Drop-it, by Andreasaust

Drop-it: A Blender add-on to position meshes on the surface underneath

This is a rehost from Andreasaust's free addon on Gumroad (600+ ⭐ original source)
Where possible, please download from the original source on Gumroad. 🙏

Features

• Drop by Origin
• Collision in Selection
• Added Option: "Affect Only Parents"
• Added Option: "Affect Selected Children"
• Added Option: "Offset Local Z Location"
• Added ShortCut: "V" for the Operator in 3D Viewport
• Drop to ground / surface
• Align to surface normal
• Suported types: mesh / helper objects
• Random (vector up) rotation
• Random (planar) location
• Optimized performance for highpoly meshes

Installation:

download zip file | start Blender | open preferences | switch to the Add-ons tab | click Install button | locate the downloaded drop_it.zip file and double-click it | activate the addon by ticking the checkbox | in object mode select object |  press w or right click on the object | then just Drop It ;)

plugget entry

instructions

• right click mesh
• click drop-it

comunity

• Blender artist discussion

All credit goes to Andreasaust 🙏