The Root System path effect applied to a sample shape
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Root System

Downward bias drags each fork toward the soil, making this the piece that belongs under a soil profile diagram, a permaculture chart or a seed packet.

FamilyNature
Parameters6 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 6 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Spread°10 to 70, default 30
  2. Length decay0.5 to 0.9, default 0.74
  3. Depth3 to 10, default 8
  4. Forks2 to 4, default 3
  5. Downward bias0 to 1, default 0.5
  6. Seed1 to 9999, default 23

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