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Bamboo palm
(Rhapis excelsa)

from China

Rhapis exelsa, the bamboo palm, is considered native from Southern China and Taiwan even though it was never found in the wild. It is a short and slim palm of 4 meters in height growing in dense groups like bamboos, hence its name. Because Rhapis excelsa mostly grows in shaded areas and can therefore be great as an indoor plant, or small gardens in tropical and subtropical climates.

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Compatibility

3D Studio Max Arnold Blender Cinema 4D Clarisse Maya PlantFactory Unity VUE V-Ray

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Specifications
Plant type
Height
Region
Climatic zone
Biomes
Hardiness zone
Palm
0.9 to 2.4 meters
Asia
Tropical
Subtropical
Mediterranean
Forest
10 to 12
Included versions
Polygon count
Maturity
Health
Season
Presets
Published Parameters
High Detail (HD)
4 to 215k +/- 10%
30
13
Low Detail (LD)
2 to 60k +/- 10%
30
13
Real-time (RT)
0.5 to 28k +/- 10%
30
11
  • Included versions:
    • High Detail (HD)
    • Low Detail (LD)
    • Real-time (RT)
  • HD version:
    • Polygon count: 4 to 215k +/- 10%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 30
    • Published Parameters: 13
  • LD version:
    • Polygon count: 2 to 60k +/- 10%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 30
    • Published Parameters: 13
  • RT version:
    • Polygon count: 0.5 to 28k +/- 10%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 30
    • Published Parameters: 11

What's included
  • One procedural *.tpf file per included plant version (HD / LD / RT) with infinite variations for use with VUE / PlantFactory and the PlantCatalog Exporter (see below)
  • Multiple parameters, shape presets and global settings (Maturity, Health) for maximum customization
  • High quality smart materials that react to procedural parameters
  • Built-in wind animation, exportable* as rigged bones or point cloud animation
  • Free PlantCatalog Exporter software for exporting static or baked polygon meshes to a variety of formats:*
*.3DS
*.ABC
*.C4D
*.DAE
*.FBX
*.GOZ
*.LWO
*.OBJ
*.USDA / *.USDC / *.USDZ
  • Free integration plugins from PlantFactory for directly loading the procedural *.tpf file format into 3DS Max, Cinema 4D or Maya with pre-built shaders for Arnold & V-Ray® (plugins for more applications are in development)*

*These features do not apply to PlantCatalog Creator. Find out more about PlantCatalog vs. PlantCatalog Creator.

If you have a PlantFactory license, you can even open the *.tpf file and get full editable access to its internal node network.

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