Geometry Nodes: Why doesn't this simple randomize scale work?

Question

I'm trying to randomize the x scale of an object and for some reason this setup doesn't work (Blender 3.0 released version).

Does this help? https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/245008/randomizing-values-in-blender-3-0-geometry-nodes — John Eason, Jan 01 '22 at 18:34
Are you trying to randomize the scale of the faces of a single object, or the scale of object instances? With GN this is important to specify as each will have very different answers to the question. Please try to make this a little clearer in your question with an edit. — Timaroberts, Jan 01 '22 at 19:42

healthyfat · Answer 1 · 2023-03-07T11:59:41.977

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Try adding value node. It worked for me.

edited Mar 07 '23 at 11:59

answered Mar 07 '23 at 10:55

healthyfat

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...This is the correct way this task should be solved (except maybe that you should use an integer value instead of float). – quellenform Mar 07 '23 at 13:02
Thanks. Yes. Integer is more suitable here. – healthyfat Mar 07 '23 at 14:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 01 '22 at 19:31

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Here is a workaround. apparently you need instances to use the random value node. I have no idea why. This will give you the same result.

answered Jan 01 '22 at 19:31

Roel Deden

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Thanks! That works :-) Turns out the particle system uses the exact same instance, so there's still no variation. Thanks though, helped a lot! – chippwalters Jan 01 '22 at 21:37
@chippwalters If you want to use instances as workaround, please use the nodes Geometry to Instance and Translate Instances instead (cleaner solution). – quellenform Mar 07 '23 at 12:58

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