Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Has anyone tried out Smith Micro's GroBoto™

LostinSpaceman opened this issue on Mar 16, 2010 · 12 posts


LostinSpaceman posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 7:11 AM

What would you compare it to? Bryce? Vue? Zbrush?


infinity10 posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 8:46 AM

I have it.  but I don't have full version of Vue and don't have ZBrush, so can't give you a meaningful comparison.

Perhaps Groboto is best described as an application which generates forms and meshes for you.  You don't need to directly create each line or surface.  It has algorithms which work once you have defined the starting conditions.

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jeffg3 posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 9:05 AM

Quote - Perhaps Groboto is best described as an application which generates forms and meshes for you.

Very specific kinds of meshes... not just anything you can think of.


skuts posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 9:10 AM

I was also curious about Groboto. It seems to be useful if you want to create Yog-Sothoth-y kind of critters, can it do anything else?

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LostinSpaceman posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 1:09 PM

Is there any online demo's available. I'd like to see what you're talking about with the generating meshes stuff.


efstarlet posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 1:26 PM

Quote - Is there any online demo's available. I'd like to see what you're talking about with the generating meshes stuff.

I found this YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp3-98ZGIas

There is also a trial here:
http://groboto.com/Store_Downloads.html

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thefixer posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 1:46 PM

Do a search in the gallery for Ehsana, I believe this artist uses groboto extensively in his/her renders..

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efstarlet posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 1:58 PM

Here are some of the images I really liked at DeviantART:
http://smithmicro.deviantart.com/favourites/#GroBoto

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Aanascent posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 3:30 PM

I've fiddled around in it a little.  The renderer is pretty minimal, so importing your objects into something like Vue will improve your experience greatly. 

This was a quick doodle I did a few months ago.  It would have really gotten addictive for me (I used to be a Bryce abstract junkie) but I got sucked back into Poser.


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Willber posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 6:18 PM

 make art application.....


LostinSpaceman posted Tue, 16 March 2010 at 10:28 PM

I never figured out how to do any good abstracts in Bryce. I'm mathematically challenged.

Quote - Here are some of the images I really liked at DeviantART:
http://smithmicro.deviantart.com/favourites/#GroBoto

That's what I needed to see. Thanks Tori!


Paloth posted Wed, 17 March 2010 at 12:14 AM

These look like fractal objects, similar to the stuff you can make with the XenoDream freeware if you like to spend your time on that sort of thing.  

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