by Synthomesh·Modeling
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Rocklab earns its place in the superhive library as a procedural, photoscan-free route to rock assets in Blender, with a shader gallery for Cycles and coverage across Blender 3.4 to 4.2.
Rocklab is a procedural rock addon for Blender, developed by Synthomesh to help create rock assets in 3D projects. It generates a wide variety of realistic rocks and offers customization to fit your artistic vision. The approach is procedural rather than photoscan-based, so rocks come together with a few clicks.
Version 2.0 adds a gallery of rocks with their shaders for more realism, available for Cycles starting from Blender 3.4. The addon supports Blender 3.4 through 4.2 and ships under a GPL license, with documentation included. The rock assets can also be bought separately in an asset pack called HD Rocks.
Rocklab is also included in the HIVE Bundle, Synthomesh's collection of addons, and a demo video is available.
Rocklab is best for creating procedural rock assets for 3D environment work in Blender.
Rocklab is completely free to download and use.
Rocklab supports Blender 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2, covering a range across the 3.x and 4.x series. It is distributed under a GPL license and was published around three years ago. The addon takes a procedural approach to building rock assets, so you generate rocks with a few clicks rather than relying on photoscans. If you are working on one of the listed versions, you are covered.
Rocklab 2.0 introduces a gallery of rocks with their shaders for more realism, and this gallery is provided for Cycles starting from Blender 3.4. If you are rendering in Cycles on Blender 3.4 or later, the shaders are available to use. The core addon focuses on generating and customizing realistic rocks procedurally, so the gallery adds ready-made shaded assets on top of that procedural workflow.
Rocklab is listed as free here in our catalog and is distributed under a GPL license. Licensing and availability can change, so check the developer's page for the current terms before you download. The rock assets themselves can also be purchased separately in an asset pack called HD Rocks, and Rocklab is included in the HIVE Bundle, Synthomesh's collection of addons.
Rocklab is included in the HIVE Bundle, Synthomesh's complete collection of addons, so it can be obtained as part of that package. On its own it works as a procedural rock addon for Blender, generating a variety of realistic rocks with customization options. The rock assets alone are also sold in a separate asset pack called HD Rocks if you want the assets without the addon.
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