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scattering
environment
assets
Geo-Scatter
Geo-Scatter distributes objects, plants, and environmental detail across Blender scenes.
Renderjuice Score78/100Adoption readiness
Render requirementNeeded during rendering
Blender versionsBlender 2.83–5.2
Release5.6Paid individual and studio licenses
What it does
Geo-Scatter distributes large numbers of objects across scene surfaces and controls their density with masks and terrain rules.
- Build forests, ground cover, rocky terrain, and other ecosystems from scatter layers.
- Control density with slope, altitude, proximity, texture, and painted-mask inputs.
- Load prepared ecosystems from .scatpack biome libraries.
Access and editions
Paid individual and studio licenses
- Geo-Scatter
- The publisher sells perpetual individual, team, and studio licenses.
- Publisher marketplace listing
Access checked September 1, 2026.
Install and start
Install
- Install the Geo-Scatter add-on archive from Blender Preferences.
- Install any required .scatpack biome files as a separate Blender asset library.
- Keep the add-on version and biome library versions consistent across machines that open the scene.
First use
- Select a surface object and open Geo-Scatter from the 3D Viewport sidebar.
- Add a scatter layer, choose the objects or biome to distribute, then adjust density, rotation, and scale.
- Add masks for slope, altitude, proximity, textures, or painted vertex colors where the distribution needs limits.
Release record
- Version
- 5.6
- Publisher update
- Not dated
- Public repository activity
- Not available
Technical details and sources
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