Any Scatter users here? Comments/Feedback?

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I've just come off of a a test week using TwinMotion and really enjoyed doing exterior landscape work to my models vs in SketchUp/Enscape. Notably, the paint landscape/objects tool was incredibly easy and useful to use. Now I'm looking for tools and/or methods to use within SketchUp/Enscape which has led me to Scatter. Wondering now if there are any Scatter users around here that use Enscape and if anyone has any tips/feedback/etc for that app. Or maybe there is another plugin I'm not aware of? Thanks all!

I am a scatter user. May i help you?

Its a good a good plug-in to sketchup, but only for a small places, otherwise you Will need a NASA computer

You can use the scatter to close scenes.. Sure if you have a good gpu you can raise your plane.

You also can try less density of assets scattered.

You must try to find some balance assets X performance

well from my point of view is scatter good servant but bad master

after 50 000 proxys it start lags in calculating proxy position on the surfaces or should i say on the edges

it depends what kind of renderer u have or choose , enscape is good with skatter but when u doing 3D grass its litlle bit a laggy /enscape/ due to huge ammount of proxy patches , but this depends how u can setup your proxy , program transmutter is good choise to reduce unnessesery polygones and i think its made by same developer like skatter ...

Skatter is indispensable, I signed up to the earliest possible preview years ago and still use it all the time. It won't be as fast as Twinmotion, or even Forest pack, but it does exactly what it says it does, is quite flexible and is very reliable.

I should add, I am running a dual xeon/RTX3090/256gb RAM 2 x TB SSD machine (though I suspect the advantage of such a machine is limited with SketchUp), so can't say what the results will be on something more consumer-grade.

Been using Skatter for a couple of years. Works great with Enscape assets with no real issues. you can see example on my Artstaion. Most all vegetation seen is done with Skatter.

I've used skatter on projects with enscape, if you are using suitable assets enscape will do well with them. Obviously if you are planting a whole forest, then expect some major fan noise from your workstation.

You can use it with more detailed assets using transmutr to create enscape ready assets with placeholders for inside of sketchup (a must for plants!) so that SketchUp doesn't have a meltdown.

You can also use the custom assets function in enscape to achieve the same thing

I'm the developer, don't hesitate to send me a MP or even better an email to contact@lindale.io if you have questions

Quote from eliotbnz

Skatter is indispensable, I signed up to the earliest possible preview years ago and still use it all the time. It won't be as fast as Twinmotion, or even Forest pack, but it does exactly what it says it does, is quite flexible and is very reliable.

I should add, I am running a dual xeon/RTX3090/256gb RAM 2 x TB SSD machine (though I suspect the advantage of such a machine is limited with SketchUp), so can't say what the results will be on something more consumer-grade.

lol, with a 3090 and your pc configs you can scatter all EARTH PLANE (lol) .

congrats for your machine

Quote from eliotbnz

Skatter is indispensable, I signed up to the earliest possible preview years ago and still use it all the time. It won't be as fast as Twinmotion, or even Forest pack, but it does exactly what it says it does, is quite flexible and is very reliable.

I should add, I am running a dual xeon/RTX3090/256gb RAM 2 x TB SSD machine (though I suspect the advantage of such a machine is limited with SketchUp), so can't say what the results will be on something more consumer-grade.

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lol, with a 3090 and your pc configs you can scatter all EARTH PLANE (lol) .

congrats for your machine

HAHA yeah I agree with RSRender!!
I don't have quite a build as eliotbnz but I agree even with a decent PC the limitations of skatter eventually fall on the shoulder of SketchUp. However, I have found that for large scenes that have literal forest I will use the enscape "linked model" so that my primary model doesn't lag. If you use this method You have to be sure that you generate the mesh in order for enscape to render it in your primary model.

Attached shows 22,000 enscape trees with the use of Skatter. Using an RTX 2080TI, Enscape runs okay, especially with this many assets. Grant it there are only 2 or 3 unique trees that are instanced across the map but it works well. I only enable this layer at render time so that I can work out materials etc.

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Fun software so far. Went ahead and purchased a license before the trial ended. So much to learn, but here's my first scene, using only built-in Scatter and Enscape proxy assets.

Used Artisan (trial) for sandbox terrain modeling. I'm still struggling with producing natural edge transitions- i.e. the pathway/grass.

Are you using the Skatter presets for your grass? They have one for edges and for large areas. You'll see that the built in Skatter grass for each of these presets have a patch of grass to suit - a small one for the edges, and a larger one for the general area preset.

I use these presets, but then replace the Skatter grass with my own, and I have created two versions of my own grass to match the dimensions of the Skatter grass. Works great.