Skatter for SketchUp

The most powerful Scattering Extension for SketchUp.

Render huge amounts of vegetation, quickly populate city blocks, create parametric assemblies, crowds, carpets, you name it… All right inside SketchUp!

Render hundreds of thousands of objects

Through its “Render only” feature, Skatter sends all the scattering information directly to the render engines, bypassing Sketchup. That way, you keep a lightweight and responsive file while still being able to render huge amounts of objects.

Fully parametric

Go back and edit your work at any time. Every option and parameter is saved, so there’s no need to delete everything and restart from scratch.

Content Library

Create huge grass fields in just 4 clicks. Besides the default grass, trees, bushes, gravel, rocks and more, you can save your own presets to reuse later, and share them with others.

Fine control over the scattering process

Thanks to dozens of options and parameters. Yet keep things simple with the adaptive UI. See the list of features below. .

Hosts

Scatter objects on surfaces, along curves, or pick individual points in the model.

Areas

Define precise areas where you want to distribute or not the scattered objects, by using SketchUp curves and objects, or by painting them yourself.

Camera clipping

Optimize your scene by generating only the objects visible by the camera, or discard the ones too far away.

Distribution

Distribute objects randomly, on a grid, or a mix of the two, on vertices, faces, etc. Use altitude, slope, and collisions parameters to fine tune the distribution. Use probabilities when scattering multiple types of objects, to define precise mixtures.