Hello all;
I'm in Alaska, and all the work we do involves some sort of Pine Tree, Sitka Pine to be exact. But any pine tree will do. The Infra 2014 does not seem to contain any pine trees. Where might I find some?
Attached is a Snapshot of my very first attempt at using this product - wish I had pinetrees though...
Thanks,
Thomas Hoellering
Anchorage, Alaska
Three sources I've used in the past are:
Free. In Collada format to be converted to something useable
Varying price. Usually has a range of formats of varying compatiblity
Cost of License. Exports to FBX
Needing a fair number trees native to my location, I ended up getting a SpeedTree license and now model my own as needed. The files can be imported as single models, or with a little bit more work added to the tree library.
How do you import those trees into IW, so that they are available on the pallets and you can change them and use them with the Vegetation Pallets and the Coverage Area Tools? I really need to have pine trees, otherwise this program will be no good to me...we do work for over 300 Native Alaska Villages, and alot of them are in the South East, where the country is hilly and heavily wooded, sort of like the Oregon / Washington area, especially along the coast.
Many thanks,
Thomas
Take a look at this earlier thread regarding 3D models. One of the referenced sites should offer what you're looking for:
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-InfraWorks/A-source-for-3d-models/td-p/4304839
Importing is quite easy in 2014. (see attached full size image)
On the Home Tab > Style Palette > 3D Model > Vegetation > Add
Select your file and configure the model to suit (simplification, scale, rotation etc...)
My workflow usually involves fbx but it can import dae, obj and 3ds as well.
You should be fine with pines because the software seems to randomise the scaling and they're generally faily symmetrical. I find the rotation is fairly uniform so when using more asymmetrical trees I generally end up manually rotating some to break up the pattern.
No worries. As far as I know you'd have to do the editing before importing. I use 3DS Max to edit my .dae files.