Fractal Tree Maker for SketchUp - Free add-on

richcat

Thanks Alan (I tried searching "exporting a vector outline from PS")

JuanV.Soler

Thank you very much Al,

Gaieus

EDIT - Al, when I download from the link you provided on the renderplus forum, I get a .zip file that is empty (0 bytes)......any ideas?

Try again, Adam; it should work.

bigstick

I have downloaded this and it is an exe file, which means Windows only. Any chance of a Mac version too Al?

Al Hart

@bigstick said:

I have downloaded this and it is an exe file, which means Windows only. Any chance of a Mac version too Al?

The Fractal tree software is Windows only, and I just can't seem to get the developer interested in MAC version.

Al Hart

@at3d said:

Stu, I have installed and located within SU but when pressed to, what I hope will activate, nothing happens in SU.

My machine is running Vista, could this be an issue?

Try opening the Ruby Console, and typing in: load('RpTreemaker,rb') and see if you get any error messages. Of if you get any error messages when you click Plugins/RpTreeMaker.rb

If there are no problems there, go to: Program Files\Render Plus Systems\RpTreeMaker
and see what happens when you run TreeEditor.exe by hand. There may be a DLL or something which is missing.

Al Hart

@alan fraser said:

Excellent Plugin Al. It's good to hear that it's technically possible to load new bark textures also.

We didn't learn that we could add bark and leaves until yesterday. If I had read Richcat's leaf post earlier (and more carefully) I would have known.

If you use your own leaves and bark and post the model to the 3D Warehouse, then anyone downloading the model and trying to use the same leaves and bark as the basis for a new tree will not have them. The 2D image will work fine - but if you want to use the .ArPlant tree definition, the images will be missing.

We will plan to store the images on the SU component as well, so that users can truly share the designs.

Gaieus

Yet another one - now an attempt to make a plane ("like") tree.

And the link to the WH:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=2e7a72e69abb669cffe3705437c1b39c

Al Hart

@at3d said:

I have loaded the link but once back in SketchUp 6(Pro) and selecting the plugin nothing is happening...any suggestions?

See the next post )two posts down) where I offer some debugging ideas.

http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=14300&p=108334#p108331

Mike Lucey

@al hart said:

@bigstick said:

I have downloaded this and it is an exe file, which means Windows only. Any chance of a Mac version too Al?

The Fractal tree software is Windows only, and I just can't seem to get the developer interested in MAC version.

Firstly a BIG thanks Al. This is very generous of you and just
further demonstrates the ethos of the SketchUp Community. I'm a
Mac user also BUT we do have BootCamp so should be able to use
Fractal Tree Maker Hey! we can't always have the best of
both Worlds

Mike

kwistenbiebel

Wow Al,
That is an amazing gift to the SU community. Much appreciated!

Any chance the tree maker would create the full 3D model as well (even though SU has trouble with polycount)?
It would be great to be able to have full 3D for rendering.

Thanks

free agent

i second that request.

EarthMover

@gaieus said:

Try again, Adam; it should work.

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

bellwells

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

Anssi

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

solo

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.

Stu

@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?

solo

Stu, yup.

see image.

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

Stu

[quote="solo"]Stu, yup.

see image.

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

Al Hart

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)