Create Plant is used to create a SketchUp component to represent an nXtRender plant. When the model is rendered the plant is automatically rendered as a fractal plant, providing much greater detail than that available in the SketchUp model.

Create Plant is a wizard in IRender nXt

Sample Model

Create Plant Components

1. Select the Create Plant icon form the IRender nXt toolbar:
2. Select a plant from the AccuRender libraries.

Make any changes to Plant

Generate Plant Image and Place Plant

• Create both Top and Side View - will create a Top View image of the tree which is useful for Top View landscape renderings.

See: Top View Trees for Landscapes

• Image resolution - quality of the image in SketchUp - this does not effect the quality of the rendering.

• Shadow mask Resolution -the shadow mask will create shadows in SketchUp

This does not effect the quality of the rendering.

• Start or Remake

Click this button to remake the image with the new settings

• Save Tree Image - save the tree and place it in SketchUp.

Settings on SetUp dialog

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• Random Rotation - randomly rotates plants.
• Random Height - randomly scales plants.

See: Random Plant Settings

• Season - sets the default season for all plants. (Only applies to AR3 plants, not new nXt plants)

Advanced Settings

• Tree Rotation - lets you rotate the tree in the image.

(Useful for angled, or non-symmetrical trees)

• Camera Height - lets you raise or lower the camera for different effects.
• Top View Tree Height - Height at which Top view image is placed in SketchUp as a percentage of the tree height.

Use 1% in stead of 0% to place it near the ground so it won't interfere with your ground plane.

• Background mode - this does not effect the final image when saved to SketchUp.

HDRi sky mode and be useful to see how the sky effects the lighting.

• Illumination factor - alter if tree is too light or too dark.
• HDRi sky rotation - will effect how the HDRi sky illuminates the tree.
• Use Defaults - reset to default settings