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title: "Surface Random"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/NET_MAXON_NEUTRON_NODE_DISTRIBUTION_GEOMETRY_POLYRANDOM.html"
section_path: "The Node Editor > The individual Assets > Distribution > Surface Random"
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description: "This page documents the Surface Random distribution node of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It scatters positions randomly across a geometry's …"
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# Surface Random

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **Surface Random distribution node** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It scatters positions randomly across a geometry's surface — the basic random-scatter source for node-based cloning.

This function is calculating a random based distribution along the surface of a geometry.

![Image: 045796.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/045796.jpg)\
A random looking distribution on a landscape object

[![Image: halvar.png](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/halvar.png)](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Scenes/R25_Distribution_Surface_Random.c4d)