3DNature Components page

This page contains links to download different components that users have created for different versions of VNS and WCS

Terrain

Terraffectors

Crevasse
Author: Jason Jones
Program: WCS6

Crevasse Field w/ multiple fissures

Railway Line
Author: Katy Appleton
Program: VNS

Railway line, standard UK gauge of 4' 8.5" (1.435m). Includes sleepers, pink-beige ballast, and dark tracks, as layered procedural textures.

Terrain Generators

Block Steps
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Blocky terracced plateaus of varying height.

Hills and Mountains
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Modified from Adam Hauldren's Distant Range 100Km square section of terrain. Patches of mountains interspersed with rolling hills. Very convincing variety. Good for shots as is, or used to generate a tile of terrain for re-importing at a useful position to create "filler" terrain for the background of a scene.

Square Steps
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Perfectly square repeating tiles of terraced plateaus of varying height.

Land Cover

Ecosystems

Arable 1
Author: Katy Appleton
Program: WCS6

Ploughed field texture.

Arable 2
Author: Katy Appleton
Program: WCS6

Texture simulating the first flush of a spring crop, speckled pale green over brown soil. Slight striping in one direction, but not pronounced furrows.

Arable 3
Author: Katy Appleton
Program: WCS6

Simple fractal noise texture of greens representing a dense young crop.

Boreal Zone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Boreal Zone plant community: Grand Canyon >2400m

Bright Angel Shale
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Bright Angel Shale (540 mya). Mud flat deposits along sea with fossils.

Coconino Sandstone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Cococino Sandstone (270 mya). Cross-bedded sand dunes of vast dune sea along coast during Permian time.

Colorado River Riparian Zone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Colorado River Riparian Zone plant community: Grand Canyon Overstory: cottonwood, sycamore, should have willow Understory: grass, weed, fern.

Grassland
Author: Katy Appleton
Program: WCS6

Basic, non-uniformly blotchy grassland texture for pasture etc.

Hermit Shale
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Hermit Shale (280 mya) and Supai Group (300 mya). Semiarid environment; deltaic deposits.

Kaibab Limestone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Kaibab (250 mya) and Toroweap (260 mya) Limestones. Deposited in warm shallow sea during Permian time. Fossiliferous.

Lower Sonoran Zone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Lower Sonoran Zone plant community: Grand Canyon <1200m Overstory: needs acacia, mesquite, ocotillo Understory: cacti (needs more), 'bush'; needs creosote and brittlebush Dark brown diffuse color element to match Tapeats Sandstone

Ploughed
Author: Katy Appleton
Program: WCS6

Ploughed field; bump-mapped. 1m furrow width.

Redwall Limestone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Redwall (335 mya), Temple Butte (375 mya), and Muav (530 mya)Limestones. Gray fossiliferous limestones stained red from oxides washed down from Hermit and Supai above.

Tapeats Sandstone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Tapeats Sandstone (550 mya). Sandy beach deposits from a time before land plants when trilobites crawled around. Lies on irregularly eroded surface of Vishu Group.

Transition Zone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Transition Zone plant community: Grand Canyon 2300-2400m Overstory: Ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine substituted for ponderosa; needs more ponderosa pine Understory: oak, aspen, fir; needs more oak, white fir, fern, and scraggly sticks-o-trees you usually find there.

Upper Sonoran-Pinyon Zone
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Upper Sonoran Zone-Pinyon subdivision plant community: Grand Canyon 2100-2300m Overstory: pinyon pine, juniper Understory: oak, grass, 'desert bush'; needs real desert scrub and more oak

Vishnu Group
Author: Scott Cherba
Program: WCS5

Vishnu Group and Zoroaster Granite (>1.7 bya). Vishu is metamorphosed sediments from very old sea before any life showed its cilia

Environments

Cartographic 1
Author: Hans van der Maarel
Program: WCS6

Colors, defined by ecosystems, are used to indicate elevation.

Panoramic Environment
Author: Hans van der Maarel
Program: WCS6

Colors, defined by ecosystems, are used to indicate elevation.

Ground Effects

Cool Elevation Shader
Author: Hans van der Maarel
Program: WCS6

Uses a slope-driven texture with 2 colors, both elevation driven.

NighbertClassicElevGrad
Author: Jeff Nighbert
Program: WCS6

Classic Elevation Gradient created by Jeffery S. Nighbert and used on many Bureau of Land Management maps.

Peppermint Squiggles
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Squiggly Red and White lines.

Snow Effects

Glacial Snow
Author: Teri Smoot
Program: WCS6

Glacial (or otherwise) Snow. Textured and picks up sun effects and shadow effects well (render at different times of day to see).

Water

Lakes

Animated Lake
Author: Sam Bowling
Program: WCS6

Lake with animated waves.

Grinnell Lake
Author: Teri Smoot
Program: WCS6

Mountain Lake with Lots of glacial content. Also, water material driver set to have more dirt in water where shallow (see left side of thumbnail). No waves.

Sky

Atmospheres

Underwater Blue Haze
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Aqua-blue haze with filter set to simulate underwater Red-Green absorption.

Celestial Objects

Pastoral Sunset Sun
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Golden orb, perfectly matched for use with Pastoral Sunset Sky component.

Cloud Models

Norfolk Cirrus
Author: Katy Appleton
Program: WCS6

Simple, high-altitude streaks. Thumbnail shows Norfolk fluffy cumulus beneath.

Norfolk Fluffy Cumulus
Author: Katy Appleton
Program: WCS6

Remapped turbulence makes for summery, fluffy clouds. Streaks visible above are Norfolk Cirrus component.

Skies

Pastoral Sunset Sky
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Created from colors sampled from a sunset in a rural area.

Stratosphere
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Created from photos taken out of an airliner window at 39000 feet.

Light

Lights

High Pressure Sodium
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Frequently used as streetlights, multichromatic emission, peachy-orange color.

Low Pressure Sodium
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Frequently used as streetlights, monochromatic emission at around 589nm, yellow color.

Underwater Sun
Author: Don Vinson
Program: WCS6

Light with texture on Intensity to simulate wavering patterns caused by waves on surface.

3D Object

3D Materials

Foot Bridge Planks
Author: Adam Hauldren
Program: WCS6

Wooden planking Procedural texturing only - two layers of fractal noise, one for the grain, one for the knots.

Hardwood Trunk
Author: Gary Huber
Program: WCS6

Bump mapping gives the illusion of rough bark.

Leather
Author: Adam hauldren
Program: WCS6

Leather material.

Marble
Author: Sam Bowling
Program: WCS6

Simple marble procedural texture.

Stucco
Author: Sam Bowling
Program: WCS6

Simple stucco surface.

Tiled Roof
Author: Adam Hauldren
Program: WCS6

Bricks texture used to give the impression of roof tiles.

3D Objects

17 Unit Objects
Author: David Kopp
Program: WCS6

These are a bunch of basic 3D objects, perfect for creating simple things that you don't already have objects for. Default textures (plain white), all in single unit size. So if you want a 10m tall sphere, you just have to scale the sphere object to 10x what it is, or scale the cube to create a bunch of buildings without having to make vectors for walls. 17 different objects in all.

Arched Oriental Bridge
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Short oriental-style slightly arched planked garden bridge. (7m long) Red rails, four small lamps adorn the end posts of the railings.

Basic Two Story Houses, qty 16
Author: Mike Mundy
Program: WCS6

Sixteen variations on similar two-story house with front porch design.

Branch Line Station
Author: Adam Hauldren
Program: WCS6

Small branch line station building. Also suitable for use with retexturing as a woodman's hut or similar.

Detatched House
Author: Adam Hauldren
Program: WCS6

Large detached house. Complex rooflines, garage, etc.

Flat Oriental Bridge
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Short oriental-style flat planked garden bridge. (7m long) Red rails, four small lamps adorn the end posts of the railings.

Garage/Shed
Author: Mike Mundy
Program: WCS6

Small 7' tall shed or garage.

Industrial pipeline
Author: Rick Lovel
Program: WCS6

Industrial pipeline, 6 objects ( 1- 50m straight, 1- 100m straight, 4 connectors 5, 10,15, & 20 degree bends ) Created under contract by James Zack, donated by Rick Lovel

Japanese Pagoda
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Five-story Japanese-style pagoda with wrap-around porches, curving red roofs, golden corner roof detail and traditional spire.

Mailbox
Author: Adam Hauldren
Program: WCS6

American-style mailbox.

Old Truss Bridge
Author: Mike Mundy
Program: VNS

Through-Truss Bridge. "Like Dinosaurs Kissing," say some lonely engineers.

Oriental Stone Lamp
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Oriental three-legged stone garden lamp.

Overhead Sign
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Overhead roadway sign with bitmap-textured text reading "3D Nature Next 3 Exits"

Overhead Sign - Lit
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Overhead roadway sign with bitmap-textured text reading "3D Nature Next 3 Exits"

Replacement 3D Components
Author: 3DNature
Program: WCS6

Updated object files for those who have problems rendering or crashing with the Ball, Golf Bag & Clubs, or Hot Dog Stand components

Seven Flags
Author: James A. Zack
Program: WCS6

This is a series of 7 flags in various states of fluttering that can have any texture applied to the Flag material as long as it has a 2:1 aspect ratio (width-to-height). A primitive Canadian flag image is provided in the zip archive. You may want to adjust the translucency and luminosity parameters for the flag, as well as the materials for the pole and knob on top of it. These objects are royalty-free but may not be sold. O, Canada, our home and native land...

Small Plant, LParser
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Small (1m) viney 3D plant made with LParser.

Street Light
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

8.6m tall roadside streetlight.

Terrace House
Author: Adam Hauldren
Program: WCS6

Simple Terraced House of the sort found in the UK.

Traffic Light
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

8.6m tall traffic light or stoplight, old style.

Two Story Duplexes (qty 4)
Author: Mike Mundy
Program: WCS6

Four components, each of one variation of a two-story block-like duplex building.

Wind Turbine
Author: Don Vinson
Program: WCS6

Wind turbine on 114m tall tower, facing Z axis.

Walls

Archaic Buildings (Pack 2)
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: VNS2
Cost: $30.00

The second in a series of Building Components, ten old English style buildings and structures ranging from one to four stories, made from VNS 2's Wall Components. A sample image of the buildings is available. These components are available for download for $5 each or together in this pack for $30. These buildings require VNS2.

Building Pack 1
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: VNS2
Cost: $40.00

The first in a series of Building Components, ten office style buildings ranging from two to six stories, made from VNS 2's Wall Components. As a bonus, it includes an eleventh building, a generic night building with synthetic-looking random patterns of lit windows. An sample image of the buildings is available These components are available for download for $5 each or together in this pack for $40. These buildings require VNS2.

Fence Pack 1
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6
Cost: $30.00

Nine Fence/Wall components in the first series of Fence Components. The ninth component (not pictured) is a two-rail variation of the split rail fence. A full-size image of the fences is available. These components are available individually for $5 each or together in a pack for $30.

Guardrail - New
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Road Guardrail, starting 12" above vector, up to 30". Shiny new.

Guardrail - Rusty
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: WCS6

Road Guardrail, starting 12" above vector, up to 30". Splotchy rust.

Tank Pack 1
Author: Chris Hanson
Program: VNS2
Cost: $20.00

Seven different tank/silo designs are included in the first Tank Pack, made from VNS 2's Wall Components. These components are designed for use in relative-to-vector mode, and will adapt to a variety of tank heights and diameters. A sample image of the components is available. These components are available seperately for $5 each or together in this pack for $20.

Wall Pack 2
Author: Gary Huber
Program: WCS6
Cost: $35.00

The second product in the Fence/Wall Pack series contains eighteen Wall components and six Materials, ready for any project. Usable in WCS 6 or VNS 2, these walls come in a variety of sizes from 3 foot to 10 foot, with various surface materials (sandstone block, cinderblock, fieldstone, granite, moss rock, textured block, brick, grimy brick, ivy-covered brick and vine-covered brick). Also included is one ten-foot tall cast concrete highway noise wall, with an abstract mountainous design. A contact sheet of all the thumbnails is available. These components cost $5 each or are available in this pack for $35.