Tree/Bush Modelling Program?

Andythegamenerd · Mar 2007

<font color="red"> </font> Hello, i was just wondering if anyone knows a good free program that focuses specifically on tree/bush modelling.

Thanks,
Andy

CheapAlert · Mar 2007

No but there's some silly tree generating scripts for some programs

Jelmer · Mar 2007

You might want to consider
http://www.e-onsoftware.com/products/vue/vue_6/

Check out their demo.

jgarland · Mar 2007

There are no programs made specifically for modeling trees, bushes, or underbrush, as any modeling package will do it just fine. It all depends on the skill of the artist.

An option you might want to look into, though, is SpeedTree. It's expensive, but many large studios are currently using it to speed up their work and to better define their pipeline.

If that's not an option, just take a look at some tutorials for modeling trees and whatnot, and practice, practice, practice. Your results will probably be much better than what a program could create anyway.

Andythegamenerd · Mar 2007

Accually, there are programs made JUST for trees/bushes, but none that i can find are free.

Ninjas · Mar 2007

yeah, you tell 'em!

Eric Chadwick · Mar 2007

If you have 3ds Max, this script is free, makes a good set of low-poly branches. The leaves are too detailed, but adding your own leaf-shells isn't hard.
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/tree-maker

JKMakowka · Mar 2007

http://arbaro.sourceforge.net/

But it is not really suited for real time applications.

Wells · Mar 2007

So you mainly want a tree generator, not something that will allow you to model trees?

the former will cost you, the latter is, as said, any modelling program

Ryno · Mar 2007

Make art program?

Joshua Stubbles · Mar 2007

Doesn't make the best trees, but...

http://www.frecle.net/treed/

coldwolf · Mar 2007

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http://arbaro.sourceforge.net/

But it is not really suited for real time applications.

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It is, actually--you can control the number of segments, branches, and any other part you want. It's the perfect solution I was looking for (when I was looking, a long while ago). Exports to obj, among others.

Trees are procedural cellular automata, and this is quite obvious if you study them closely enough. So to duplicate their structure digitally, it's ideal to also copy the patterns that generate them by using the procedural algorithms that these programs offer.

Also, with all the content game artists have to crank out these days, building things like trees by hand is a bloody waste of time, especially since the computer can do a better job than you.

JKMakowka · Mar 2007

Hmm, last time I checked individual leaves were not a feature many real time applications had

For palmtrees and such with a few big leaves it might work though.

coldwolf · Mar 2007

Ha yeah thanks, leaves are cellular automata, but regardless, my point was that an algorithm can generate trees better than any human because it can run processes that are similar to what the trees themselves do.

JKMakowka · Mar 2007

Yeah I think we agree on that part (After all I am a cellular biologist for all that matters), but my point was that the Arbaro program is not suited for realtime applications

Tree/Bush Modelling Program?

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