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    • A Offline
      Antonio83
      last edited by

      Do you know where I can find 3D trees?

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      • jason_marantoJ Offline
        jason_maranto
        last edited by

        This is free and pretty good:

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        (www.frecle.net)

        Best,
        Jason.

        I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Now that's a cool app, Jason, thanks for the link! πŸ‘

          Gai...

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            Starling75
            last edited by

            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=29722&hilit=tree+starling&start=15#p262163

            πŸ˜„

            http://www.starlingarch.cz

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              smithryan07
              last edited by

              That program is Great! How do you export it out so that you can import it into SU? 😳

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                thomthom
                last edited by

                @smithryan07 said:

                That program is Great! How do you export it out so that you can import it into SU? 😳

                Use the 3ds format.

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

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                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  @thomthom said:

                  @smithryan07 said:

                  That program is Great! How do you export it out so that you can import it into SU? 😳

                  Use the 3ds format.

                  Sorry, use the .obj format, and then use TIGs obj importer.

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

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    When I try to load any of the sample trees it comes with the textures are missing.
                    ??

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

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                    • shuraS Offline
                      shura
                      last edited by

                      Thanks for bringing up Tree(d) again. I already abandoned it because the of the limited export formats - but I just realized that I didn't have the newest version.

                      So for anyone who is scratching his head like I did:

                      Download Tree(D) version 3.1 because in v3.0 there is no obj-export available.

                      Now it works with TIGs obj-importer, but for some reason the materials don't get imported.
                      Any idea what I am doing wrong here?

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                        Starling75
                        last edited by

                        @shura said:

                        Thanks for bringing up Tree(d) again. I already abandoned it because the of the limited export formats - but I just realized that I didn't have the newest version.

                        So for anyone who is scratching his head like I did:

                        Download Tree(D) version 3.1 because in v3.0 there is no obj-export available.

                        Now it works with TIGs obj-importer, but for some reason the materials don't get imported.
                        Any idea what I am doing wrong here?

                        Textures must be in the same folder together with exported *.obj and *.mtl files.


                        01 obj_mtl_textures.jpg


                        02 TIG_obj importer.jpg


                        03 ThomThom_UV_front to back.jpg


                        04 detail.jpg


                        05 completed tree.jpg

                        http://www.starlingarch.cz

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                          shura
                          last edited by

                          Thank you Bohdan, now it works perfectly!!

                          treeD.jpg

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                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            When you have an OBJ file that uses an MTL file you need to read the image-file-path set in in the MTL file [it's a plain text file and it's readable using Notepad etc].
                            If it's the same folder as the MTL file [i.e. there's no folder in the path] then it's in the same folder that the image files should be - BUT if the textures' paths include a sub-folder then ensure the image files are in that sub-folder so that the importer can find them... πŸ˜’

                            TIG

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                              markitekt
                              last edited by

                              RPS has a free tree maker that works pretty well too.
                              http://www.renderplus.com/wk/RpTreeMaker_Free_w.htm
                              Mark P.

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                                davesec
                                last edited by

                                hi!

                                when i import a tree into sketchup each leaf seems to be bound in a box?


                                tree.png

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                                  Antonio83
                                  last edited by

                                  thank you all very much πŸ˜„

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                                    shura
                                    last edited by

                                    Hello Dave,

                                    you are right - and this is kind of a disadvantage...
                                    ...although in rendering you will not see the edges, and of course you can switch off all edges and profiles in styles - but then the whole model would be without them.

                                    afaik there is no easy way to hide all profiles and edges, but I might be just unknowing (hopefully, please someone point to the right method or plugin)

                                    cheers
                                    alex

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                                      Starling75
                                      last edited by

                                      @shura said:

                                      Hello Dave,

                                      you are right - and this is kind of a disadvantage...
                                      ...although in rendering you will not see the edges, and of course you can switch off all edges and profiles in styles - but then the whole model would be without them.

                                      afaik there is no easy way to hide all profiles and edges, but I might be just unknowing (hopefully, please someone point to the right method or plugin)

                                      cheers
                                      alex

                                      You can organize your tree and put leaf edges on separate hidden layer - see attached example.
                                      Select all leafs by material then deselect faces and put edges on separate layer ... or choose hide command ..

                                      This plugin should be helpfull:
                                      http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/plugin_details.php?id=109

                                      Bo


                                      tree_small.skp

                                      http://www.starlingarch.cz

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                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Running CleanUp on the trees will reduce the number of faces used.

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

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                                          wyatt
                                          last edited by

                                          In case anyone is searching this thread later, I posted a tutorial here: Tree[d] to SketchUp Tutorial

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                                            solo
                                            last edited by

                                            Speed tree anyone?

                                            http://www.speedtree.com/ (watch the video)

                                            (except the price is hairy, the export to FBX and conversion to SU is awesome as a great looking tree can end up as little as 3MB.)

                                            Here is a quick test.


                                            speedtree test.png

                                            http://www.solos-art.com

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

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