Join Aaron F. Ross for an in-depth discussion in this video Applying wind effects, part of Learning Plant Factory.
- [Voiceover] Before bringing a plant…into another 3D program,…you'll want to check in on the wind settings,…because that will determine how the plant moves…in your other 3D program.…Whether that be VUE or any other 3D application.…As a test scene, let's just use one of the factory defaults.…Go to File menu and choose Open…and in the Trees tab,…on the second page…we'll find Mediterranean Cyprus.…Click on that and open it up.…
This plant is fairly simple.…It's build out of some flat planes…that are deformed.…Not through the billboard node,…but through the standard segment node,…using a feature called blades.…Let's just detour very quickly and look at those.…If I go to the trunk node,…and its child tab, which is labeled Leaf,…I'm going to reduce the number down to just one…so that we can examine it.…Set the plus or minus value in the number field to zero…and the number to just one.…
And we have a single segment there…and it is sprouting out a couple of blades.…And we can go to the leaf labeled node here,…which is actually not a leaf node.…
Author
Aaron F. Ross
Released
12/17/2015In these tutorials, Aaron F. Ross shows how to get started with PlantFactory. He'll cover modeling plants and trees, sculpting plants from components, editing plant parameters, adding materials and animation effects, and rendering the results. Plus, learn how to use PlantFactory's powerful node graph to control individual properties and generate plants procedurally.
- Installing and customizing PlantFactory
- Creating plant segments with the Add tool
- Editing and blending segments
- Working with nodes in the graph
- Adding leaves
- Loading and editing materials
- Rendering plant images
- Sculpting with the Draw tool
- Pruning branches
- Modeling with the node graph
- Applying wind effects
- Exporting and importing plant models
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome44s
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Using the exercise files1m 21s
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1. Exploring PlantFactory
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Installing PlantFactory4m 13s
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Customizing the workspace2m 37s
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Touring the interface4m 26s
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Choosing application options4m 27s
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2. Modeling Basics
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Creating with the Add tool5m 10s
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Editing segment parameters4m 25s
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Editing child parameters6m 8s
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Blending segments5m 34s
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Building a complex graph6m 6s
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Passing parent parameters10m 31s
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Fine-tuning5m 25s
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Adding leaves6m 21s
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3. Materials and Rendering
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Displaying node color3m 5s
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Managing bitmaps5m 3s
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Rendering test images3m 53s
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Adjusting atmosphere2m 53s
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4. Freeform Modeling
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Sculpting with the Draw tool3m 50s
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Editing axis splines3m 45s
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Editing section splines4m 45s
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Pruning branches3m 9s
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5. Modeling with the Graph
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Publishing parameters4m 7s
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Iterating with loop nodes3m 32s
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Shaping models with Biases4m 19s
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Spawning random children3m 52s
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6. Interoperability
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Applying wind effects7m 38s
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Exporting VUE species3m 30s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye44s
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