Creating new geometry
While our two groups could be printed and make a really nice little visual, showing how the house would sit in this terrain sample, I think that we can push a little further and add some trees to the print.
Now, when it comes to adding complex items such as trees to a rather small print, such as the one we are working on, we have to decide what level of detail is realistic. Since we are working with a preliminary massing type model, I think it makes sense to lean into the preliminary visualization aesthetic and create some trees that look more like 2D cutouts of trees, rather than try to make realistic-looking models of trees.
Not only will this fit better in the look and feel of the rest of the print, but it will also be easier geometry to print, as we can orient the trees flat on the build plate without needing to figure out how to add support.
Modeling trees
Rather than trying to detail out, step by step, how to make the exact tree model I created...