The Place tab in the Populate panel contains various tools to quickly place and distribute assets in your scenes randomly or systematically and in large or small areas. With the tools in the Place tab, you can paint assets in your scenes, scatter assets on selected geometry, and draw editable splines to create the paths and areas you want to populate.
The Place tab contains the following tools:
Paint tool: Use a paintbrush to place one or more types of assets in the scene.
Scatter tool: Scatter assets randomly on the geometry you select.
Spacing tool: Create editable paths using splines and distribute assets on them.
Area tool: Define custom areas by drawing them with splines and populate them with assets.
Spacing and Area Tools
Get an overview and learn how to use the Spacing and Area tools.