Is there a procedural way of creating a breakwater?

Kyle_butler · Jun 2023

Hi, all!
I'm stuck at creating this object. It is something that every now and again I have to recreate with different stones etc And every time I have to either scatter the geometry with some plugin or place by hand...

I'm sure there are more efficient ways out there ... Any suggestions would be appreciated!

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Eric Chadwick · Jun 2023

Physics tools have gotten pretty good. Have you looked at tyFlow?

Michael Knubben · Jun 2023

Where are you creating this object?

Max, Blender, ... real life?

Kyle_butler · Jun 2023

Hi, Eric! I haven't... Will take a look at this. Any particular source you recommend?

Michael, forgot to mention: 3ds max

Eric Chadwick · Jun 2023

You should only download from Tyson’s official site. https://pro.tyflow.com/ The free version has all features, except for GPU/CPU acceleration. So it’s fully featured, just slow to process. Check out the Insta for some great videos of just how versatile it is!

Kyle_butler · Jun 2023

Thanks, Eric! I've watched some youtube videos about it, lots of potential! I could only achieve something similar to what it can do by a combination of scatter and mass fx.

sprunghunt · Jun 2023

This would be easy to do in Houdini.
https://youtu.be/N7CDHwgWKVo

Is there a procedural way of creating a breakwater?

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