Have a look at Tropism for Modo – a fully procedural tree/vine/vein generator plugin built on custom Mesh Operators.

Have a look at Tropism for Modo – a fully procedural tree/vine/vein generator plugin built on custom Mesh Operators. The tool lets users generate trees and other types of foliage, plus a number of branching structures.

The developer states that it is based on the Space Colonization Algorithm (non-exclusive permission) by Adam Runions.

Features:

• Grow entities like trees, shrubs, plants, twigs, hedges, veins, vines, lightning bolts in real time
• Grow inside mesh boundaries, on mesh surfaces, along curves, in particle systems…
• Paint particles on mesh surfaces and see vines grow in real time where you paint
• Define the location of the growth using one or more locators (roots)
• With several roots, all entities will compete for space without branch collisions
• Use mesh volumes, deformers, effectors to shape, deform and animate the growth
• High/Low-poly generation controls
• Mesh UV-mapping automatically generated
• Control the growth using curve guides
• Twig/Leaf system controls
• Create custom billboards and scatter leaves using Modo Replicators
• Multiple animation controls for growth
• Sketch or create random twigs and bake to textures
• And much more…. visit the forum

You can learn more and get the tool for €50.00 here.