VPalm

Purpose

VPalm is a model that build 3d mockups of palm plants using functional parameter inputs.

This versions of the model integrates a biomechanical model to compute the leaf bending and torsion. This version takes also the biomass of each leaf as input, and a set of parameters for the biomechanical model (shear and modulus).

Try it !

You can head over the Github repository here (closed access), clone it, and build the software using Maven. Please follow the instructions in the README to install the dependencies.

mvn package

Example

VPalm uses input files that describe architectural parameters of a plant or progeny. Once the software built, you can use the Jar file to build an OPF, which is the file format used to represent the 3D plant.

java -jar vpalm.jar input_file.txt output_file.opf

You can find example files in the example-data sub-folder (if you have the access rights).

LICENSE

The package is private as of today, but a release is expected soon.