Tetrapod

This recreation of a concrete tetrapod comes with multiple textures including specularity and bump mapping. You can copy and paste it all you want its pretty sweet. Each one is one prim unless you activate prim based physics mesh then each one becomes 4 prims a piece. I recommend keeping it on convex hull for large builds.

Background on Tetrapods:

In coastal engineering, a tetrapod is a tetrahedral concrete structure used as armour unit on breakwaters. A tetrapod's shape is designed to dissipate the force of incoming waves by allowing water to flow around rather than against it, and to reduce displacement by allowing a random distribution of tetrapods to mutually interlock.

Earlier barrier material used in breakwaters, such as boulders and conventional concrete blocks, tended to become dislodged over time by the force of the ocean constantly crashing against them. Tetrapods and similar structures are often numbered so any displacement that occurs can be monitored from photographs.

The unit was originally developed in 1950 by Laboratoire Dauphinois d'Hydraulique (now Sogreah) in Grenoble, France. They are no longer protected by a patent, and are widely used all over the world, produced by many contractors.

• It's made of concrete and stops erosion!
• Appears in all your favorite animes!!
• Can be used in all builds!!
• Copy and Mod