by Dennis Hafemann·Modeling
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Stands out in the superhive library for bundling 12 Geometry Nodes rock and terrain tools, plus a companion photo-scanned stone asset addon, in a single package.
On The Rocks is a Blender addon from Dennis Hafemann for building decorative rock formations, bricks, walls, walkpaths, damages, landscapes, crystals and fractures. Every tool runs on Geometry Nodes, so each comes with settings for size, rotation, randomization, edges, detailing and noising. Effects can be drawn by free hand, generated from curves, or applied to existing mesh objects.
The addon packs 12 tools and modifiers: Pillar Formation, Rock Formation, Bricks Walls, Edge Damage, Surface Erosion, Rock Creation, Surface Fracture, Cell Fracture, Rock Scattering, Landscapes, Volumization and Crystals Formation. Landscapes can generate rocky mountains, watery islands or deserts with clouds, ocean and ripples, while Volumization converts a mesh through a mesh-volume-mesh step into rocky objects. Crystals Formation is also available as a standalone Geometry Nodes modifier.
A second addon, On The Rocks Assets, imports high-poly photo-scanned stones and rocks with 4K textures and is an ongrowing library. Both ship as ZIP files installed as Blender addons, and modeled presets with materials are included. A demo video is available.
On The Rocks (Addon) V1.7.0 | Formations, Bricks, Walls, Walkpaths, Damages, Landscapes, Crystals, Creations is best for blender artists building rock formations, walls, landscapes, fractures and crystals for landscapes, environments and sceneries.
On The Rocks (Addon) V1.7.0 | Formations, Bricks, Walls, Walkpaths, Damages, Landscapes, Crystals, Creations is completely free to download and use.
On The Rocks applies its effects three ways: drawn by free hand, generated from curves, or applied to existing mesh objects. Tools like Bricks Walls and Rock Scattering can be drawn along a curve with the freehand draw tool, while Rock Formation quickly builds formations from a given mesh. Because every tool runs on Geometry Nodes, each exposes settings for size, rotation, randomization, edges, detailing and noising, so results stay adjustable after they are created.
On The Rocks ships as ZIP files that are designed to be installed as Blender addons. You download the ZIP to your preferred location and import it as an addon in Blender. There are two ZIPs: the main on_the_rocks package with the tools, presets and materials, and the separate on_the_rocks_assets package with the photo-scanned stone and rock objects. Installing them as addons is the recommended method described by the developer.
On The Rocks Assets is a second addon bundled alongside the main tool. It lets you import high-poly, photo-scanned rock and stone objects that come with 4K textures. The library is described as ongrowing, meaning more scanned rocks and stones are added from time to time. It installs as its own addon from the on_the_rocks_assets ZIP file, separate from the main On The Rocks addon that holds the formation tools, presets and materials.
On The Rocks is listed as free in this catalog. For current licensing terms and any conditions on the main addon and the On The Rocks Assets library, check the developer's page, since terms can change over time. The download includes both the main addon with its tools, presets and materials and the companion asset addon, both provided as ZIP files you install inside Blender.
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