CityBuilder Extension

TerraExplorer’s CityBuilder extension includes powerful mesh layer conversion tools that vastly increase TerraExplorer’s compatibility with third party viewers and editors. With the CityBuilder extension, mesh layers in a range of formats can be imported and converted to Skyline’s proprietary 3DML format, and 3DML’s can be exported to other mesh layer formats or to individual OBJ models so you can easily extract precisely the area you need. For users with the CityBuilder extension, these capabilities are fully integrated in the TerraExplorer Pro GUI. Alternatively, they can be used from the standalone CityBuilder.exe application found in your installation folder.  

Capabilities

The following capabilities are only supported in TerraExplorer with a CityBuilder extension:

§   Export to Models, Point Clouds and ATAK – Export polygonal areas of a 3DML, e.g., buildings, to individual 3D models (in OBJ, DAE, GLB, FBX formats), LAS point cloud layers, or ATAK.

§   Export to Mesh – Export 3DML to OGC 3D Tiles     (tileset.json) or I3S/SLPK formats.

§   Export Sections of Mesh – Export sections of a mesh layer using clip polygons on the clipboard.

§   Import and Convert OpenScene Graph (OSGB) Layers – Import and convert OSGB layers to the stream optimized, 3DML mesh layer format. This enables them to be streamed with SkylineGlobe Server.

§   Import and Convert OGC 3D Tiles (tileset.json) Layers – Import and convert 3D Tiles mesh layers to the stream optimized, 3DML mesh layer format. This enables them to be streamed with SkylineGlobe Server.