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ZenGrove

Grow a plant, one node at a time.

Overview

Grow a plant, one node at a time.

Explore all 44 nodes with illustrated Maya views and plain-English explanations of every setting. Build trunks and branches, place foliage, shape growth, add wind and prepare your output.

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Reroute Knot

Adds a small knot to guide a connection around the graph. It passes data through unchanged and has no settings.

Reference updated for ZenGrove 1.0.0-alpha.10.

Connect into this node

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Continue from this node

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Moving existing connections

Hold Ctrl and drag a connected socket to another compatible socket of the same kind to move its connections together. See the illustrated Ctrl + drag guide. Add this Reroute Knot when you want a movable point to tidy a wire's path.

Connections

Reroute Knot node with its connections settings in ZenGrove
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This knot has no adjustable parameters. Move it to guide the wire, or connect a different socket to pass another type of data.

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FAQ
What is ZenGrove used for?

Explore all 44 nodes with illustrated Maya views and plain-English explanations of every setting. Build trunks and branches, place foliage, shape growth, add wind and prepare your output.

Which host application does ZenGrove support?

ZenGrove is built for Autodesk Maya and is distributed through AO Studio Tools.

Where can I download ZenGrove?

Download the current AO Studio Tools package from https://aostudio.tools/getthetools.html and install it through AO.Hub.