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Giant sequoia

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Giant sequoia
(Sequoiadendron giganteum)

from California (USA)

Sequoiadendron giganteum, the Giant Sequoia, is native from the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. It is one of the tallest trees on earth with a record of 87.2 meters high. The giant sequoia is undoubtfully the biggest producer of wood in volume. It is famous for its fat big straight orange trunk and can be found worldwide in temperate 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
Coniferous
3 to 80 meters
North America
Warm temperate
Forest
6 to 8
Included versions
Polygon count
Maturity
Health
Season
Presets
Published Parameters
Low Detail (LD)
9 to 280k +/- 15%
29
20
Real-time (RT)
0.6 to 130k +/- 15%
29
19
  • Included versions:
    • Low Detail (LD)
    • Real-time (RT)
  • LD version:
    • Polygon count: 9 to 280k +/- 15%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 29
    • Published Parameters: 20
  • RT version:
    • Polygon count: 0.6 to 130k +/- 15%
    • Maturity:
    • Health:
    • Season:
    • Presets: 29
    • Published Parameters: 19

What's included
  • One procedural *.tpf file per included plant version (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, Season) 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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