sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    ℹ️ Licensed Extensions | FredoBatch, ElevationProfile, FredoSketch, LayOps, MatSim and Pic2Shape will require license from Sept 1st More Info

    Fractal Tree Maker for SketchUp - Free add-on

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Extensions & Applications Discussions
    extensions
    158 Posts 44 Posters 45.1k Views 44 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • EarthMoverE Offline
      EarthMover
      last edited by

      @gaieus said:

      Try again, Adam; it should work.

      Working now. Thanks Gaieus! Man, everyday is like Xmas around here!

      3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
      Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
      Content Creator at Skapeup

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • B Offline
        bellwells
        last edited by

        Thank you very much, Al. This is a great tool!! I am continually flabbergasted by all the after-market superchargers.

        Ron

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • AnssiA Offline
          Anssi
          last edited by

          Thank you very much AL!

          It seems to work as expected. A couple of remarks:

          • For me the installer did not give any "install complete" message. Is it supposed to?
          • What kind of render times do others get? For me it used almost 2 hrs for a "medium" image (yes, I have an old 2.8GHz P IV computer

          Anssi

          securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • soloS Offline
            solo
            last edited by

            Anssi, that's waay too long.

            I did about 6 so far all at high setting, the longest one took abot 3 minutes and this is in a dual core Vaio laptop.

            http://www.solos-art.com

            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • S Offline
              Stu
              last edited by

              @anssi said:

              Thank you very much AL!

              It seems to work as expected. A couple of remarks:

              • For me the installer did not give any "install complete" message. Is it supposed to?
              • What kind of render times do others get? For me it used almost 2 hrs for a "medium" image (yes, I have an old 2.8GHz P IV computer

              Anssi

              Anssi,I think the time is somewhat dependent on the branch complexity and leaf density......try playing with the sliders and numbers.

              And , no, I dont remember an 'installation compete' notice.

              And Pete...Palm trees? 😄

              http://www.landesign.com.au

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • soloS Offline
                solo
                last edited by

                Stu, yup.

                see image.


                http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/7035/treeeditoryy2.jpg

                However even with bend in editor the final image is straight.


                http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3105/200811231527121m12sve4.jpg

                http://www.solos-art.com

                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • S Offline
                  Stu
                  last edited by

                  [quote="solo"]Stu, yup.

                  see image.

                  SLAP!!! .....I missed that option all together 😳

                  http://www.landesign.com.au

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • Al HartA Offline
                    Al Hart
                    last edited by

                    Oof - (bent trunks) - This must not be being written to the XML file properly. We'll trace it down.

                    See what happens the to the next tree you try to make after the bent one fails - does it start out straight or bent. (We reuse the last XML file for the next tree, so it should start with whatever settings you used for the last tree)

                    Al Hart

                    http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
                    IRender nXt from Render Plus

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • S Offline
                      ScottPara
                      last edited by

                      Al,

                      Thanks for this. Really nice of you. Just a couple notes or questions:

                      Can we get this to not only export a PNG but also an alpha map? As these do not render at all in Vray. Without an Alpha map it makes it that much harder.

                      Best regards,
                      Scott

                      Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • S Offline
                        Stu
                        last edited by

                        @al hart said:

                        Oof - (bent trunks) - This must not be being written to the XML file properly. We'll trace it down.

                        See what happens the to the next tree you try to make after the bent one fails - does it start out straight or bent. (We reuse the last XML file for the next tree, so it should start with whatever settings you used for the last tree)

                        Al, After trying with a bend the angle slider reverts to zero when opened again.
                        [Im finding the angle and bending sliders work in conjunction]

                        PalmBend.jpgPalm angle.jpg

                        http://www.landesign.com.au

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • Al HartA Offline
                          Al Hart
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          Al,

                          Thanks for this. Really nice of you. Just a couple notes or questions:

                          Can we get this to not only export a PNG but also an alpha map? As these do not render at all in Vray. Without an Alpha map it makes it that much harder.

                          Best regards,
                          Scott

                          The PNG file contains an alpha channel. I am not sure what an alpha map is.

                          When you render other alpha channel images from SketchUp to they work, or do you have to do anything special to make an Alpha Map?

                          If you create an Alpha Map - do you store it in SketchUp, or apply it separately after you extract the alpha image from SketchUp?

                          Are you sure you don't have the same problem that the Podium users have - that you need to explode the alpha-transparent SketchUp image into a face with an alpha material? If that is what is needed, we can make that an option for SketchUp, and perhaps set the face not to cast a rectangular shadow.

                          Podium users - if I set the alpha transparent rectangular face not to cast a shadow in Sketchup - does it still cast a shadow in Podium?

                          Al Hart

                          http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
                          IRender nXt from Render Plus

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • Al HartA Offline
                            Al Hart
                            last edited by

                            @gaieus said:

                            And the link to the WH:

                            The trees you are making do have the .ArPlant information, so go ahead and upload them.

                            If you use custom leaves or bark, we will want to upload them again after we make a new version next week which stores the custom images on the tree as well.

                            Al Hart

                            http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
                            IRender nXt from Render Plus

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • EarthMoverE Offline
                              EarthMover
                              last edited by

                              Prior to rendering in Vray, I had to explode the Faceme component twice, then return it to a faceme component. I had to generate a transparency/alpha/clipmap (I use Deep Exploration)to plug into the transparency slot in Vray. This worked fine and the trees rendered well. The process is a bit of a pain, but who can complain about such nice trees for free!

                              http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6563/fractaltreetestka3.th.jpg

                              http://img224.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

                              It would be nice to see an option added to put in a flower map. This would open up the possibility of doing and assortment of flowering shrubs and trees.

                              3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                              Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                              Content Creator at Skapeup

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • Gus RG Offline
                                Gus R
                                last edited by

                                Al,

                                Thank you very much for this application. Works great and the trees and the options all work like a charm. Even tested it with other leaves as someone suggested -- having converted them to PNGs.

                                Thanks again.

                                Gus

                                www.instagram.com/gusrobatto/

                                www.facebook.com/gusrobatto

                                www.flickr.com/photos/gusrobatto

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • S Offline
                                  ScottPara
                                  last edited by

                                  Al,

                                  As earthmover stated we (vray users) will still need to generate a alpha/clipmap for these to work. I am not sure how much trouble it would be for the program to export out the associated clipmap at export but it would be a huge time saver.

                                  Thanks again,
                                  Scott

                                  Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • K Offline
                                    kwistenbiebel
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Al,
                                    Just wanted to get back on the 2D/3D subject.
                                    As I understand, the treegenerator is actually 3D based by default right?
                                    So what about the option to have the full 3D tree as output?
                                    Would be great for us render headz. 👍

                                    cheers,
                                    Kwistenbiebel

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • S Offline
                                      ScottPara
                                      last edited by

                                      I second (or third) the 3D request.

                                      Scott

                                      Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Third! (fourth?) 😎

                                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • Al HartA Offline
                                          Al Hart
                                          last edited by

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Al,

                                          As earthmover stated we (vray users) will still need to generate a alpha/clipmap for these to work. I am not sure how much trouble it would be for the program to export out the associated clipmap at export but it would be a huge time saver.

                                          Thanks again,
                                          Scott

                                          Send me, or upload, a .SKP file or .PNG of a RpTreeMaker tree and a alpha/clipmap of the same tree so I will know what it is you need. Is the clipmap stored in SketchUp anywhere, or separately?

                                          We store all the old .PNG files in the RPS_TreeMaker_Images sub-folder of your temporary folder. If we can easily make a clipmap we could store it there as well.

                                          Al Hart

                                          http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
                                          IRender nXt from Render Plus

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • Al HartA Offline
                                            Al Hart
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Got it working. It's a pretty neat tool. Can you change color? If so, how? This would be very important.

                                            Thanks,

                                            Huck

                                            To change color, you can take the raster images for the leaves or bark, change the color, and save them with a new name.

                                            These are stored in:

                                            C:\Program Files\Render Plus Systems\RpTreeMaker\Support\Plants

                                            in a Bark and a Leaves sub-folder.

                                            Here I took the standard leaf, made it yellow, saved it as a new leaf, and used it to render the tree.

                                            yellow-leaf.jpg

                                            You can create your won bark and leaf images by altering the color of existing images.

                                            You will need a paint program which respects the Alpha Channel.

                                            (I don't have one, but there is a tool in RpTools which will convert the background color of an image to an alpha channel which I used.)

                                            Al Hart

                                            http:wiki.renderplus.comimageseefRender_plus_colored30x30%29.PNG
                                            IRender nXt from Render Plus

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 3
                                            • 4
                                            • 5
                                            • 6
                                            • 7
                                            • 8
                                            • 3 / 8
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Buy SketchPlus
                                            Buy SUbD
                                            Buy WrapR
                                            Buy eBook
                                            Buy Modelur
                                            Buy Vertex Tools
                                            Buy SketchCuisine
                                            Buy FormFonts

                                            Advertisement