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Product Overview

Lenné3D has developed a cutting edge foliage solution for 3D GIS from ESRI.The ArcGlobe/Scene Plug-in plugs to the ESRI 3D Analyst extension to add powerful interactive 3D plant visualization capabilities to the ArcGIS Desktop.  The awarded, interactive plant rendering technology offers detailed representation and performance.  The plug-in comes with Lenné3D’s plant rendering engine, intensively tested in research, forest and landscape visualization projects; and provides access to Flora3D plant models for symbolizing point features in both the 3D ArcScene and ArcGlobe displays.  Installation of the plug-in adds a Lenné3D Toolbar to both applications.

Key Features

• Access to Flora3D multi LoD plant models
• Dynamic Level-of-Detail (LoD)
• Easy to use  
• Integrated in ArcGlobe/ArcScene
   

System Requirements

• ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 or 9.3.1 with 3D Analyst extension
• OpenGL 1.5, OpenGL 2.0 GPU recommended (e.g. GeForce 7 or 8 series, ATI X1600 or better), onboard Intel GPUs might not be supported.
• x86 CPU with SSE2 support, e.g.  Intel Pentium 4 (since 2000) or newer generations, Intel Celeron (NetBurst/ since 2002) or newer, AMD K8 generation (since 2003) or newer generations, e.g. Athlon 64, Sempron, Opteron, Turion 64.
• WindowsXP, Windows Vista, 7, x32 and x64

• ESRI .NET Support Feature for ArcGIS. To check for the ESRI .NET Support Feature for ArcGIS, navigate to the location on your hard drive where you installed ArcGIS Desktop and look for the DotNet folder. For example, go to C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\DotNet. If you do not find the DotNet folder, you will need to access ArcGIS either on CD or via your network. Go to Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs, select ArcGIS Desktop, and click Change.

• Download free Flora3D demo trees.
• Create a folder on your hardis, proposed name "MyFlora3D", unzip the archive and move the Flora3D trees in your MyFlora3D folder.

How to Use

1. Start ArcScene or ArcGlobe.
2. Load a Point Shapefile
3. Check if the Lenné3D Toolbar has been loaded (View > Toolbars > Lenné3D Tools)
4. Open Déjàvu3D Tools by pressing on the first magenta button.
5. Select the Tree layer, e.g. Random_Tree_Shrubs.shp.
6. Click on the 2nd tab "Model Definition" and choose in the Column Mapping the attribute for Model Code, e.g. Veg_Name, press the button "Get Model Code".
7. Click below in the Model Lookup table to link values to a Flora3D model, choose a Flora3D model for every value.
8. Press Apply, the Flora3D models are loaded
9. Press the 2nd magenta button to start the rendering of the Flora3D models.

New Features, Fixes

• [2.0.3-beta] New Model Lookup user interface, enhanced usability.

• [1.1.8] Pointfeatures in Geodatabase and Multipoints are recognised.
• [1.1.7] Support for ArcGIS 9.3.
• [1.1.5] mscvr80.dll bug fixed under XP win32.
• [1.1.1] The plug-in reads the the point layer's Base Height settings to position the plants on a DEM.

Known Issues

• Currently, settings and plant mappings cannot be saved in an ArcGlobe/ArcScene project, instead use the Export Plant Map Feature in the Déjàvu3D Settings to export your mapping to be able import it the next time you open the project.

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