Lot's of bushes / proxies?

[Jorgensen]

hi

i'm trying to create a siteplan. for this i need a lot of bushes.

i guess i have to use octane proxies for doing this.
i have merged the bush object into the scene, and used contextmenu > export to octane proxy > selected 'replace original'.

i then use the array function to create 70 instances of the bush / proxy.

when i open the octane render viewport, 3ds max grays out, and memory usage goes way up, and then i get the attaced error.

i have seen sceens where forests are created using several thousand trees. so i guess i'm doing something wrong?

any suggestions?

thanks
jorgensen

[Jorgensen]

well i just tried using forest pro > custom object - created 70 copies - and puff - in just two seconds the scene renders

[mbetke]

Yes ForestpackPro is the best way to place custom vegetation.
I go this way--> (Xref) Import custom object as a Octane-Proxy to the scene, use this proxy in FPP with custom placement. So you keep scene size small and memory footprint too.

[boris]

you probably have to also tick movable proxy in object props if you do not use forest.

[WhaleHunter]

Remember,

An octane proxy is only a viewport optimisation.

Moveable proxy /octane object properties checkbox is the render optimisation.