topic Re: Trees & plants in Libraries & objects

Trees & plants

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:52:55 GMT

Can anyone give me advice on tree libraries that give reasonable output when rendered in ArchiCad. Current using Garden Works Library.

Have just looked at OnyxTree.com they look great. Do you need to use these with Art.lantis or can you just use with ArchiCad?

Thanks in advance
Andrew

Re: Trees & plants

Dwight — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:39:16 GMT

Since they are 3D trees with real materials on the surfaces, they DO work with Artlantis or any other renderer - When using Artlantis, you could allow yourself less polygon reduction because it renders more quickly - I have succeeded with Onyx by eliminating the smaller twigs and branches, making larger flat leaves and fewer of them...

there's a tidy dialog for this when saving the tree in onyx.

Re: Trees & plants

stefan — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:23:45 GMT

Why don't you use Billboards?

Real 3D trees (like Onyx, XFrog and others) can take so much geometry that it slows everything down.

I wouldn't use them in ArchiCAD. I might use them in external rendering software.

Re: Trees & plants

Dwight — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:16:52 GMT

It is a question of satisfaction.

I've never been satisfied with billboards even though they are necessary when the count gets too high.

Re: Trees & plants

stefan — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:28:47 GMT

Support for RPC objects would be a good solution...

And the LightWorks engine supports it (but I guess not in the Lightworks licensed engine in ArchiCAD 9.0).
http://www.lightworks-user.com/downloads.php?type=supplier&filter=Archvision

Re: Trees & plants

Dwight — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:14:35 GMT

that is correct, but those are still flat things, too......

Nothing beats real 3D....

Re: Trees & plants

stefan — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:45:33 GMT

Dwight wrote:
that is correct, but those are still flat things, too......

Nothing beats real 3D....

And what about EASYNat?

Hybrid trees that can optionally be full 3D, full 2D or partly 3D (trunk) and 2D (leaves)?

It's available as a plugin for 3ds max and possibly others as well.

Re: Trees & plants

Dwight — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:01:49 GMT

What about it?
Seems good.
Can these features be used in ArchiCAD?

Re: Trees & plants

stefan — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:44:33 GMT

Dwight wrote:
What about it?
Seems good.
Can these features be used in ArchiCAD?

http://www.bionatics.com/home/indexc.php3

EASYnat is only available for 3ds max, VIZ and VIZ Render. natFX is also available for Maya.

Re: Trees & plants

Dwight — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:00:02 GMT

Swell.
Would there be a way to port it into ArchiCAD?

Re: Trees & plants

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 04:37:28 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Swell.
Would there be a way to port it into ArchiCAD?

So guys.....
any other libraries you may be able to suggest for rendering in Archicad other than Gardem Works?

Still interested but some of the previous conversation is going way over me

Cheers Andrew