > > www.dot3d.com > > > > ------ > > > > Softimage Mailing List. > > > > To unsubscribe, send a mail to > > > [email protected] with > > > > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > ------ > > > Softimage Mailing List. > > > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > > > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > > > > > ------ > > Softimage Mailing List. > > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with > > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. ------ Softimage Mailing List. 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