Archive notice: This article covers the Ivy generator released for 3ds Max 2018, 2019 and 2020. The download and compatibility details may have changed; verify them before production use.
Ivy was a free 3ds Max tool derived from Thomas Luft’s open-source ivy generator. Guillermo M. Leal Llaguno implemented the interface in MaxScript and designed the result as ordinary scene geometry, so finished assets could be opened without the generator installed.
Growth controls
The script generated branching vines that wrapped around target geometry and included leaf meshes. Artists could adjust force parameters, Branch Probability, Branch Parents and Ivy Search Size to change how the plant spread across the surface.
Materials and hand-off
Leaves could receive multiple material IDs. Because the output was geometry rather than a live procedural dependency, scenes remained portable after generation, a useful property when assets move to another workstation or department.
Archived availability
The original download page offered the script for 3ds Max 2018 through 2020 after email registration, with an optional donation. Test the archived script in a copy of the scene before production use.
