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Temperate Deciduous Trees

A selection of small to medium-sized trees for ornamental use, parks and streets, including the stunning pink-blossomed Kanzan and the impressively tall and slender cypress oak.
10 broadleaf tree species of Laubwerk Plants in 3 variants, 3 ages and 4 seasons each, for architects and CG artists working in 3ds Max & Maya, Cinema 4D, or Sketchup.

3D Plants for CG Artists

Laubwerk offers easy-to-use software extensions for architects and CG artists looking for authentic 3D plants, and plant scattering tools.

With drag-and-drop simplicity, and easy-to-use tools that modify the shape, age, season and level of detail for each of Laubwerk’s stunning 3D plants, users can seamlessly add 3D trees to any CG project. For Autodesk 3ds Max & Maya, MAXON Cinema 4D, Trimble SketchUp, and Python.

 

 

Includes 360 Models

All Laubwerk Plants in this Kit come in 36 variations per species, i.e. 3 variants, 3 ages and 4 seasons. Here are a few examples of the variety:

plants kit 1 spring

Spring: 10 out of 360 temperate deciduous tree models of Laubwerk Plants Kit 1.

 

plants kit 1 fall

Autumn: 10 out of 360 temperate deciduous tree models of Laubwerk Plants Kit 1.

 

 

laubwerk trees and plants maxon cinema 4d 3ds max

Includes Free Laubwerk Player

The free Laubwerk Player plugin comes bundled with each of the Laubwerk Plants Kits.

Use the Laubwerk Player to easily load and control plant models inside Autodesk 3ds Max & Maya, MAXON Cinema 4D, and Trimble SketchUp. Just drag-and-drop your 3D tree, set the shape, age, and season and level of detail control. Watch the lightning fast rendering with inbuilt and 3rd parts renderer support.

Laubwerk Player Plugin

Inserting, controlling and rendering great-looking 3D tree models has never been easier with the Laubwerk Player plugin! The Laubwerk Player provides immediate visual access to your Laubwerk plant library. You get multiple drawing options in the viewport (like simple hull shape or skeleton) for quick feedback and low memory usage while editing your scene. And when you’re satisfied, watch the Laubwerk Player dynamically render fully-detailed plant models at amazing speeds, with automatic default materials and level of detail.

Plant Library Browser

The Plant Library Browser appears right in the 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D or SketchUp main menu and provides direct access to the Laubwerk Plants installed on your computer. Drag-and-drop your 3D tree species into your scene or replace existing trees. Loading the plants through the Plant Library Browser directly creates materials with basic shading and textures preassigned, saving you time and memory while you work.

Plant Object

The Plant Object represents a Laubwerk plant model in your scene by using low-memory hull or skeleton mode for easy placement. It dynamically loads the model’s age and shape that you chose, creating a simple viewport approximation that allows you to apply model alterations and adjust level of detail settings. Laubwerk Plant Objects are fully scriptable using MaxScript.

V-Ray Support

Dedicated support of V-Ray saves you time and memory. Instead of manually converting Laubwerk Plant Objects into V-Ray proxies, the Plant Object detects when V-Ray is used for rendering and dynamically creates the model’s geometry during rendering. This is the exact same process V-Ray uses for V-Ray proxies, just automatically applied without any manual setup.

Renderer Support

Materials and textures are created on the fly – for the built-in renderer or third-party renderers.

  • For 3ds Max, Maya, and Cinema 4D: mental ray, iray, Maxwell Render, Thea Render, Arnold, OctaneRender, Corona Renderer and Redshift.
  • For SketchUp: V-Ray for SketchUp and Thea Render for SketchUp.

Laubwerk Advantage

  • Plug and Play – One-click solution for architects and CG artists who need realistic 3D trees, immediately.
  • Fast and Fluent – Render-ready 3D trees minimize the need for finetuning that can otherwise interrupt your workflow.
  • Easy and Integrated – Drag-and-drop plants inside 3ds Max & Maya, and MAXON Cinema 4D, or Trimble SketchUp.
  • Intuitive – Simple settings are a mouse click away.
  • Smart Content – Go beyond static models! Choose the shape, age, season and detail of each tree.
  • High Tech – Laubwerk technology minimizes the usual compromise between high-quality graphics and efficient memory usage.

Realistic 3D Tree Models

Laubwerk uses a hybrid of procedural modeling and hand-detailing by botanist and 3D artists to make the most realistic CG trees.

  • Render-ready materials and textures are created on the fly – for the built-in renderer (3ds Max, Maya & Cinema 4D), or third-party renderers such as V-Ray, mental ray, iray, Maxwell Render, Thea Render, Arnold, OctaneRender, and Corona Renderer.
  • Leaves consist of more than just a single polygon, so they bend and catch highlights.
  • Textures are based on high quality photos from real trees.
  • Models maintain shape and density, regardless of detail level.

The following 10 tree species are included in the Plants Kit 1. Each species comes in 36 variations per species, i.e. 3 variants, 3 ages and 4 seasonal aspects, for a total of 360 models per Kit.

box elderBox Elder
Acer negundo

A fast-growing, medium-size tree of asymmetrical and broadly round shape, often with several stems. The light green foliage with three to seven leaflets turns yellow-green in autumn. The box elder is one of the most common North American maples in cultivation and one of the most planted foreign trees in Central Europe.

red mapleRed Maple
Acer rubrum

A medium to large size tree with loose habit and fresh green or pale green foliage. The crown shape can be asymmetrical, conical or broadly ovoid. Early autumn colors can range from deep or scarlet red to golden yellow. Due to its pleasing form and majestic autumn foliage during Indian summer, the red maple is often used as a shade tree in parks and large gardens. It is one of the most abundant and widespread trees in eastern North America.

plants kit 1 sugar mapleSugar Maple
Acer saccharum

Large tree with an oval or round crown shape. The autumn foliage is spectacular, ranging from bright yellow and orange to fluorescent “Indian summer” red-orange. One of the primary source of delicious maple syrup, the wood is also one of the hardest and densest of all maples. A favorite street and park tree because it is easy to propagate and transplant.

plants kit 1 hawthornePaul’s Scarlet Hawthorn
Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’

A compact landscape tree that produces masses of tiny, double rose and scarlet flowers in tight clusters along the branches in late spring. Dark, glossy green foliage. First widely cultivated by famed British horticulturalist William Paul in 1866, this sun-loving, drought-tolerant plant is adaptable to almost any well-drained location.

plants kit 1 ginkoGinkgo
Ginkgo biloba

A large asymmetrical tree that is stiffly upright when young, aging into a broadly conical to asymmetrically round crown. Turns brilliant golden yellow in autumn. The ginkgo is a unique species with no close living relatives, similar to fossils dating back 270 million years. Widely cultivated since early human history, the ginkgo has various uses as food and in traditional medicine.

plants kit 1 kanzan cherryKanzan Cherry
Prunus serrulata ‘Kanzan’

The showiest of all Japanese trees with its large pink double flowers, this tree is famously part of Washington DC’s Cherry Blossom Festival. More spectacular colors appear in autumn, when the leaves turn from yellow-green to a reddish copper color. Cultivated in Europe and North America, it is usually grafted on to wild cherry (Prunus avium) roots.

plants kit 1 cypress oakCypress Oak
Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’

The most common ornamental form of Quercus rubur is shaped similar to the Italian cypress. It retains a slender and upright shape, growing into an impressive medium-size tree with a gradually broadening columnar. Leaves turn yellow-brown autumn colors, with brown leaves remaining throughout winter. Originally propagated from an upright tree that was found in central Europe.

plants kit 1 red oakRed Oak
Quercus rubra

A large tree with dark green foliage and a broad round crown. Its leaves turn yellow-orange to bright red in autumn. Scattered brown leaves remain attached throughout the winter. The red oak is grown in parks and large gardens as a specimen tree.

plants kit 1 globeGlobe Robinia
Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Umbraculifera’

This small tree is popular because of its jade green foliage and attractive spherical shape. The top grafted clone forms a round and compact crown ideal for urban piazzas and gardens. The tree seldom flowers and has been widely cultivated since the 1800s.
plants kit 1 limeTilia cordataSmall-leaved Lime
Tilia cordata

A splendid, large tree that starts out conical in shape before growing a domed, or occasionally, a pure round crown. In the autumn, leaves turn green-yellow or deep golden. Widely grown as ornamental trees throughout Europe starting in the 17th century and widely cultivated in northeastern America, a famous example is the boulevard Unter den Linden in Berlin.

Computer Hardware

A computer that is capable of running your version(s) of 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, SketchUp.

Hard Disk Space

10MB of hard disk space and additional space for the Laubwerk Plants models.

Supported Hosts


  • Autodesk 3ds Max (2015-2024)

  • Autodesk Maya (2018-2024, Win & Mac, Linux on request)

  • MAXON Cinema 4D (R16-S26, 2023 Mac & Win)

  • SketchUp (2014-2023, Mac & Win)

    • with V-Ray for SketchUp

    • or Thea Render for SketchUp




  • Vectorworks 2023

  • Additionally, Python for customers to build their own importers into applications compatible with Python for Windows 2.7, 3.3- 3.4, MacOS X 3.5-3.8, Linux 3.4-3.8.

Installation Instructions


Our aim is to make the installation process as easy as possible for you. If you like to get more information, we have compiled these Laubwerk Plants Kits installation instructions, including advanced topics such as considerations when working in a network.

Update 1.0.48 (December 22, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause SketchUp to crash when loading the Laubwerk Player
  • Fixed a bug that could cause problems with V-Ray for SketchUp
  • Fixed a bug that prevented plant common names from appearing in the Asset Editor in SketchUp
  • Changed the new default material quality in the Cinema 4D and 3ds Max Laubwerk Browser from medium to high
  • Proxy mesh colors in 3ds Max now change based on the selected plant variant and season

Update 1.0.47 (November 15, 2023)

  • Support for Cinema 4D 2024
  • Fixed a bug affecting the Plant Library Browser in SketchUp 2018 and earlier
  • Small bug fixes and improvements for 3ds Max, SketchUp, and Cinema 4D

Update 1.0.46 (July 17, 2023)

  • Support for additional seasonal names introduced with Kit 18
  • Small bug fixes and improvements for 3ds Max, Maya, SketchUp, and Python

Update 1.0.45 (June 19, 2023)

Maya

  • Added Maya 2024 support
  • Bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements

3ds Max

  • Added 3ds Max 2024 support
  • Bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements

Cinema 4D

  • Fixed a bug that caused problems with Cinema 4D files saved with earlier versions
  • Bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements

Update 1.0.44 (March 21, 2023)

SketchUp

  • Added support for SketchUp 2023
  • Added support for V-Ray for SketchUp 6.00.02
  • Added 2D Face-Me plant proxy shape option to SketchUp for all plants
  • Bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements

Cinema 4D

  • Updated Redshift material converter to use the new Standard Material
  • Bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements

Maya

  • Fixed a bug with V-Ray materials
  • Bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements

Python

  • Added support for Python 3.10 and 3.11
  • Various bug fixes and improvements

Update 1.0.43  (Nov 24, 2022)

Laubwerk Plants

  • Added Butterfly bush ‘Pablo Purple’ (Buddleja davidii ‘Pablo Purple’) to the Plants Kit Freebie

SketchUp

  • Added support for V-Ray 6
  • New SketchUp plant proxy preview colors that reflect plant variants and seasons

Cinema 4D

  • Added support for Cinema 4D 2023 and Cinema 4D R25
  • Added support for V-Ray 6
  • Added support for Corona Renderer physical material
  • Added support for Octane Universal Material

3ds Max

  • Added support for V-Ray 6
  • Added support for Corona Renderer physical material

Maya

  • Added support for Maya 2023
  • Dropped support for Maya versions older than 2018
  • Added support for V-Ray 6
  • Fixed a bug that was breaking Arnold shaders in high quality setting

Python

  • Various bug fixes and improvements

 

Update 1.0.41  (April 5, 2022)

SketchUp

  • Added support for SketchUp 2022
  • Added native Apple Silicon (M1 processors) support on SketchUp Pro 2022.
  • Fixed a bug that delayed new plant proxies from appearing in the active model window in some SketchUp versions

Cinema 4D

  • Added support for Arnold Renderer 4.0.0.2 fixing material issues
  • Fixed issues with Laubwerk Plants in projects saved with ‘Save Project with Assets…”

3ds Max

  • Added 3ds Max 2023 support
  • Fixed the texture map assignments for the new CoronaPhysicalMaterial in Corona 7

Maya

  • No changes

Update 1.0.40  (Nov 26, 2021)

SketchUp

  • Added compatibility to V-Ray 5 for SketchUp, update 2.1 (5.20.02)

Other platforms

  • No changes

Update 1.0.39  (Sep 20, 2021)

Cinema 4D

  • Added support for Cinema 4D R25 including new icons and UI updates
  • Miscellaneous other bug fixes

Maya

  • Fixed a bug for texture color spaces and improved Redshift materials
  • Miscellaneous other bug fixes

Python

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

3ds Max and SketchUp

  • No changes

 

Update 1.0.37 (March 2021)

3ds Max

  • Added 3ds Max 2022 support

SketchUp

  • Updated and expanded the help for our SketchUp Player
  • Fixed a bug with V-Ray 2 rendering in SketchUp

Python

  • Added support for Python 3.9
  • Fixed an issue that the Python 2 Extension didn’t load on newer macOS versions

All platforms:

  • Fixed mesh errors affecting a few plants
  • Various material enhancements
  • Miscellaneous other bug fixes

 

Update 1.0.36 (December 2020)

  • SketchUp: Added V‑Ray 5 for SketchUp support
  • Minor bug fixes (SketchUp only)

Update 1.0.35 (November 27, 2020)

  • SketchUp: Added SketchUp 2021 support. Note: highest V-Ray version supported: 4.20.03 (V-Ray 5 support coming soon)
  • Cinema 4D: Various bug fixes and small improvements
  • All platforms: Bug fixes and improvement of Arnold Renderer support, bug fixes for V-Ray materials

Note for our customers who use V-Ray for SketchUp:

  • Laubwerk Plants do not yet fully support V-Ray 5. With V-Ray 5, Chaos Group released a very powerful upgrade, but it contains major changes that need to be reflected in the Laubwerk Player Plugin. We are currently working closely with Chaos Group to ensure Laubwerk Plants and V-Ray 5 continue to work seamlessly together. Please stay tuned!

Update 1.0.34  (October 29, 2020)

Cinema 4D

  • Added R23 support
  • Improved Arnold Renderer support
  • Fixed a bug with Octane materials

SketchUp

  • Bug fixes

All platforms:

  • Support for version 1.3 Laubwerk materials

Update 1.0.33 (June 6, 2020)

Laubwerk Plants

  • Higher resolution textures for large objects such as trunks. Material coverage information is now used to deliver textures in a resolution that much better matches the actual size of the texture on the object

Cinema 4D

  • Added Cinema 4D S22 support (pre-release of R22)

SketchUp

  • Added a dialog and checkbox that lets users save their preference for replacing or adding new plants, when a plant is already selected.
  • Added a dialog and checkbox that lets users save their preference for receiving renderer minimum version warnings.
  • Improved the Plant Attribute Editor’s default plant preview image and button behavior.
  • Many other UI improvements to all dialogs.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash with users that have very high processor counts.

Update 1.0.32 (March 2020)

  • Added Redshift support for Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Maya
  • Added SketchUp 2020 support
  • Added Maya 2020 support

Update 1.0.30 (September 2019)

  • Cinema 4D: Added R21 support, Improved material specular component for most renderers
  • SketchUp: Fixed a bug that caused SketchUp to crash when rendering models containing plants removed from the user’s plant library, Improved material specular component for V-Ray
  • 3ds Max: Improved material specular component for most renderers
  • Maya: Improved material specular component for most renderers

Update 1.0.29 (April 2019)

Autodesk

  • Added 3ds Max 2020 support
  • Fixed an issue with opacity maps in Arnold Renderer for 3ds Max
  • Added Maya 2019 support

Update 1.0.28 (March 25, 2019)

SketchUp

  • Added SketchUp Pro 2019 support
  • Added V-Ray Next for SketchUp support
  • Improved UI design and performance
  • Fixed a bug that caused SketchUp to crash when rendering a startup model with Thea.
  • Added macOS support for our Python extension.
  • Improved macOS installers with installer certification, and better detection of  installed applications.

Update 1.0.27 (October 18, 2018)

3ds Max

  • Updated Octane material converter and Octane 4 glossy materials
  • Added the replacement behavior section to the help document

Cinema 4D

  • Added Cinema 4D R20 support
  • Fixed a bug with reflectance roughness was not being set properly in inbuilt renderers

SketchUp

  • Fixed a bug that caused V-Ray renders to fail with non-Latin characters in Windows usernames (e.g. “ü”, “ñ”, or “é”).

Update 1.0.26  (July 19, 2018)

SketchUp

  • Snappier Laubwerk browser
  • Added support for consistent copy & paste from another SketchUp instance
  • V-Ray 2.x support is back. Fixed a bug in the player extension
  • Fixed a bug in material quality selection. The selected quality is now always applied at render time
  • Fixed a bug in the player extension for SketchUp Japanese that prevented switching between model variants and seasons
  • Known issues: special characters in Windows user names prevent running the player extension (Ruby error)

3ds Max

  • Added support for 3ds Max 2019
  • Added Arnold 5 support
  • Fixed a bug in Laubwerk material creation for V-Ray RT
  • Fixed a bug that caused the ART renderer to crash
  • Fixed a bug that caused 3ds Max to crash when double-clicking inside the Laubwerk browser where there are no plants

Maya

  • Added Arnold 5 support
  • Dropped support for Maya 2014
  • Known issues: MacOS X Player plugin doesn’t work with Maya 2018.2

Cinema 4D

  • Updated Arnold 5 support to Arnold core version 5.1
  • Dropped support for pre-R15 versions

Laubwerk Plants

  • Acer campestre (Kit Freebie) – improved the shapes (habitus) of several tree variants for a head-free crown base height

 

What’s new in plants kit 1.0.25?

  • SketchUp: Support for SketchUp Pro 2018, support for V-Ray 3.6, support for MacOS X High Sierra (10.13). Bug fix with special characters in Windows 10 users names
  • Maya: Bug fix for Maya 2018 support
  • 3ds Max: Fix a bug that crashed 3ds Max when adding an empty Plant object to the scene on autosave, bug fixed a bug that a Plant replacement in the Browser did not refresh the viewport, improved behavior when a new Plant is assigned and all selected Plant objects are empty
  • Cinema 4D: R19 support, added support for Arnold 5

 

What’s new in plants kit 1.0.23? (January 31st, 2017)

  • Added support Thea for SketchUp for Windows and OS X. Compatible with Skatter for SketchUp
  • Laubwerk Player plugin for SketchUp (2014-2017) with many bug fixes, improved RAM usage, performance, and user interface
  • 3ds Max: Fixed a major bug that V-Ray distributed rendering failed on slave machines
  • Maya: Bug fix for V-Ray high quality materials, improved Skeleton mode, faster rendering

What’s new in plants kit 1.0.22?

SketchUp (new)

  • Introducing the Laubwerk Player plugin for SketchUp (2014 – 2017) for Windows and OS X and the latest versions of V-Ray 2 and V-Ray 3
  • Compatible with Skatter for SketchUp

3ds Max

  • Added a dialog box that asks whether a selected Plant(s) should be replaced or should a new Plant object be created
  • Added Arnold support
  • Improved Corona Render support, e.g. now Plant objects are derived from GeomObject instead of SimpleObject2
  • Improved speculars in Scanline renderer materials
  • Improved the behavior of the Laubwerk browser, now the window does not closes itself anymore when a Plant object is replaced or created
  • Fixed a bug that made 3dsmax crash when an empty Plant object is assigned to a Plant
  • Fixed a bug that in Skeleton mode crashed the measure utility
  • Fixed a bug that by replacing a tree through the browser reseted the variation setting

Maya

  • Fixed a bug with changing seasons and variant attributes, which did not update the user interface

Cinema 4D

  • Fixed a bug with Thea Render. Now, the texture group parameters for the base material are being set properly.

What’s new in plants kit 1.0.21? (August 7, 2016)

Release 1.0.21 introduces:

Common

  • Improved the translation of specular highlight size and intensity for mental ray/iray

Maya

  • This version now supports Maya 2017 and 2016.5 (Extension 2) for Windows and OS X (Linux download on request)
  • Selecting a plant in the Laubwerk Browser with a plant node selected now replaces the species in the selected node
  • Added a search field to the Laubwerk Browser
  • The path to the plant library is now stored as an option variable
  • Fixed a bug with the Create Laubwerk Plant command
  • Fixed a bug with adding a plant from the Laubwerk Browser caused by backslash characters
  • Fixed a bug with the Laubwerk file->open command
  • Fixed a bug which by deleting unused nodes dropped all materials that weren’t used in the convex hull mode. That had also caused wrong material assignments (only colored green) on trunk and some leaves

Cinema 4D

  • This version now supports Cinema 4D R 18 for Windows and OS X

Houdini

  • This version now supports Houdini 14-15.5 for Windows (Linux download on request)
  • Fixed a bug that the Laubwerk Browser panel failed to open

What’s new in plants kit 1.0.20? (June 23, 2016)

  • Added support for Autodesk Maya (2014-2016) on Windows & OS X including materials for V-Ray, iray, mental ray, Maya Software, Arnold, Maxwell Render, OctaneRender
  • Added support for Autodesk 3ds Max 2017
  • Added a fifth free species to the Plants Kit Freebie, the Kentia palm (Howea forsteriana), a popular and elegant plant for subtropical and tropical climates and indoor
  • Improved look of two species of the Plants Kits Freebie: Improved habit of the twigs and inflorescence of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius) models and improved trunk material of the Turkish pine (Pinus brutia) models

What’s new in plants kit 1.0.19? (January 26, 2016)

Cinema 4D

  • Added support for Otoy OctaneRender.
  • Added compatibility for Cinema 4D R17 Team Render.
  • Added compatibility for Thea Render 1.5.x.

3ds Max

  • Added support for Otoy OctaneRender.

 

What’s new in plants kit 1.0.18? (October 25, 2015)

Cinema 4D

  • Fixed a Cinema 4D R17 problem with Help, which now opens correctly.

3ds Max

  • Added full Japanese language support.
  • Added support for iray mdl materials.
  • Set names of texture maps by texture names.
  • Fixed a bug with V-Ray materials in high-quality mode that now have the same brightness as in medium quality.
  • Fixed a bug for 3ds Max 2016 that now prevents crashes when using Forest Pack.
  • Fixed a bug for model files, which now get exported when saving as archive.
  • Fixed a bug with manual setting of asset paths.

What is New in Plants Kits 1.0.17:

Cinema 4D

  • Added support for Cinema 4D R17.
  • Fixed a bug with 2-sided materials in VRAYforC4D.
  • Thumbnails now use Retina resolution when available.
  • Enabled “Show custom parameters” option when creating Arnold tags.
  • Added support for integrated alpha channel when using latestet Arnold version (1.0.5.0 C4DtoA).

For all platforms

  • Textures are now delivered with straight alpha instead of premultiplied.

What is New in Plants Kits 1.0.16:

Release 1.0.16 introduces, along with the regular set of fixes and improvements:

Cinema 4D

  • Improved integration with Team Render.
  • Added support for the Arnold Renderer.
  • Improved Maxwell material setups.
  • Added Maxwell material thumbnails.

3ds Max / 3ds Max Design

  • Improved Maxwell material setups.
  • Materials now use V-Ray 3 Opacity Mode when available.
  • Added a check for 3ds Max 2015 SP1 (Installer).
  • Fixed some problems with special characters in the Laubwerk Plants library path.
  • Fixed some problems with the browser not displaying correctly in some
  • cases.
  • Resolved some 3ds Max 2016 display problems.

What is New in Plants Kits 1.0.15

Release 1.0.15 introduces, along with the regular set of fixes and improvements:

Cinema 4D

  • Added support for Maxwell Render for Cinema 4D.
  • Change season, variant, or species of multiple selected plant objects at once.
  • Extended importer dialog.
  • Fixed bug in 1.0.14 where materials created with high quality had wrong reflectance type.

3ds Max / 3ds Max Design

  • Added support for Maxwell Render for 3ds Max.
  • Added support for 3ds Max 2016.
  • Extended importer dialog.

Houdini

  • Significant performance improvement loading plant objects.
  • Added Laubwerk Browser with drag-and-drop function.

What is New in Plants Kits 1.0.14

Along with the regular set of fixes and improvements for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, and Python (Windows) the new release introduces:

  • Ensured compatibility with Corona Renderer 1.0 for 3ds Max.
  • Added support for Thea Render for 3ds Max.
  • Added full German language support for 3ds Max (2015).
  • Fixed compatibility issues with VRAYforC4D.

What’s New in version 1.0.13

  • Much more efficient rendering with many instances of Plant objects in V-Ray for 3ds Max.
  • Faster and more reliable Plant Library Browser.
  • Improved field maple (Acer campestre) with better looking branch tips (Plants Kit Freebie).
  • Added support for Thea Render for Cinema 4D.
  • Improved help documents.

CINEMA 4D

  • Added Czech localization for both the Plugin Player and all Plants Kits.
  • Added preliminary support for Corona Renderer. Currently, Corona has not yet addressed an issue to allow polygon selections and embedded alpha. Converting Laubwerk Plants to meshes is a workaround.
  • Improved file handling with Team Renderer, i.e. files are no longer been copied multiple times.
  • Improved handling of plant objects in animations, i.e. plant objects don’t regenerate geometry for every animation frame.
  • Fixed bug on the Mac that accidentally delivered 1.0.10 binaries with 1.0.11.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Cinema 4D to freeze when adding plants using the layer selection.

3ds Max / 3ds Max Design

  • Added support for Corona Renderer.
  • Added support for more Undo operations.
  • Improved Laubwerk Browser, which is now multithreaded, and caches thumbnails.

Python

  • Added support for Python 2.6 (Windows).
  • Added Houdini Player beta (Windows) to Plants Kit installer.

Laubwerks Advantage:

Plug and Play
One-click solution for architects and CG artists who need realistic 3D trees, immediately.

Fast and Fluent
Render-ready 3D trees minimize the need for fine-tuning that can otherwise interrupt your workflow.

Easy and Integrated
Drag-and-drop plants inside 3ds Max and CINEMA 4D.

Intuitive
Simple settings are a mouse click away.

Smart Content
Go beyond static models! Choose the shape, age, season and detail of each tree.

High Tech
Laubwerk technology minimizes the usual compromise between high-quality graphics and and efficient memory usage.

 

Tree Species and Configurations

Highly useful trees from North America, Europe, and the tropics with just the right amount of control for each tree.

  • Each Plants Kit comes with 10 customizable tree species.
  • Plants Kit Freebie comes with two fully-functioning tree species, the tropical frangipani and temperate field maple.
  • Each tree species comes in three (3) shapes, three (3) ages and four (4) seasons, for a total of 36 variations.
  • More species and Kits coming soon.

 

Free Laubwerk Player

The free Laubwerk Player plug-in brings the 3D trees to life.

  • Drag and drop simplicity from the plant library browser.
  • Hull and skeleton modes for quick viewport response, even as your scene grows.
  • Seamless integration into Autodesk 3ds Max and CINEMA 4D.
  • Dedicated V-Ray support for the fastest rendering times.
  • Adjustable level of detail allows for fine-grained quality vs. memory tradeoff.
  • Individually control leaf and branch detail levels as well as adaptive subdivision.

 

Realistic 3D Trees

Laubwerk uses a hybrid of procedural modeling and hand-detailing by botanist and 3D artists to make the most realistic CG trees.

  • Each species comes render-ready, with preset materials and textures for the built-in renderer (3ds Max & CINEMA 4D), V-Ray (3ds Max & CINEMA 4D) and mental ray (3ds Max).
  • Leaves consist of more than just a single polygon, so they bend and catch highlights.
  • Models maintain shape and density, regardless of detail level.
  • High quality photo textures from real trees

Updates

What’s New in Laubwerk Plants Kits Update 1.0.24

Laubwerk Plants Kits Update 1.0.24 is an important update for our users of Trimble SketchUp, Autodesk 3ds Max, and Autodesk Maya.

Highlights of the Plants Kit 1.0.24 update are:

  • SketchUp: Several improvements and bug fixes, e.g. Plants can be replaced through the Laubwerk Browser, editing of parameters of multiple Plants at the same time. Multiple material quality profiles.
  • Added support for Autodesk 3ds Max 2018 and Maya 2018
  • 3ds Max: Improved Laubwerk Browser, bug fix of the edit mesh modifier
  • Maya: Enabled color management for file nodes, bug fixes.
  • Cinema 4D and Houdini: No changes.
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