Stone Placement Tools

255 votes
Version: 
1.0
Date Updated: 
08/09/2010
Author Name: 
Alessandro Ardolino

This script creates stone walls, quad stones pavements and irregular stone patterns for various uses. It's suitable for both realtime and production.

Additional Info: 

aa_stonePlacementTools 1.0 for 3dStudio Max

this script collects some utilities for the creation of stone walls, stone pavements and an irregular stone pattern to simulate both walls and floors.

the script automatically bakes normal maps, AO maps and height maps for realtime use.

the images from the video are rendering of some script-generated patterns, without any material, only postproduction and compositing.

the script is now available for download!
tha script can be used for both personal and commercial purpose,
I you like it and found it useful, just let me know and let me see
some results :)

Please refer to the video to see almost all the features in action.

Video URL: 
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aa_stoneplacementtools.zip53.62 KB

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Jophus14's picture

I can get the

I can get the aa_stonePlacementTools_1X0.mse to run but not the other four mse files that come along in the zip. Why is that? Thank you.

alelink's picture

Hello, try to create some

Hello,
try to create some stones using meters as scale units, I've done all the tests using that scale.

yes, in the next revision I could use less procedural textures and add some controls to batch modify all the stones, good idea :)

hughie33's picture

Thanks very nice script,

Thanks very nice script, easily managed results similar to the video. I have not got as far as the texture baking, which I think will be essential for any larger scene
I seem to have a scale problem, where it creates each block at 5mm. and was not resolved with empirical
What would be nice is if the displacement procedural maps were instanced so it would be easy to change the pattern on the whole wall in one go rather than having to change each block individually.

mahreeooce's picture

Thank you! This script and

Thank you! This script and the rock generator one are real time savers. Can't wait to see the new features.

fajar's picture

thank you

thank you

IKS2k's picture

megathanks!!!

megathanks!!!

alelink's picture

the script is now available

the script is now available free of charge :)
a special thank to Michele71 for his very useful encryption script :)
hope to have the time to update it soon with some new features such "spline driven pattern", "stairs generation", auto color map generation, and so on...

habibasola's picture

thx very much very nice

thx very much very nice

Svennovich's picture

damn, looks nice, i'm really

damn, looks nice, i'm really curious about this one :) good luck with the final developments

Michele71's picture

Great Script! Very very nice

Great Script! Very very nice and useful :)

E' veramente ben fatto e utilissimo per moltissimi lavori, semplice e chiaro...da non chiedere altro! Come detto un percorso su Spline sarebbe il massimo!!

Un punto per te :)

hello

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