Hey all I stumbled upon this one and the timing was perfect as it is exactly what I need for my current project. It's a plugin for 3dsmax that grows Ivy vines (with leaves) around your geometry. The cool thing is that it's a tiny file and its overheads aren't too demanding, although if you push it too far (as I always do) it may make max freak out. But for the most part, put it next to any object in your scene and it will follow the normals of that geometry.

Dec 21, 2017 - Discussion of Guruware Ivy ceasing development, sharing of latest shared binaries. Mame 32 games play online. Morality of piracy and shareware.

It supports max 7-2008 I think (possibly even 2009). Oh yeah, it's free, too.

As for my project, what I need is blood vessels. Nothing precise, but lots of tiny little blood vessels around the major arteries. So remove the leaves (very easy) and change the material to red: presto! Here's the link: Sorry, I know I'm all excited like a puppy that's playing fetch at feeding time, but this has turned a laborious task into 3D paradise. Can't recommend it enough, so I'm sure the Buzz community ought to get some good use out of it.

Hello, I discovered an amazing free plugin for 3ds max which allows you to grow ivy on every surface. Unfortunately the author stopped to develop his plugin. He even removed the download link from his website but he also states that everybody is allows to share any remaining copy of his plugin. According to the author the last supported version is 3ds max 2018 but when I try to install it i get an error message (message in attachment). In 3ds max 2017 it works fine.

I included the plugin in the attachments. You only have to select your 3ds max version and copy gw_Ivy.dlo to your 3ds max-plugins folder. Is there any way to get this plugin running in 3ds max 2018? The Ivy generator for Max is a handy interface of a pre-existing program done by another programmer. This can explain why the creator of the interface for Max doesn't sell it as the core program is not from him. The original programmer, Thomas Luft, has not deleted his page. You can keep using it free of charge as long you export the model as OBJ.

This is the place to download the program and a tutorial, in this case for photoshop but the funtionality is the same as long you have an OBJ. Obviously it is more convenient integrated with Max but it is always good to know there are alternatives.