How to make a 3D tree?

[notslem]

I’m starting to use the app but I don’t know how to make a 3D tree any advise??
And also I would know if I can export 3D objects from the internet to the app
Thank you

[evi]

Hi @notslem,

There are multiple ways you can create trees in uMake:

1. The easiest one - import existing tree from Sketchup 3D Warehouse - yu can find 2D or 3D based models there and import them directly into uMake: Search for tree | 3D Warehouse

Then you can import those files into other files using the “Playground” panel, here’s how: Learn 3D Design - videos, tutorials and more | uMake

2. The Texture-based one: you can create a simple rectangle and then apply a texture of tree (with a transparent background) to it:

uMake - Forums

3. The “Complex” one - Drawing your own tree: it can take a few minutes, so it’s not that complex but you can draw your own tree either in 2D or 3D. 2D only could be a good and easy start for you.

Let me know if any of these work for you or if you have any questions.

Thanks!
Evi

[Donzduck]

I had a try and it takes ten minutes, but it seems run out of ram and unable to render. Recommend to use transparency leaves texture to replace solid objects.

[evi]

The ideal way to create this complex tree is to group one leaf and then duplicate it using the copy tool. This way uMake will treat all other leaves as a single object rather than too many objects when it comes to memory consumption.

The other aspect is rendering - if you use transparency in rendering it definitely takes more memory from the device, so our recommendation is not to use transparent when it’s not needed.

A quick way to create more realism is by coloring the leaves in 3-6 different shades of green depends on their locations in the tree/space, so it will give it more depth when you use the rendering feature.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Evi

[Donzduck]

Oh what I mean is to use several pictures contain multiple leaves instead of rendering each of solid objects.Grouping and duplicating is exactly what I did but it failed to render.So I render a leaves group and export as png file, reimport it back to use it on a curved surface,then the render successfully runs.(but with little bit issues about the shadow.)

[evi]

The re-import method is a cool. I assume all images are with a transparent background, right? it might cause more slow-down when rendering all together (?)

[Donzduck]

Tree.zip (1.2 MB)
Here’s the file contains both texture leaves groups and solid groups ,wish it to be useful for development.

[Kiwi]

Wow, that’s pretty cool! I’d never have though to make leaves in that way.

Here is a Palm tree I made last year. Very basic and a lot easier than a proper tree.

Palm Tree v1.0.zip (30.2 KB)