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Dennis · 7th December 2005, 09:40 AM

I personally use this one:

http://arbaro.sourceforge.net/

This is presented as a tool for POV-Ray, but you don't even need POV-Ray --- you can export trees directly to .OBJ format. And you can do it with/without leaves (plus quite a few other options).

Requires Java, and it is not the most intuitive interface/setup, but the price is right (free).

I actually thought of making a tree plugin until I found this one, as nothing in my price range produced thrilling results --- there are things I'd like to change about this one where the UI and leaf-placement are concerned, but so far not enough that I've been willing to mess with it.

hth,
Dennis

7th December 2005, 09:40 AM	#2
Dennis Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 899	I personally use this one: http://arbaro.sourceforge.net/ This is presented as a tool for POV-Ray, but you don't even need POV-Ray --- you can export trees directly to .OBJ format. And you can do it with/without leaves (plus quite a few other options). Requires Java, and it is not the most intuitive interface/setup, but the price is right (free). I actually thought of making a tree plugin until I found this one, as nothing in my price range produced thrilling results --- there are things I'd like to change about this one where the UI and leaf-placement are concerned, but so far not enough that I've been willing to mess with it. hth, Dennis