Addons for 3D Plant/Grass Models

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Hi guys,
I have a question about addons for 3D Grass-models. I found 3 options: 1. Graswald 2. Tree & Grass Library Botaniq Tree Addon Trees+Grass Trees and 3. Grassblade or Scatter 5 (–> But there I am not sure if I need the two addons to use them). Is there anyone who has experience with this addons and could give me a hint which would be the best to buy. We need to do a grass/plant texture for a meadow orchard.
Thanks in advance and best regards
Eric

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I have both Graswald as well as Scatter 5, and both are very good products…Graswald for building your landscape and Scatter for adding complete Biomes as well as building.
Both are just about the same in quality, support, and ease of use… It boils down to price, and I find them reasonable for dedicated arc-vis, landscape artists, or hobbyists, but for the casual user needing a once-a-year project…perhaps a bit expensive. I picked my copies up during the sales!

You can get very good results using just a few Grass and plant assets and using your built-in particle system. Here are a few different grass types ( can be modeled in Blender, but for faster results found online for free)
Takes about 5 minutes to set up and render…

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Hopefully, others will add their own thoughts on this to help you make a decision on which way is best for you!

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Hi Eric,

It’s tougher these days to figure out what tool is best nowadays as there’s so many great options now. It’s always good to mention which version of Blender you are using as this might affect the choice.

For Grassblade you don’t need to purchase Scatter 5 as it has it’s own scatter engine (based on Scatter 5 but with reduced functionality).

It boils down to what you need for this project (and also down the road on future projects). Are there any close shots needed? If not then almost any solution will do.

As RSEhlers suggests, if cost and time is an issue you might want to consider free Grass libraries from somewhere like CGTraders, see https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/grass?file_types[]=21
You might find something that is suitable for you needs. Just ensure it includes a royalty free license.

You mentioned you found 3 options does that mean you’re only interested in these 3? As there are much more than 3. Here’s a list of some of them. Also, you can go to the Blender Market and type Grass in the search bar and you’ll get many more options.

Scatter 5 is very versatile scatting system and includes many biomes ready for quick use.

I tend to get my addons during sales but sometimes one doesn’t have the luxury.

For very nice looking grass I’m quite happy with Grassblade. But you won’t go wrong with the others also. Just look at what they offer and see which one suits you (or your team) the most now and in the future.

Cheers,
Paul

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Hi both of you,

Thanks for answering. We are doing an university project in order to make 3D models of a meadow orchard. The size of the model should represent approx. 100 square meters of an natural meadow orchard. We are using Digital Elevation models so it would be good when the Addon would include an automatic good-working Snap to Ground function. The grass textures should variate a little bit. Due to the fact that our university pays the Addon, the costs arent that important.

Best regards
Eric

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I’ve

  • Graswald/ Eilenriede Forest
  • Botaniq
  • and Grassblade

and the Graswald products are superior to every other when it comes to close ups.
The close up from Grassblade is pretty underwhelming, while Botaniq grass is okay.

The incredible close up qualilty of Graswald comes with a price, it’s a little bit more heavy than the other products, but not much.

For scattering I recommend Scatter 5, which is far the best Scatter tool. Graswald comes with G-Scatter, which is okay, but can’t compete with Scatter 5, yet.

Grasblade is the best addon if you want to have fast results, because of the Biodomes and the camera is not too close to the grass.