v1.0.48 Laubwerk Plants Kit 12 – Subtropical Shrubs
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Subtropical Shrubs
Plants Kit 12 is a selection of both popular and attactive subtropical shrubs and bushes species planted in parks and gardens such as oleander and magnificent angel’s trumpet or bay laurel. Shrubs are not hardy but containers can be placed outdoors during the summer in temperate regions creating a Mediterranean feel.
10 subtropical shrubs 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, and Trimble 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:
Spring & summer: 10 out of 360 subtropical shrub models of Laubwerk Plants Kit 12.
Autumn: 10 out of 360 subtropical shrub models of Laubwerk Plants Kit 12.
CG artwork by Richard Neutra using Cinema 4d + VrayforC4d 3.4, Laubwerk Plants Kit 12 + Surfacespread beta 2.0.15.
Kaufmann House. CG artwork by Richard Neutra using Cinema 4d + VrayforC4d 3.4, Laubwerk Plants Kit 12 + Surfacespread beta 2.0.15.
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.
Description
The following 10 subtropical shrub species are included in the Plants Kit 12. 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.
Hedgehog Agave
Agave Stricta
Medium-sized evergreen perennial succulent with a symmetrical, highly sculptural form. Rosettes of rigid, flesh, narrow, dark green leaves with no teeth on margins but sharp spine tips. Funnel-shaped, small, dark purple to dark red flowers in summer, which lasts until late fall, borne in dense, erect racemes up to 2 m (7 ft) long. Perfect for xeriscapes in the landscape as well as making an attractive potted plant. Flower blooms are edible and cooked in specific dishes. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.
Pink Angel’s Trumpet
Brugmansia x insignis
Evergreen shrub or small trees, stout-stemmed with gracefully spreading branches. Light brown bark. Large, broad though coarsely textured dark green leaves. Large, convex, trumpet-shaped, pale yellowish-pink flowers hang downwards and darken with age from summer to fall. Originally from the West Amazon, but has spread to other tropical and subtropical areas. In colder winters it usually will go semi-deciduous. All parts poisonous.
Dwarf Mountain Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Small, compact, evergreen, understory palm with a compact shape and slender solitary or clustered, cane-like stems. Dense, attractive foliage with arching, green pinnate leaves, with 12 or more pairs of narrow leaflets per leaf. Tiny yellow flowers are borne in terminal panicles or spikes below the leaves. Attactive, small black fruit. Native to rainforests from southeastern Mexico to northern Guatemala. Often cultivated in temperate regions as a houseplant. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.
Tree Heath ‘Estrella Gold’
Erica arborea ‘Estrella Gold’
Small, slow-growing, evergreen shrub with a broad compact habit. Brown bark. Fine, needle-like leaves in whorls give a feathery look. Bright yellow young shoots in spring becoming lime-green in summer but retaining yellow tips. Small, honey-scented, white flowers in long panicles appear in spring. One of the most popular cultivars of tree heather originally from Portugal.
Bay Laurel
Laurus nobilis
Evergreen trees or large shrubs with a large, erect habit. For garden purposes, it is often pruned. Smooth, gray bark. Leathery, aromatic, narrowly ovate, glossy dark green leaves. Small, pale greenish-yellow flowers. Oval berries on female plants glossy purple-black when ripe. The ancient Greeks and Romans crowned their heroes and their scholars with wreaths made of laurel branches.
Crimson Bottlebrush
Melaleuca citrina
Medium-sized, evergreen shrubs with a lax habit and slender arching branches. Light green or light gray, hard, fibrous or papery bark. Aromatic, linear to lance-shaped, rather stiff leaves. Showy flowers in dense, bright crimson ‘bottlebrush’ heads in which the long colourful stamens are prominent. Crushed leaves lemon scented, hence the (botanical) name. Flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds.
Oleander
Nerium oleander
Evergreen shrub or small tree with an upright, rounded habit. Grayish bark. Narrow, willow-like, linear-lanceolate leaves with distinctive midribs, light green and very glossy when young, before maturing to a dull dark green-greenish gray. White, pink to read, five-petaled funnel-shaped flowers in clusters from summer to fall. Long, bean-like seed-pods. All parts of this plant are poisonous if ingested.
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
Small, evergreen shrub with an erect, rounded habit. Gray, scaly bark. Gray-green, linear, needle-like leaves, closely spaced on the stems, intensely fragrant with a strong flavor. Tiny, two-lipped, pale blue to white flowers. In temperate climates the plant flowers in spring and summer. Flowers are attractive to bees.
Snowdrop Bush
Styrax officinalis
Medium-sized to large deciduous shrub or small tree with an erect habit and attractive branching. Gray bark. The smooth-edged,round to ovate leaves, alternately arranged. The foliage is deep green above, grayish-white beneath, turning to yellow during fall. Creamy white, bell-shaped, and fragrant flowers in late spring. Fleshy, ball-like and green to yellow fruits mature in late summer. The flower resembles citrus blossoms, and even disseminates a pleasant scent of citrus fragrance. Wounded stems exude a fragrant resin known as styrax, an herbal medicine known from ancient times.
Mound Lily Yucca
Yucca gloriosa
Small, slow-growing, deciduous shrub with an compact, rounded habit and an airy, slender appearance. Attractive purple colour stems adds to the winter interest. Fine twigs and branches. Very narrow, bluish green to whitish green leaves turn yellow in autumn. Silvery catkins in early spring.
System Requirements
Computer Hardware | A computer that is capable of running your version(s) of 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, SketchUp. |
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Hard Disk Space | 10MB of hard disk space and additional space for the Laubwerk Plants models. |
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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. |
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