Resources
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Thatched Roof
- Make surface paintable
- Choose 'straw' brush stroke
- Paint a straight line down roof
- In 'StrokeShapeStraw' tab, increase sample density
- In 'Straw' tab...
- Increase global scale
- in 'Tubes' and 'Creation'...
- Increase tubes per step
- Increase segments
- Adjust length
- Adjust elevation
- Adjust Azimuth
- in 'Tubes' > 'Behavior' > 'Forces'
- Adjust Path Follow
- Adjust Path Attract
- Adjust Surface attract (20-40)
- Adjust Random
- Adjust Gravity
- Check "Surface Collide"
- Copy and paste straw brush stroke to complete rest of roof.
- Consider applying a straw texture to the surface underneath.
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