Crystals Formation (Geometry Nodes Modifier)
Crystals Formation (Geometry Nodes Modifier)
This tool is also available, bundled in the addon On The Rocks.
The geometry nodes modifier "Crystals Formation" for Blender provides a powerful and flexible solution for creating realistic, stylized and abstract crystals formations. By combining geometric primitives, mathematical functions and various noise generators, users can create a huge variety of crystal shapes and arrangements. Whether natural crystal structures or futuristic crystal buildings - the possibilities are in your mind. The modifier "Crystals Formation" brings extensive options for settings, adjustments and generation and is easy to understand and to use. |
Short YouTube Video for showing off and demonstration:
Crystals Formation with ease | Geometry Nodes Modifier for Blender
Features:
- Geometry nodes, fast and non-destrutive
- Generate crystals on mesh, conert to curve or draw with a curve.
- Create crystal pillars and crystal grounds.
- Density- and weight-distribution
- Sizes, Thickness
- Edges / Roundness / Sharpness
- Normal factor and additional rotation
- Position offset
- Randomization
- Apply different materials
- Volumization
Including:
- Geometry nodes modifier "Crystals Formation"
- 8 presets crystals-models, showing how to use the modifier
- 10 crystal materials
- Basic Scene, ready to render
The "Crystals Formation"-modifier, the crystal-models and the crystal-materials are marked as assets and can quickly be used from your asset browser, if providing the downloaded ZIP-file in your asset library-folder.
Otherwise you can append (F4) several collections and objects seperately to your scene from the downloaded and extracted ZIP-file.