Foliage Placement

Learn how to use the Foliage Placement App to populate the scene with Foliage and other assets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Foliage Placement App can be used to place foliage in your scene. It is located in the Content tab of your Fuzor App Menu. The Alt + P hotkey can be used to open the Foliage Placement App.

Foliage can be added to Placement Paths.

Foliage is displayed in the Foliage Placement App. If downloaded assets appear at the top of the list and can be placed by selecting the associated thumbnail. For an asset that is not downloaded selecting thumbnail will download the asset.

The Search bar to allows you to filter through landscape content by name.

 

A hierarchy of foliage assets appears in the Filters tab of the foliage placement app. The Checkbox next to each entry toggles whether the asset appears in the browser for that object or all of its dependents.

Results can be filtered by the type of Tree, Shrub, or Tropical Plant.

Results can also be restricted to only show downloaded assets or favorite assets using associated checkboxes.

The Season dropdown menu selects the season of all Foliage in your project.

The Naming Type will control whether the Scientific or Common name is displayed

The Load Foliage CSV button loads a foliage placement configuration. This is based on the Hong Kong grid system and authoring software must be setup accordingly.

The Snap to Terrain button will snap objects to the terrain when placing.

The Rotation slider controls the amount of randomness applied to the rotation of foliage being placed.

The Height Slider controls the amount of randomness applied to the height of the foliage being placed.

The Use Custom Height checkbox toggles whether a custom set height is used on the foliage being placed. To set this height use the associated textbox.