Scan to Tube

Turns a rigged tubular section into a cleanly-UVed tube suitable as a tiling-texture source.

Scan to Tube turns a rigged tubular section (typically from Scan Rig) into a cleanly-UVed tube section suitable as a tiling-texture source.

Used in the tiling-texture extraction sub-workflow within the high-poly pipeline.

Inputs

A rigged tubular section from Scan Rig.

Outputs

A cleanly-UVed tube mesh. The output already tiles in its wrap direction because trees naturally wrap around the trunk axis; the wrap-axis tiling is implicit in the geometry. Length-axis tiling, if required, is handled at the Bake step via the "make it tile" option.

Notes

Direct path to Bake: plug into the left input, with Scan to Parts on the right input.
Or first into Scan to Patch to subdivide into a smaller feature region.

See also: Scan Workflow · Baking for Scans · Scan Rig · Scan to Patch · Scan to Parts · Bake

Scan to Patch

Identifies a smaller square region within a tube section, for patch-style tiling textures.

Seed Points

Generates a scatter of input points for a stand or forest. Produces per-point seed, age, and species attributes that downstream Simulates consume to grow many distinct trees.