Esri CityEngine是三维城市建模的首选软件，应用于数字城市、城市规划、轨道交通、电力、管线、建筑、国防、仿真、游戏开发和电影制作等领域。
Esri CityEngine可以利用二维数据快速创建三维场景，并能高效的进行规划设计。而且对ArcGIS的完美支持，使很多已有的基础GIS数据不需转换即可迅速实现三维建模，减少了系统再投资的成本，也缩短了三维GIS系统的建设周期。
Esri CityEngine is a three-dimensional (3D) modeling software application developed by Esri R&D Center Zurich (formerly Procedural Inc.) and is specialized in the generation of 3D urban environments. With the procedural modeling approach, CityEngine supports the creation of detailed large-scale 3D city models. CityEngine works with architectural object placement and arrangement in the same manner that VUE manages terrain, ecosystems and atmosphere mapping.