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California fan palm

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California fan palm
(Washingtonia filifera)

Washingtonia filifera, the California fan palm grows natively in canyons and oasis in Southern California. It is a tall palm reaching 20 meters in height with a large and straight trunk. One of its main characteristics is that it keeps a skirt of dead palms which protects it from frost. Since it is native from desert areas, the California palm is very hardy to drought and moderate frost. It is widely cultivated all over the world in tropical to Mediterranean 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
3.5 to 15 meters
North America
Tropical
Subtropical
Mediterranean
Desert
Scrubland
9 to 11
Included versions
Polygon count
Maturity
Health
Season
Presets
Published Parameters
High Detail (HD)
92 to 290k +/- 10%
25
8
Low Detail (LD)
48 to 190k +/- 10%
25
8
Real-time (RT)
5.5 to 17k +/- 10%
25
7
  • Included versions:
    • High Detail (HD)
    • Low Detail (LD)
    • Real-time (RT)
  • HD version:
    • Polygon count: 92 to 290k +/- 10%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 25
    • Published Parameters: 8
  • LD version:
    • Polygon count: 48 to 190k +/- 10%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 25
    • Published Parameters: 8
  • RT version:
    • Polygon count: 5.5 to 17k +/- 5%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 25
    • Published Parameters: 7

What's included
  • One procedural *.tpf file per included plant version (HD / LD / RT) with endless variations for use with VUE / PlantFactory and the PlantCatalog Exporter (see below)
  • Mutiple 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
  • Free integration plugins from PlantFactory for directly loading the procedural *.tpf file format into 3DS Max 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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