mesh_scatter_boulders — 3D terrain op

• Data kinds: mesh → mesh

• Call: import render3d; render3d.mesh_scatter_boulders(V, F, *, density: 'float', d_min: 'float', d_max=None, exponent: 'float' = 3.1, seed: 'int' = 0, region_weights=None, aspect=(1.0, 0.7, 0.5), embed: 'float' = 0.35, subdiv: 'int' = 1, shape: 'str' = 'ellipsoid', orientation: 'str' = 'normal', burial=(0.3, 0.6), max_count=None, hull_points=None, return_info: 'bool' = False) (or ops3d.get("mesh_scatter_boulders"))

Usage

Scatter partly-buried boulders on a mesh (power-law sizes, seeded) → `(V, F)`

References (sample data, literature)

• Sample-data catalog (download URLs / licences) — 2-D uses skimage.data (BSD/public domain) plus synthetic images; 3-D lists download URLs for real data sources (Stanford, PDS, …).

• Operator provenance and references — the sources of the research/methods this op family came from.

Runnable examples (verified samples that actually call this op)

• itokawa_regolith_hero — py -3.11 examples_3d/itokawa_regolith_hero.py

Ops the type connects to (they accept mesh as input)

mesh_to_voxel · mesh_to_points · to_points · fuse_to_voxel · ambient_occlusion · cast_shadow · supersample_mesh · render_beauty

Same category (terrain)

mesh_displace_fbm · terrain_region_mask · mesh_edge_lengths · mesh_subdivide · displacement_band_weights · mesh_displace_spectrum · bump_normals_fbm

*Provenance: render3d.py — 3D operator registry. This per-op note is generated by tools/opdocs.py md (do not hand-edit).*

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