Scattering on Vertical Surfaces

[Paul Roberts]

Post here your questions and comments about the Scattering on Vertical Surfaces tutorial.

[Rokas]

Thank You.

P.S.
Wrong link in vimeo video description.

[Paul Roberts]

Thanks Rokas. Fixed!

[theedge]

Hi,

I am trying to apply this technique to simple planar walls, so no UV mode used.
The scattering itself works.
I then need to limit it to a boundary, but the Edge mode doesn't work. According to the tutorial it should :

Let's start by taking a look at how to scatter of vertical planar areas, which has the advantage of retaining all of Forest Features including edge mode, spline painting and more.

I set it up as I would for any FP : add the spline to the Areas list, deactivate the Surface Area and check "Edge" in Boundary Checking. Is there anyhting else to ado when dealing with a vertical surface ?

Thank you.

[entretesmains]

Hi everyone!
I'm trying to put my itoo forest on the walls of my room, but the scattering remains on the floor even with the pivot changed to fit the normals of the walls. I can align the forest object with the pivot so it sticks to the walls but whenever i change one single parameter in the edit mode, the proxies dissapear...
I've really no idea of how to do...
Thank you
Here's an image of my room : http://imgur.com/HQma4An

[Michal Karmazín]

Hi,

It sounds like, you're using the XY mode and your surface coordinates doesn't correspond with intended Forest object orientation (for example a plane created in front view will work differently with Forest objects as another one created in Perspective / Top view).

To cover all parts of your object I would suggest you to use the UV mode instead (using UV coordinates instead of XY projection). Please feel free to check our on-line reference guide for more detailed info. As mentioned there: "The UV mode uses the mapping coordinates of the surface as alignment guide for the Distribution map. This mode is best used on rough terrains or to scatter items over convex 3D objects (as a sphere). Note that using this mode, the UV coordinates must be precisely defined to get a coherent result."

Hope that helps.

Best regards,

[entretesmains]

Thank you so much it helped a lot indeed!
But now I'm facing another problem, my mesh (here in foreground : http://imgur.com/a/kQGkF) axis don't adapt to the walls uv. I mean it should scatter 90° from the walls but here it just stays vertical... I read the tutorial you gave me but it says "When "Scale to fit" is enabled, the Direction value is fixed to 0 (Normal aligned). This feature is not used on UV mode." Since I'm in uv mode I'm a bit lost.

Thank you for your time!

[Michal Karmazín]

Hi,

You're welcome. Though the Scale to fit sloped areas option isn't available, it's still possible to change the Direction value - setting it to Normal (0) should fix it.

Best regadrs,

[entretesmains]

It worked! Thanks for the fast feedback!

[yann.terrer@gmail.com]

Very usefull Tutorial Tks!!!

One question: how to fix the normal direction of the mirrored wall so that the  plant scatter seems to be face to face and not with a parallel distribution? you have the problem in the end of the tutorial in viewport but not in render. I did you solve it? many thanks...

[3dpixel]

Hi,

I am trying to make my own planting plan map for the Match Color ID on Map slot like in the tutorial. Did make a 1400x1600 map for a 14x16 meters building facade but when linking it to the map slot only a small part of the map is used for the pattern. How do I control the map size so it fits the building facade?

Using the preset "Green wall XY Cluster" is possible to ad an extra Forest object like the meadows Smaller Cat´s Tail as fifth Clusters? I could only get it to randomize the clusters but no geometry was shown...

/Lars