Particles

Overview

The Particle System is a set of operators implemented as OmniGraph nodes and other tools for simulating and rendering of particle effects. This page contains documentation for the Particle System including a Getting Started, a User Interface and Tutorials.

Basics

• Getting Started
  • Extensions
  • Particle Reset/Toggle Tool
  • Sources
• Templates
• Particle Material
  • Material Parameters

Particles Editor

• Particle Editor
  • Getting started
  • Editor UI
  • Particles Editor Navigation

Nodes

• Core Particle System Nodes
  • Emitter Node
  • Solver Node
  • State prim
  • Euler Angles to Quaternions Node
  • Merge Particle Node
  • Simulation Space Node
• Field Nodes
  • Destroy Field
  • Direction Field
  • Drag Field
  • Noise Field
  • Radial Field
  • Vortex Field
• ST Panner Node
  • St Panner Parameters
• Collider Node
  • Collider
  • Collider Collision Settings
  • Collider Source Primitive
• Ramp Modulator Node
  • Ramp Modulator Valid Parameters
  • Ramp Modulator UI
  • Ramp Modulator Node Parameters
• Output Generator Nodes
  • Geometry Replicator Node
  • Point Instancer Node
  • Visualizer Node
  • Flow Emitter Output Node
  • Point Cloud Flow Emitter Node
  • Path Node
  • Prototype Node
  • Sprite Node

Tutorials

• Tutorial 1: Create a Geometry Replicator Particle System
  • 1a) Create a basic particle system
  • 1b) Adding St Panners
  • 1c) Adding Field
  • 1d) Using Ramp Modulators
• Tutorial 2: Create a point instancer particle system with a collider
  • 2a) Create a point instancer particle system
  • 2b) Change the Sprite to a Mesh
  • 2c) Using Colliers
• Tutorial 3: Create a Particle System trailing a Particle Source
  • 3a) Create a trailing particle system
  • 3b) Particle System Source Tweaks
  • 3c) Particle System Trail Tweaks
  • 3d) Particle System Source: Add A Noise Field
• Tutorial 4: Create a Particle System with Flow
  • Flow emitters and particle systems
• Tutorial 5: Create a particle system in Particle Graph Editor
  • Create a basic particle system in the Particle Graph Editor
  • Bonus: Particle System setup in the Graph Editor graphics