Scattering

SCATTER PATTERNS

• scatter points around points clustering (double scatteralign)
  • use a second scatter align to scatter points around points & create clumpingthe first scatter align has pretty normal settings

     

    • the second scatter align needs to be set on “scatter points around constraint points” and then u need to plug the first scatteralign into the second input of this node
      • play around if u wanna keep the mask attribute on or off

       

• scatter points in shadow
  • mask in shadow thats casted from an object (mask by feature)
    • use mask by feature → direction
    • enable the mask and enable the tool in viewport for simple handling

     

     

• scatter different solaris instancers in a row without intersection
  • solaris scatter assets in instancer and create new instancers scattering around last instancers assets so nothing overlaps
• scatter by distance from geometry
  • Scatter by Distance → use “attribtransfer” Node and reduce “Distance Threshold” 

     

     

  • scatter different assets based on distance from geometry (attribute from pieces)
    • use attribute from pieces node → explicit range → and then autofill the assets that you connected into the node on top
    • you can now assign them values when they should spawn. be careful that these numbers arent fit01 from 0 to 1 so u might adjust them to 0-0.1, 0.1-0.2 etc for your range to work
    • in the copy to points node enable piece attribute and set it to name
    • its important that the assets on top have each their own name attribute created before

     

• scatter by height
  • Scatter by Height → use a “pointvop” with relbbox and a ramp
    • after setting up the pointvop nothing will be visible – thats because the pointvop on the toplevel will have a ramp with 0-0 values created, so u gotta change it on obj level

     

    • also works on “only scatter from left/right”, just plug in the x or z instead of y in the vec2float 
• scatter on edges
  • Scatter on Edges → 2 ways1 (left) → group border edges → labs edgegroup to curve

    2 (right) → divide (REMOVE SHARED EDGES) → convertline

     

• scatter inside camera view (frustum culling)
  • Scatter only inside Camera View → Frustum Culling 1