RS FoliageTool is an interactive scatter-painting geometry object for Autodesk® 3ds Max®. It lets artists place vegetation, rocks, debris, props and other source objects directly onto selected scene surfaces using an intuitive viewport brush.

Instead of manually duplicating and positioning every object, users can define one or more source objects and one or more target surfaces, then paint, place or erase instances while controlling spacing, scale, rotation and alignment.

Key features:

• Interactive Brush mode for painting multiple instances directly in the viewport.
• Single mode for precise one-by-one placement.
• Shift-click line placement for creating controlled chains of instances.
• Erase mode and Clear command for fast cleanup.
• Multiple source objects with random source selection.
• Multiple target surfaces in the same FoliageTool object.
• Replace Source workflow for updating an existing scatter without repainting it.
• Adjustable brush radius, spacing and pressure.
• Random scale range with independent minimum and maximum values.
• Random X, Y and Z rotation ranges.
• Rotation Step control for snapped angular variation.
• Optional alignment to the target surface normal or strict world-vertical placement.
• Dot, solid box and wireframe box viewport display modes.
• Adjustable viewport marker and helper sizes.
• Live instance count.
• Native V-Ray instancing path for efficient rendering, including V-Ray Proxy source objects.
• Standard render-mesh fallback for renderers that use the regular 3ds Max geometry interface.
• Non-destructive editing with saved source, surface and painted-instance data.

Typical workflow:

1. Create a Foliage Tool object from Create panel > Geometry > Foliage Tool.
2. Add one or more Source objects.
3. Add one or more Surface objects.
4. Set brush radius, spacing, pressure, scale and rotation ranges.
5. Choose Brush, Single or Erase mode.
6. Paint or place instances directly on the target surfaces.
7. Adjust display and alignment settings as required.

RS FoliageTool is suitable for forests, grass clumps, shrubs, stones, landscape elements, urban props, debris and other repeated objects used in architectural visualization, environment art and scene dressing.