{"id":16384,"date":"2024-11-03T01:26:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T05:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sceneri.com\/?post_type=sceneri-pro-docs&#038;p=16384"},"modified":"2024-11-03T01:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T06:27:19","slug":"geometry-instancing","status":"publish","type":"sceneri-pro-docs","link":"https:\/\/www.sceneri.com\/sceneri-pro-docs\/introduction\/content-creation\/geometry-instancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Geometry Instancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Inter&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:200;\"><div class=\"ab-plugin-wrapper mb-5 mt-10 w-full\" data-slate-node=\"element\">\n<h3 id=\"c3kD7\" class=\"ab-h2 heading heading-2 font-bold text-3xl break-words break-inside-avoid toc-scroll-target text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 css-1voruy\" data-cy=\"heading-two-element\">Overview<\/h3>\n<p>Geometry instancing is an efficient technique for creating complex scenes with many repeated objects, while keeping memory usage low and performance optimized. By using instances, you can duplicate objects without increasing the scene&#8217;s memory footprint, allowing you to create large, detailed scenes for Sceneri without compromising on performance. This article will guide you through setting up geometry instancing in Blender and exporting it for use in Sceneri.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Inter&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:200;\"><div class=\"ab-plugin-wrapper mb-5 mt-10 w-full\" data-slate-node=\"element\">\n<h3>Why Use Geometry Instancing?<\/h3>\n<p>In traditional 3D scenes, duplicating objects increases the number of vertices and faces, leading to higher memory and processing demands. <strong>Geometry instancing<\/strong>, however, allows multiple instances of an object to share the same geometry data, resulting in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reduced Memory Usage<\/strong>: Instances only require information about their position, rotation, and scale, not the full geometry data of each instance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increased Performance<\/strong>: Fewer unique assets mean that rendering and loading times are optimized, making it ideal for large environments in Sceneri.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Efficient Scene Management<\/strong>: With instancing, you can easily manage complex scenes, adding or removing instances as needed without affecting memory load.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Inter&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:200;\"><div class=\"ab-plugin-wrapper mb-5 mt-10 w-full\" data-slate-node=\"element\">\n<h3>Linking Geometry to Instance<\/h3>\n<p>Follow these steps to set up geometry instancing in Blender, prepare it for export, and use it in Sceneri.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Add the Object to a New Collection<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Select your base object, then press <strong>M<\/strong> and choose <strong>New Collection<\/strong>. Name the collection (e.g., &#8220;Trees_Collection&#8221;).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enable Collection Instancing<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>With the new collection selected in the <strong>Outliner<\/strong>, go to the <strong>Properties<\/strong> panel &gt; <strong>Object Properties<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Instancing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>Collection<\/strong> to enable instancing for all objects within the collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Place Instances<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Now, you can duplicate the collection throughout your scene by pressing <strong>Shift + A<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Collection Instance<\/strong> &gt; (select your collection).<\/li>\n<li>Move, rotate, and scale these instances as needed to populate your scene. Each instance references the same original geometry, keeping memory usage low.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Inter&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:200;\"><div class=\"ab-plugin-wrapper mb-5 mt-10 w-full\" data-slate-node=\"element\">\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Geometry instancing is a powerful tool for creating optimized and visually rich environments in Sceneri. By setting up instancing in Blender and following a careful export process, you can populate large scenes with minimal performance impact. As you work on creating more complex scenes, instancing will allow you to achieve a high level of detail and realism while maintaining efficient memory and processing requirements, making it a key technique for game development in Sceneri.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":251212454,"featured_media":0,"parent":16356,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"sceneri-docs-tag":[],"class_list":["post-16384","sceneri-pro-docs","type-sceneri-pro-docs","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Geometry Instancing - Sceneri<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sceneri.com\/sceneri-pro-docs\/introduction\/content-creation\/geometry-instancing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Geometry Instancing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sceneri.com\/sceneri-pro-docs\/introduction\/content-creation\/geometry-instancing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sceneri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sceneriapp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-03T06:27:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sceneriapp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sceneri.com\/sceneri-pro-docs\/introduction\/content-creation\/geometry-instancing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sceneri.com\/sceneri-pro-docs\/introduction\/content-creation\/geometry-instancing\/\",\"name\":\"Geometry Instancing - 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