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Mastering Lumion 3D

By : Ciro Cardoso
Book Image

Mastering Lumion 3D

By: Ciro Cardoso

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering Lumion 3D
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating grass and using the Scatter elements


Since Lumion 4, we have the possibility to easily add grass to the terrain. However, this can be a double-edge sword because on one hand, we can add grass, but the downside is that the grass is created in the entire terrain. This is not useful, when we have an urban environment and the grass is constrained to specific areas. So, how can we solve this issue and where can we find this fantastic grass?

The Grass menu can be found under the Landscape menu, as shown in the following screenshot:

As we can see, adding grass is as easy as a click on a button. We need to tweak some settings to get the desired result by tweaking the grass size, height, and wildness. However, Lumion gives an extra detail to the scene, by giving us the opportunity to scatter flowers, leaves, small plants, and rocks all over the place. This in turn gives us the freedom of creating a perfect lawn or a wild field. However, what happens in areas that we don't want the grass? There...