ZenGrove

1. Select a node in the graph. Its name and Search properties… stay above the scrolling settings.
2. Type part of a property name, such as angle. Matching controls and their headings stay visible. Search also finds internal parameter names and range labels.
3. Matching advanced controls open automatically. Press Esc in the search field or click its reset arrow to show all properties again.

Filtering does not change parameter values or trigger Auto Preview. Use the arrow on Preview Safety to expand build details when needed; keep them collapsed for more parameter space.

1. Click Add Node in the top toolbar.
2. Type a name in Search nodes…, or browse a category.
3. Click a node once to add it. You can also use the arrow keys and Enter in the search field.

The palette stays open, so you can add several nodes. Click Add Node again or press Esc to close it.

Use your selection: selecting a node first can attach the new node to it when the connections fit. Click empty graph space to clear the selection when you want to place nodes separately. Some generators can also find a suitable source already in the graph.

1. Right-click an empty part of the graph.
2. Open a category such as Generator, Modifier or Utilities.
3. Click the node you want. For example, choose Generator → Branch.

The click position is the starting point for the new node. If it connects to a selected node or a suitable source, ZenGrove may rearrange the connected graph.

1. Left-click and hold an output socket, then drag out a wire.
2. Release over empty space inside the graph. Leave the pointer clear of nodes, existing wires and comment frames.
3. Choose a node from the search. ZenGrove shows nodes that can use this output, then creates your choice at the release point and connects it automatically.

If the chosen node offers several suitable inputs and has no preferred one, choose an input from Connect To. Press Esc or click outside the search to cancel. Ctrl + Z undoes the new node and its connection together.

Start this gesture from an output without holding Ctrl. Dragging from an input into empty space does not open the node search.

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1. Hold Ctrl, then left-click and hold a socket that already has connections.
2. Drag to another compatible socket of the same kind: output to output, or input to input.
3. Release to move the existing connections together. Their other ends stay connected.

For example, move the output of Trunk A to the output of Trunk B. Both Branch A and Branch B then receive their structure from Trunk B.

Cancel safely: press Esc to keep the original connections. Releasing over empty canvas disconnects the lifted wires; Ctrl + Z restores them. An incompatible move leaves the original wires in place. Moving onto a single-input socket that is already connected replaces its old connection.

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To tidy the path of a wire with a movable point, add a Reroute Knot from Utilities. The knot guides the wire without changing what passes through it.

1. Hold Ctrl and drag a connected socket.
2. Release on empty space inside the graph to disconnect its lifted connections. An output can lift several outgoing wires at once; an input lifts its incoming connections.
3. Use Ctrl + Z to restore the wires, or press Esc before releasing to cancel the gesture.

Select nodes and press C, or choose Create Comment from the context menu. Drag the frame to move its members and drag its bottom-right corner to resize it. Double-click its title to rename it. The context menu adds or removes selected nodes from membership and manages hidden comments.

Select a comment to edit Heading, Subheading, Color, Background opacity, Heading size and Subheading size in Properties. Reset arrows restore appearance defaults. Comment frames organize the graph; they do not alter geometry.

1. Choose the Output for the intended tree and open the gear-shaped Settings menu next to Auto Layout.
2. Choose Generate Static Mesh. Set Name, Count, Start Seed, Seed Step and Frame.
3. For example, Count 5, Start Seed 42 and Seed Step 1 produce seeds 42–46. Press Generate to build the batch, or Cancel to leave the scene as it is.

The snapshot uses the selected Output resolution, without preview instance caps or LOD preview reduction. It creates separate wood and foliage meshes under each static group, preserving UVs, colors, normals and assigned materials. It does not weld the parts or bundle texture files. The working graph and its seed are preserved; static copies survive ordinary Rebuild and Clear Generated.

Open the gear-shaped Settings menu next to Auto Layout, then Acceleration. Choose Use Python, Use CPU multithreading, or Use GPU. The GPU submenu lists available devices and Automatic (prefer dedicated GPU).

GPU acceleration handles Dynamics wind and obstacle collisions; Noise, Curvature and other supported kernels run on the CPU. Device discovery may briefly show Finding GPUs… while the available choices are loaded. This choice is independent of Maya viewport settings. Finish an active build before changing acceleration. If a selected backend or device is unavailable, the error is shown and the previous setting is retained.

Settings also contains Add Game Pipeline, Preview Atlas, Export Game, Generate Static Mesh and Clear Generated. The adjacent Help menu opens Documentation in a separate browser window; Version shows the installed ZenGrove version.