What about using Fabric engine to generate the city, similar to the work of WHISKYTREE?
https://vimeo.com/85581391 https://vimeo.com/71148018 On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Sven Constable <[email protected]> wrote: > yeah, I think that was it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grahame > Fuller > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 5:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: City generator? > > Some of the details sound like you might be thinking of MassMotion, but > that's a crowd/evacuation simulator, not a city generator. IIRC it was > originally based on Behavior, but was later updated to use ICE and I think > it's completely standalone now. > > gray > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of adrian wyer > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 6:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: City generator? > > i remember that, wasn't it like $100,000 or something? > > > a > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sven > Constable > Sent: 29 February 2016 20:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: City generator? > > Btw I remember a company several years ago, using XSI to build a similar > thing to CityEngine. It was quite decent stuff. They had a dedicated > website > for the product and it was heavily based on Softimage. Wasn't it launched > as > a standalone application based on ICE? I'm pretty sure I saw a video by > that > company showing the XSI GUI within the standalone application they were > selling. I remember because I was wondering how they would have sold it > with > the XSI codebase somehow involved. Maybe the Foundation version of Soft? > Probably a guy on the list was working on it or posted the link to it. > Can't > remember, my head hurts. :) > > sven > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jordi Bares > Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 8:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: City generator? > > Esri CityEngine is truly something else because it revolves around the > architecture and urbanist language and being procedural allow for a much > more sophisticated and realistic result. > > It is not cheap (last time I checked) but if you need to do some > architecture landscape anything else is truly a toy in comparison, and the > proof of time will certainly tell. Meaning, today may look like a curve > duplication does the job, in 3-5 years you will want to hide. > > Ultimately, like Marvellous Designer, and any other specialised tool, it > requires certain knowledge that is in the realm of cloth manufacturing (MD) > or architecture (CE), my guess is that you want get a young clever guy with > a degree in architecture to help you out, I sincerely believe the pay off > will be certainly there. > > hope it makes sense. > jb > > > > > > On 29 Feb 2016, at 14:12, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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. > 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. >
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