PlantCatalog 2023.3 (9006238)

The E-on development team, a business Bentley Systems, is pleased to announce the availability of PlantCatalog 2023.3 (9006238) is subscription-only library of procedural 3D vegetation models for use in visual effects, architectural visualisation and real-time applications.

The next PlantCatalog update is here - swamps and wetlands
High quality 3D vegetation models of mangrove trees, bromelias and baldcypresses help bringing your renders to live.

Autumn is around the corner, but you're just not ready yet for colder temperatures? Then the new PlantCatalog update brings back those summer feelings with 15 new species from warm and humid regions.


Swamps and wetlands
The new batch of plants is particularly well suited for swamps and wetlands. One of the most prominent species for these biomes are mangrove trees. Fill your scenes with any of the almost 300 mangrove presets. Or try the bald cypress trees with 575 presets. Of course, no swamp scene would be complete without giant mosses and airplants, so we're including those as well. For that extra bit of color, bromelias of different colors and varieties complete this release.


Here is a list of all new species:
Baldcypress lone (Taxodium distichum lone)
Baldcypress forest (Taxodium distichum forest)
Baldcypress urban (Taxodium distichum urban)
Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
Giant airplant (Tillandsia utriculata)
Lobster claw (Vriesea carinata)
Flaming sword (Vriesea splendens)
Scarlet star fuchsia (Guzmania lingulata fuchsia)
Scarlet star pink (Guzmania lingulata pink)
Scarlet star red (Guzmania lingulata red)
Scarlet star white (Guzmania lingulata white)
Scarlet star yellow (Guzmania lingulata yellow)
Mangrove tree lone (Rhizophora lone)
Mangrove tree forest (Rhizophora forest)
Mangrove tree seedling (Rhizophora seedling)

As a reminder, make sure you are on the latest build which we released a few weeks ago - the 2023 Hotfix 2 software updates for all our applications - which offers updated compatibility with host applications such as 3ds Max and Maya 2024, as well as Unreal Engine 5.2.

The plant archives are now full installers which automatically copy all plant species files to the directory specified in the PlantCatalog Exporter (or VUE & PlantFactory) program options.

VUE is the only environment package on the market that includes everything you need for creating beautiful CG environments. From skies and volumetric clouds to terrains, large-scale EcoSystems, wind-swept vegetation, open water bodies, roads and rocks: everything is right there for you to use out of the box. VUE ships with a hefty plant library, comprised of over 170 plant species, from HD vegetation to low resolution. The VUE vegetation technology ensures that no two plants you add to your scene will be identical, freeing you from hardcore vegetation modeling tasks, and adding more subtlety to your scenes. The Plant Editor lets you easily customize any of the plants included and allows you to create your own, unique plant species. VUE will also automatically animate plants for you so that they gently sway in the breeze, or twist and bend in strong winds. VUE is natively compatible with the fully procedural PlantFactory file format, to produce high-quality hero trees as well as distant vegetation. VUE can animate all of the exposed plant properties (such as Health, Seasonality or any other published plant parameter).
PlantCatalog is a standalone collection of high quality procedural 3D vegetation models, suitable for VFX, archviz and real-time scenarios like games. All models are designed by landscape architect and are botanically accurate. The library ships with PlantCatalog Exporter, a standalone tool for customising the plants and exporting geometry in standard 3D file formats, plus import plugins for 3ds Max and Maya. PlantCatalog assets can also be edited inside PlantFactory, e-on’s plant-generation software.

PlantCatalog by e-onsoftware


E-on software is the leading developer of solutions for the creation, animation, rendering and integration of natural 3D environments. We were founded in 1997 on the premise that powerful graphics tools should never get in the way of the designer’s creativity. After being acquired by Bentley Systems in 2015, we’ve been able to invest more resources into research and development to ensure we remain at the forefront of the industry. Our products are used worldwide by the film, television, architecture, game, science, educational and entertainment industries.

Owner: E-on software
Product Name: PlantCatalog
Version: 2023.3 (9006238.2392265)
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : https://info.e-onsoftware.com/
Languages Supported: english
System Requirements: Windows & macOs *
Software Prerequisites: pre-installed VUE and PlantFactory 2023 Hotfix 2 (8006023)
Size: 1.7 Gb