bonzai3d Download: Student Edition

Within the next 30 days you need to register your software. You will receive a second email with your personalized license and registration code. The registration codes are processed during regular business hours so it may be a few days before the license is email to you.

The bonzai3d self paced tutorials are a great way to get started with bonzai3d (you can access these here.) Numerous video tutorials are avaiable here and are streamed within the application. You can access the on-line bonzai3d User's Manual here or within the application itself.

Webinars are another great way to familiarize yourself with bonzai3d. You can check out the schedule of live webinars here and view webinars on demand here.

If you have any questions regarding features or installation, please contact support@bonzai3d.com or call us at 614-488-8838 between 9am - 6pm EST. You can also visit our forums here.

If you are unable to uncompress your downloaded file, you can download a free extractor here:

For Mac: Stuffit Expander or UnRarX

For Windows: 7-Zip or WinRAR

MAC OS X

Note: bonzai3d 3.2.3 for OS X requires 10.6 (Leopard) or later. The latest version of 10.7 or 10.8 is recommended.

The bonzai3d disk image (.dmg) should automatically appear in the upper left side of your Finder Window when the download is complete. (Double clic

Click the link to download the bonzai3d_323_SE_OSX.dmg archive. The disk image should automatically mount on the desktop (if not the click on bonzai3d_323_OSX_SE.dmg in your downloads folder). Follow the installation instructions included with the download.

The bonzai3d folder contains the following:

bonzai3d Application: This is the bonzai3d application folder. Open the folder and launch the bonzai3d application to start! If you would like to keep a shortcut to bonzai3d in your dock, simply drag its icon to the desired location in the dock.

bonzai3d Component Library: This is the bonzai3d component folder.

bonzai3d Materials: This is the bonzai3d materials folder.

bonzai3d Window-Door Library: This is the bonzai3d window and door component folder.

Open the bonzai3d Application folder, launch the bonzai3d application to start!

If you have purchased a licence, you may register at any time by selecting register from the help menu and enter your bonzai3d license code.

RenderZone Sample files can be downloaded here: Download RAR | Download ZIP

Windows XP/Vista/7/8

Click the link to download the bonzai3d_3.2.3_Win_SE.rar archive. If necessary, decompress the archive. You will then have a folder called bonzai3d 3.0 SE Download folder. Follow the installation instructions included with the download.

The bonzai3d folder contains the following:

vcredist_x86.exe: This is an installer for a Microsoft component that is required by bonzai3d. Install this first by launching this executable and following the on screen prompts (if any). (If you have v6.6 of form·Z installed on your machine, you can skip this step.)

Run Sketchup Support: Vcredist.exe if you wish to import .skp files.

bonzai3d Application: This is the bonzai3d application folder. Open the folder and launch the bonzai3d.exe application to start! If you would like to make a shortcut to the application, you can drag the application to the desired location while holding down the ctrl-shift keys. (Do not remove the application itself from its folder.)

bonzai3d Component Library: This is the bonzai3d Component folder.

bonzai3d Materials: This is the bonzai3d materials folder.


bonzai3d Window-Door Library: This is the bonzai3d window and door component folder.

(Some firewalls may block certain file extensions so if you have trouble with one link, try the other.)

Open the bonzai3d Application folder, launch the bonzai3d application to start!

In windows 7 you can right click the bonzai3d icon in the taskbar and choose "pin" if you would like to keep it there. If you have purchased a licence, you may register at any time by selecting register from the help menu and enter your bonzai3d license code.

RenderZone Sample files can be downloaded here: Download RAR | Download ZIP