Re: copying particle setups, do/dont's/tips

["peter boeykens" <peter_b(at)skynet.be>]

indeed adding an emission should do, you can easily change your emission 
parameters and animation per emitter.
but you cant tweak the ptype behaviour individually for the added emission.

timing as such is only tweakable globally on the cloud for start and stop 
frames of the simulation, and on the scene for framerate.

keep in mind that forces are applied per cloud, with, their influences 
tweakable per ptype
obstacles per ptype, (when you apply an obstacle to a cloud it gets applied 
to all ptypes)
that adding a lot of emitters is slower that one complex emitter (eg merge 
all emitter meshes if possible)
and it is generally best not to transform your cloud or model null.

all this to say that sometimes you add an emitter with the same ptype, 
sometimes with a new ptype, sometimes you need to add a new cloud, all 
dependening on what you want to be the same and what you want to be 
different at other places in the scene, and possibly on how you want to 
split this up in rendering...




> Thanks for all the quick replies! Makes an additional lookup in the manual 
> a lot easier :-)
> It's working now.
>
> cheers,
>
> *Rob Wuijster
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> Morten Bartholdy wrote:
> > Rob, if you select your PCloud and go Modify->Particles->Add Emission you 
> > get a Pick Session where you can select your new emitter object. It will 
> > hook up the particle type to that new emitter end be a separate emission 
> > which you can edit.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Morten Bartholdy
> > 3D & VFX Artist
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Wuijster" 
> > <rob.wuijster(at)condor.tv>
> > To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:27 AM
> > Subject: copying particle setups, do/dont's/tips
> >
> >
> > > HI,
> > >
> > > I have made a simple particle setup from grid, and want to copy this 
> > > setup over several places in my scene, adjusting timing on the copies. 
> > > Or is there a way to connect the cloud setup to new emitters, like in 
> > > Maya with the connection editor....
> > > I can remember threads on this, but don't really have the time to delve 
> > > into this atm.... :-(
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > *Rob Wuijster
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