Create Plant

Create Plant

Create Plant is used to create a SketchUp component to represent an nXtRender plant. When the model is rendered the plant is automatically rendered as a fractal plant, providing much greater detail than that available in the SketchUp model.

Create Plant is a wizard in IRender nXt

Contents

Sample Model

IRender nXt plants in SketchUp
IRender nXt plants in IRender nXt



Create Plant Components

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  1. Select the Create Plant icon form the IRender nXt toolbar: New plant24.PNG
  2. Select a plant from the AccuRender libraries.


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Make any changes to Plant

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Generate Plant Image and Place Plant

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Image resolution - quality of the image in SketchUp - this does not effect the quality of the rendering.

Shadow mask Resolution -the shadow mask will create shadows in SketchUp - this does not effect the quality of the rendering.

Start or Remake Click this button to remake the image with the new settings

Save Tree Image - save the tree and place it in SketchUp.



Settings on SetUp dialog

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  • Random Rotation - randomly rotates plants.
  • Random Height - randomly scales plants.
See: Random Plant Settings
  • Season - sets the default season for all plants. (Only applies to AR3 plants, not new nXt plants)


Advanced Settings

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  • Tree Rotation - lets you rotate the tree in the image.
(Useful for angled, or non-symmetrical trees)
  • Camera Height - lets you raise or lower the camera for different effects.
  • Background mode - this does not effect the final image when saved to SketchUp.
HDRi sky mode and be useful to see how the sky effects the lighting.
  • Illumination factor - alter if tree is too light or too dark.
  • HDRi sky rotation - will effect how the HDRi sky illuminates the tree.
  • Use Defaults - reset to default settings
  • Create alpha clipmask for VRay - an alpha mask is created for VRay users.