I remember it was around 10K jb
> On 1 Mar 2016, at 13:49, adrian wyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. 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