Plant Factory Alternatives

Plant Factory is described as 'Professional 3D Computer Graphics software to create, animate and render realistic 3D worlds, landscapes and natural environments' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to Plant Factory for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Cinema 4D apps. The best Plant Factory alternative is ngPlant, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Plant Factory are powerPlant, SpeedTree, Arbaro and Xfrog.

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  1. ngPlant icon
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    ngPlant is a plant modeling software package. ngPlant interactive tool can be used to create 3D models of different plants and trees. ngPlant software libraries can be used by developers in their 3D applications, or plant modeling plugins.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    ngPlant VS Plant Factory

     
    • ngPlant is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Plant Factory.

    • ngPlant is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Plant Factory.

    • ngPlant is Free and Open SourcePlant Factory is Paid and Proprietary
  2. powerPlant icon
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    powerPlant is a plant modelling tool based on parametric plant descriptions, producing highly detailed models that can be exported to 3ds. Deriving similar plants is a matter of 1 click! Complete scenes can be composited with the integrated scene editor.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    powerPlant VS Plant Factory

     
    • powerPlant is the most popular Mac alternative to Plant Factory.

    • powerPlant is Free and Open SourcePlant Factory is Paid and Proprietary
  3. SpeedTree icon
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    SpeedTree is a group of vegetation programming and modeling software products developed and sold by Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV) that generates virtual foliage for animations, architecture and in real time for video games and demanding real time simulations.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux

    SpeedTree VS Plant Factory

     
    • SpeedTree is the most popular commercial alternative to Plant Factory.

    • SpeedTree is Paid and ProprietaryPlant Factory is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Arbaro icon
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    Arbaro is an implementation of the tree generating algorithm described in Jason Weber & Joseph Penn: "Creation and Rendering of Realistic Trees".

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Arbaro Features

    1.  Java based

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  5. Xfrog icon
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    Xfrog is a procedural organic 3D modeller that allows you to create and animate 3d trees, flowers, nature based special effects or architectural forms. Xfrog is available as a Mac OS, Windows, and Linux plug-in for Maya, Cinema 4D and as a standalone...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cinema 4D
    • Autodesk Maya

    Xfrog Features

    1.  Procedural Modeling

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  6. The Grove 3D icon
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    Grow natural 3D trees for visualisation and film. Grow, bend, prune, interactively simulate the seasons year by year. Build highly detailed 3D models.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    The Grove 3D VS Plant Factory

     
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    TreeGen consists in a platform indipendent Python script which should work as a plugin for Blender . Thanks to the graphical interface, it aims to create random trees and forests in a simple and alternative way to L-System.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Blender
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.12, released in March 2005, can be still downloaded from SourceForge

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  8. Tree Studio icon
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    Tree Studio is a product born from TwistedBrush Pro Studio but with a focus on 2D tree creation with a simpler, streamlined interface. Tree Studio has pairs of brushes for each tree type - one for the frame and one for the leaves.

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    • US flagUnited States

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    • Windows

    Tree Studio Features

    1.  Drawing Tablet Support

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  9. GroIMP icon
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    GroIMP (Growth Grammar-related Interactive Modelling Platform) is a 3D-modelling platform. As such, GroIMP contains features known from modelling software:

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    GroIMP Features

    1.  OPENGL

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