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Carrara 8 – Basic Users Guide
Visible Generations: The maximum number of generations that are used for the manipulation mesh.
Mesh Smoothness: The number of triangles used for the mesh. (a smoother mesh requires more triangles)
Full-Detail Mesh: Check this if want to see the most detailed mesh in the assemble room (this is useful if you
want to export a tree to another program and want to apply a modifier to a tree). Keep in mind that the complete
mesh is much more complex than the default one and will require a lot of memory and will redraw a lot slower.
Show Leaves: Check this if you want to see the tree leaves in Assemble Room. (leaves will be symbolized by tri ­
angles).
Quick Trunk Preview:
Load .pla file: A Tree Type is a particular set of parameters which defines a specific plant species. Tree types are
stored as presets files on your hard disk (*.pla files). You can browse the installed tree types by opening the
popup-menu, or save your own tree types by clicking the Save button - the new preset will then appear in the
menu.
TRUNK PROPERTIES
You can control the size and complexity of the trunk using the following parameters:
ASPECT OF TRUNK
Trunk Width: The width of the trunk. Note that the
width of child branches is defined relative to this width.
Trunk Angle: The angle between the trunk and the ver­
tical direction. (Can be negative to lean thebackwards).
Decay: Controls how fast the size of the trunk de­
creases with the height.
Base Curve: The curvature of the trunk. A value of 0
will produce a straight trunk, a positive value will bend it
forwards, a negative value will bend it backwards.
Trunk Length: The length of the trunk. Note that the lengths of child branches are defined relative to this length.
Curve: Randomly curves the branches in a direction orthogonal to growth axis. A curve of 0 produces straight
branches, and a curve of 1 produces twisted branches.
Elasticity: Controls how a branch is sensible to tropisms - that is, gravity or light. When Elasticity is zero, the
branch will not be changed by the Attraction parameter, while when it is 1, the effect of Attraction is maximized.
Tip: Allows the generation of a child at the end of the mother branch, in a continuing direction. Most plant species
do have this extra child at the end of every parent branch. (used by the centered generator).
Horizontal: Forces the child branches to grow with an horizontal direction while still complying with the Start
Angle constraint (centered and hybrid generators).
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