From the Digital Urban blog, on an application that I've blogged about very often, Procedural have released a new version of their CityEngine, appropriately titled CityEngine 2009. The updated version provides new innovative tools for urban design and modeling on a citywide scale.
Key highlights of the CityEngine 2009 include:
1: Interactive Editing (immediate mode, undo/redo, etc.)
2: Improved 3D Export (Collada with instancing, 3ds Max, etc.)
3: Support for Geospatial Data (import/export of GIS data)
4: Improved Street Geometries (with round curbs, junction handling, etc.)
5: Occlusion in CGA Shape Grammar (to query the spatial context)
6: Reporting Functionality (Excel tables for master plans)
7: Python Interface (to speed up and streamline repetitive tasks)
8: Floating License (enables flexible network licensing installations)
All those updates aside, the most important feature of the application is the ability to import .shp files opening up the possibility to import elaborate GIS data into the application. This addresses one of the most important criticisms that was levelled towards the app, that of not tackling the modelling of real-world cities with real-world data.
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