Below are two examples of the modeller in action. I should also point out that, even though I have a decent command of both apps, I do not consider myself an expert in any of them and am far from having exhausted their capabilities.īefore we get dug in, it has to be said that both Broadleaf and GrowFX are capable of outstanding results in the right hands.

However, I did submit a draft to them ahead of publication and took their comments into account in this text when I felt this was justified. The developers were not involved in this article and did not provide any test versions. This is not intended as a fully fledged review but as a series of pointers to help readers decide which of these tools best matches their needs.įor the sake of transparency, let me mention that I own licences both of Broadleaf (which I bought) and of GrowFX (which I won at a competition). In this comparative article, I will focus on two applications that stand out from the crowd: to my left, unvanquished veteran Broadleaf by Onyx Computing, to my right, cocky upstart Exlevel’s GrowFX.

These include the Evermotion, Xfrog, Mentor, and iTree collections, just to name a few.īut what if you’re after a very specific, hard-to-find species, or if you want to push the quality of your vegetation one notch higher? A lot can be achieved in generic modelling applications, but a better, faster and more versatile option is to invest into a dedicated plant-modelling solution.Īgain, no shortage of options here, including some free ones. Luckily, there is no shortage of high-quality tree and plant models around. But what if you’re after a very specific, hard-to-find species, or if you want to push the quality of your vegetation one notch higher?Ĭonvincing architectural visualisation, especially if you are aiming at photorealism, requires good vegetation models. Convincing architectural visualisation requires good vegetation models.

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