CityEngine 2017.0 is unleashed!

Good news for urban planners, animators, etc. as Esri just released CityEngine 2017.0.

CityEngine 2017.0 comes in with many cool and exciting new features, among which are the following:

Scenario-based Planning & Customizable Dashboards – CityEngine 2017.0 introduces scenario concept where you can create multiple design alternatives, and compare and edit scenarios in side-by-side window views.
Local Edit Tool for Procedural Models - CityEngine 2017.0 allows you to apply local edits to a procedural model; make changes to specific structural features or changing usage types per floor without affecting the entire procedural model.
Measure Tools – CityEngine 2017.0 allows you to measure distances, heights, areas, and paths with new interactive tools like “laser lines” that allow you to see the elevation of a building relative to all the other objects in the scene.
New Sleek UI – CityEngine 2017.0 presents a completely revamped graphical UI and improves support for high-DPI displays allowing for larger UI elements and fonts at high resolutions.
Enhanced CGA Queries – CityEngine 2017.0 has a shape grammar language CGA which features context operations to query the neighborhood of a shape and make advances occlucion queries.
Improved Import and Export Fucnctionalities – CityEngine 2017.0 now provides enhanced support for several 3D import and export formats like Collada, KML, RenderMAN, etc.