Best tree generation system

solo

Xfrog is great but for use in SU no bloody way!!!, unfortunatly SU has a poly limit so any, I repeat any treee generator will not work great in SU.
Onyx, is also good but read the EULA carefully, and it too is too heavy for SU.

Speedtree I cannot coment on as I have never used it.

Vue tree generator works great too, and also converted to SU will kill your speed.

I have heard great reviews of the Renderplus tree generator however, but I've not really tried it.

xrok1

carrara has a pretty good tree generator, but i have c5pro. i don't know if the new carrara lite or free or whatever its called has the tree generator. anyone know?

i went to check and it turns out that its 'carrara express' and its not free ($99) and it does generate trees and landscapes. i'm pretty sure it was free before but it dosn't seem to be now??

tomsdesk

Check out http://arbaro.sourceforge.net/ it's easy to learn (if you like to play a bit) and does it's thing pretty fast; exports DXF, OBJ, and povray (whatever that is); and is completely FREE! But: it will kick SU in the gut bigtime just like the others. (Which is why I started making the 2.5d varieties :`)

Starlex

Thanks to all)

So, I was tryed Onyx Tree... I can say, that its generate trees with about 100-150K polygons on each. And there is 'minimize' function, that reduce number of polygons to 20-40K
I was launch SU with imported model, and it start to work very slow (AMD 5200+, not the best for the 3D, but...)

I'm working with landscape modelling, and I need realistic trees very much
So, what should I do? Maybe settling in 3Dsmax?
Or I have to try SU with imported tree on quad-core processor? Will it help?

remus

If you need to use high poly trees your better of doing it another app, sketchup whimpers and dies in the face of high poly trees.

Edson

have you tried RpTreeMaker?

henrietta

And here's another one:

http://hothouse3d.com

david_h

Is this Hothouse 3D a Freebie Program? I didn't notice any details about pricing or whether or not this is a trial?

Thx,

D

henrietta

Hi David. It's a freebie for the foreseeable, but never say never:)

pilou

Dryad free

pilou

Frecle free

Richard

Frenchy - YOU DA MAN!

pilou

You too Richard, you too !
This curiosity for you Not sure it's work if you have not 3DCoat but...

david_h

@unknownuser said:

Frecle free

So I went to this link but I couldn't see where one actually downloads the software! it was a link to a forum that links to another forum . .etc etc? any help?

Thx,

D

pilou

Hum hum
You don't see the link following the images?
Maybe glasses is needing

david_h

No. . . I didn't see that. Merci.

ps. I do wear glasses. . .. apparently it's time for a perscription change.

2kemon

@frenchy
tree[d] is pretty cool in itself, but how do you use it with sketchup? I haven't been able to export a usable tree with leaves.

pilou

Try to find a prog who reload format DirectX or a converter then export in 3Ds or other compatible format with SU
Never try

solo

If you export to .x (direct X) you can open with rhino, or Deep exploration can be used to do most conversions.

Just beware, the conversion to SU will be large.

2kemon

Okay. I wasn't really aware of the use of the direct X format.
But like you're saying - if the the conversion makes the trees bigger than 1-2 mb, I might as well make my own trees.
I've been searching for a good workflow with trees and either kerkythea or indigo. But because of sketchups poly limit, I think kerkytheas proxy replacement option might be the best for fast results, and skindigos dummy components If I' going for an indigo render.

@solo
I've noticed quite a few renders you've made with vue. Are you using Xtream or Infinite? (Infinite is the standalone app, right?). And how do you find the sketchup -> vue work flow? I'm really interested in Vue, because of the seemingly unparalleled possibilities with trees and eco environments.