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GroundWiz 1.2 Released
May 24, 2006 by Dave Baker
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GroundWiz v1.2 introduces GroundWiz Planter, a mass placement and instancing tool handling millions of objects. The new version also brings new features to GroundWiz Terrain Map such as Mental Ray support and displacement mapping.
A new version of GroundWiz (version 1.2) has been released. GroundWiz now consists of two main parts: GroundWiz Procedural Terrain Map and GroundWiz Planter.
The new version introduces GroundWiz Planter, a mass placement & instancing tool for 3ds max/VIZ. Handling millions of instances of 3D objects in 3ds max/VIZ at interactive speed, GroundWiz Planter merges vegetation, rocks and other nature elements and quickly creates realistic interactive scenes of nature/landscape.
Key Features of GroundWiz Planter:
– Optimized to handles a huge number of objects at interactive speed.
– When used with Mental Ray, GroundWiz Native Geometry Shader is used that allows hundreds of millions of polygons to be rendered.
– Uses GroundWiz Terrain Map layers for mass placement to easily create forests and plant massive areas based on slope of the terrain, altitude, sun direction, etc.
– Brush mode is available for precise planting that allows painting plants over the terrain.
– LOD (level of detail) option so that far away objects don’t waste polygons and rendering time.
– Objects can be drawn as normal 3d models or as billboards to reduce number of polygons required.
Also, the new version of GroundWiz brings new features to GroundWiz Terrain Map:
– Mental Ray support.
– Displacement map support (each layer can have procedurally controlled displacement).
– Layer channel data : except for the standard color and bump information, each layer can carry other channel data (displacement, specular color, glossiness, reflection).
A new version of GroundWiz (version 1.2) has been released. GroundWiz now consists of two main parts: GroundWiz Procedural Terrain Map and GroundWiz Planter.
The new version introduces GroundWiz Planter, a mass placement & instancing tool for 3ds max/VIZ. Handling millions of instances of 3D objects in 3ds max/VIZ at interactive speed, GroundWiz Planter merges vegetation, rocks and other nature elements and quickly creates realistic interactive scenes of nature/landscape.
Key Features of GroundWiz Planter:
– Optimized to handles a huge number of objects at interactive speed.
– When used with Mental Ray, GroundWiz Native Geometry Shader is used that allows hundreds of millions of polygons to be rendered.
– Uses GroundWiz Terrain Map layers for mass placement to easily create forests and plant massive areas based on slope of the terrain, altitude, sun direction, etc.
– Brush mode is available for precise planting that allows painting plants over the terrain.
– LOD (level of detail) option so that far away objects don’t waste polygons and rendering time.
– Objects can be drawn as normal 3d models or as billboards to reduce number of polygons required.
Also, the new version of GroundWiz brings new features to GroundWiz Terrain Map:
– Mental Ray support.
– Displacement map support (each layer can have procedurally controlled displacement).
– Layer channel data : except for the standard color and bump information, each layer can carry other channel data (displacement, specular color, glossiness, reflection).
Source: Dare Manojlo
