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chanson78
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Hello

How do I scatter randomly some Megascan rock assets onto some points? I have 5 Prim int attrs but I can't figure out how to separate them. Whats the current way of doing this? Switch node? Loops? Copy stamp?

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MOPs might be an easy way to go about it:

https://www.motionoperators.com [www.motionoperators.com]
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The instance SOP can copy various meshes on points:
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/nodes/sop/instance.html [www.sidefx.com]

Here is an example how:
https://forums.odforce.net/topic/43605-extrude-sop-how-to-move-objects-with-extruded-faces-by-fzscale/?tab=comments#comment-206331 [forums.odforce.net]
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I have a long blogpost that describes a few different ways to randomize instances, using for loops, packed disk primitives, or the Instance SOP: https://www.toadstorm.com/blog/?p=493 [www.toadstorm.com]

And yeah, seconding Midphase… if you need something easy and quick, MOPs will handle it. I can answer any questions you have about it in the Third Party Tools forum here, or in the MOPs Forums [forum.motionoperators.com].
MOPs (Motion Operators for Houdini): http://www.motionoperators.com [www.motionoperators.com]
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Thanks for the great info everyone! Went the for_each packed prim route with Redshift.

Now what if I had 100 different Megascan primitves in one file? That would take forever to blast out.
Edited by chanson78 - Nov. 5, 2019 14:55:59

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chanson78
Now what if I had 100 different Megascan primitves in one file? That would take forever to blast out.

I'd separate these and manage them as individual assets - easier to deal with/update etc
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