Tree Maker

Submitted by Shawn Lewis on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45

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Date Updated:

03/27/2001

Great script for creating trees... Some of the 'sweet' things about this script are:
- After you generate the branches - you can rotate and move them about to more easily control the shape of the generated tree.
- The generated tree already has mapping coordinates applied (this isn't perfected yet - but it works pretty well).
- You can delete branches you don't want and the routines will correctly generate the connections for the remaining branches.
- Once you're happy with the tree you can collapse it into a single mesh and then use meshsmooth - relax - etc. to further enhance its appearance.

Additional Info:

version 5.0 Update: Ok - here's version 5. For Max users - this is essentially the same as V 4.5; for Viz users - however - this new version allows you to generate and collapse leaves. Previous versions could only do this with particle systems which worked fine in Max - but Viz doesn't have particle systems - so the script would error out.

Version Requirement:

4; 3

Video URL:

Links

Download URL:

http://www.scriptspot.com/scripts/web_upload/Shawn Lewis/tree_maker50.ms

Comments

Submitted by ShawnL624 on Fri, 2016-11-11 22:38.

Here's a new version that should work with 2014 and on

Better algorithm that works on 2014 (and hopefully all other versions of Max).

I've improved the connectors to be more robust (try applying relax to the mesh once all of the branches have been collapsed to create some surreal organic shapes).

All branches have their local coordinate systems set to provide ease of moving, rotating, scaling, etc.

There's now an option to randomly have single branches generated (instead of always two branches).

You can now reparent branches to a new branch (there can still only be a max of two branches at any connector, but you can delete one or more of them, relink (using Max's built-in select-and-link functionality) to another branch (not the connector), then use the Tree Tools roll-out to move the branch to the parent's end (or just move its pivot), and it'll behave like it's always been there.

I've not, however, updated the notes in "Help Me," yet, to reflect any of these changes.