Breeze Designer Tree Plug-in

This plugin is still being written so many features are not yet complete. This plugin is distributed as is.

This plugin should be copied into the Breeze Designer plugin directory, and configured from the settings / plugin configuration dialog. The trees.inc file must also be copied into the POV-Ray include directory.

This plugin provides a plugin interface to Sonya Roberts excellent tree include / plugin for POV-Ray. The plugin provides an interface to select and change many of the settings that tree include provides. A user defined object is created containing these settings.

Please note that this plugin builds a user defined object that is only usable by POV-Ray. That is the modeller will not show anything resembling a tree. The scene must be rendered in order to view the tree.

Refer to Sonya Roberts notes on the use of the various settings included with this zip file. Complete tutorial for the include is available at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/1022/ Many thanks to Sonya for writting the underlying POV-Ray code.

Additional Notes:

• Edit existing tree object to be completed.
• More realistic modeller avatar to be completed.

Requirements:

• Breeze Designer 2.0 beta release 11 or later
• Tree plugin

Plugin screen shot

Below are a list of properties are accessable from with the Breeze Designer macro language and OLE-Automation interface.

Property name	Data type	Description
Version	int	Plugin version
TreeCounter	int	Object number
Tip	int	Select either 0=None, 1=Leaf, 2=Fruit, or 3=Flower
FlowerShape	int	Select flower: 0=Default, 1=User (Flowers), 2=Trumpet, 3=Cup, 4=Spiky, 5=Arches
FlowerTexture	int	Select flower texture: 0=Default (White/Orchid Gradient), 1=User (Bloom), 2=Red & White Radial, 3=White, 4=Orange=Yellow Gradient, 5=Purple-Violet Gradient
FruitShape	int	Select fruit: 0=Small Sphere, 1=User (Fruits), 2=Large Sphere, 3=Lemon, 4=Banana, 5=Three Berries
FruitTexture	int	Select fruit texture: 0=Default Red, 1=User (Fruity), 2=Orange, 3=Blackberry, 4=Peach/Yellow, 5=White
LeafShape	int	Select leaf: 0=Default Oval, 1=User (Leave), 2=Maple/Ivy, 3=Teardrop, 4=Bent Leaf, 5=Pine, 6=Oak Map, 7=Gingko Map, 8=Palmetto Map
LeafTexture	int	Select leaf texture: 0=Default PaleGreen, 1=User (Leaves), 2=Dark Green, 3=Lime Green, 4=YellowGreen, 5=Wheat
BarkTexture	int	Select bark: 0=Default Brown, 1=User (Bark), 2=Birch, 3=Poplar, 4=Pine, 5=Lighter Brown
SD1	string	Seed for random numbers - changing only this will create a different tree of the same species
SD3	string	Seed for additional randum numbers - so tree shape won't change from optional code
SD2	string	Seed for additional randum numbers - so tree shape won't change from optional code
TipOther	string	Tip object to use when the remaining percent of the time
TipPercent	string	Percentage of tips that should have a tip object
PlusMinus	string	Angle of change of terminal fork
MinZdeg	string	Minimum Z-rotation of forks (Z-rotations highly optional - not required at all)
MinYdeg	string	Minimum Y-rotation of forks
MinXdeg	string	Minimum X-rotation of forks
MinSplits	string	Minimum number of forks in a section of Tree (minimum of 1)
MaxZdeg	string	Maximum Z-rotation of forks
MaxYdeg	string	Maximum Y-rotation of forks
MaxXdeg	string	Maximum X-rotation of forks
MaxSplits	string	Maximum number of forks in a section of Tree (minimum of 1)
LengthInc	string	Factor By Which to Increase Base Length
LeafRosette	string	If true, leaves are arranged in rosette around twig rather than spiral up twig
LeafRandRot	string	Rotate the leaves around the twig at random angles (cannot be combined with LeafRosette)
LeafNum	string	Number of Leaves (not counting leaf object at tip of twig)
BaseLen	string	Base Length (length of smallest twig - determines scale of tree)
BallLevels	string	Maximum Number of Levels to smooth when BallJoint=True (integer from 1 to 5 inclusive)
BallJoint	string	Turns on and off the spheres used to smooth intersections of the branches and trunks