I've been playing with the replication abilities with success, and some dead ends. I wanted to replicate volumetric clouds, no go. This blueberry bush still needs work. Floating blueberries is one problem. I can't get them to stay close to the tree/ bush. I'm using a Carrara tree/plant, applying the replicated berry to the branch2 domain, and bunching it a bit, with little room to wiggle. Still, it floats. Any ideas? The object hotspot is at the tip of the berry stem. R

A couple of things will make this one work better for you. First, uncheck "Align with Normals" Second, confine the replication to a shading domain like "Branch 2" (you'll see this option to the right of the replicator window. Post back if you have any problems. Welcome to the club! ;) Mark

So...what is the C5Pro Club? I might join, as I really like the direction Eovia is going with their products -- especially Carrara. -Lou

Hello Lou, It's just a figure of speech - no real club exists. It's just a way of saying, "Glad you are using C5 also." Language is so imprecise... ;) Mark

Well, in that case, I've joined!

The "Align with Normals" was checked, now unchecked. And I did confine it to the "Branch 2" domain. I tried the leaf domain but it froze the app. each time. Well, I'm on a mac so it gave me the pinwheel of death - I had to force quite. This is a test. Blueberry bushes look very different. Thanks for the help.

Interesting. I did a sample of this myself last night to make sure that it worked the way I said it would. It did. So, there is something else going on with the set up. I suspect that it has something to do with grouping. Getting things in the right order is very important so try this: Create tree>insert replicator>select berry as replicated object and tree/brances as object to replicate on>Group tree and replicator. Then insert new replicator and replicated the grouped tree/replicator to the terrain. Mark

Hi Mark, I'll give it a shot, but it looks like the path I took. I built the berry, with stem. Then built tree. Added replicator, selected berry as replicated object ( hot point at tip of stem ) and tree/branch as object to replicate on... then I grouped the tree/replicator/berry. But I then duplicated the three trees instead of replicating them, since I has some crooked groups... anyway, that shouldn't cause the berries to spread so far... I'll post my next try soon. Thanks for your help.

Okay, here is a simple render. I follow your instructios and it seems to work better. I can even mess around with the hot point some to change the way the berries hang on the branch 2. Thanks, I'm going to keep playing with it. R

Nice, but I think your leaves are wrong for blueberries. I believe more oval and pointy along a stem. At least the bushes I have seen. This is definitely good to know.

You are correct, rounded at the end and not as bright, just playind with leaves. I need to change them again to tip objects in AG. Can a person put their own leaves in Carrara plant modeler? I'd rather do that to keep it simple, and is there a way of not having berries appear over leaves... sharing the same space?

Man now I wish I had waited for C5 before going out and getting C4 earlier this year. That blew my software budget for the next 2 years.. The new features look awesome.