The Standard Emitter helper node is used to create positional and rotational
information for particle generators or particles in general. The main
use of this helper node is in conjunction with the TD-Tool to supply a
position when an Emitter is used for a Custom created particle system.
When connected properly, this helper node creates particles in a random
manner on the area or volume as defined in Emitter Type.
ON - (Bool) This input data
stream determines whether the operator is considered 'on' or 'off.' You
can connect other operators to this input channel such as a Bool
Helper to activate/deactivate the whole operator.
Time - (Time) This input data stream is used to define the local
time for the operator when the user wants to override the default system
time.
Node - (Node) This input data stream is used to get the selected
object to pull the position data from.
Particle - (Particle) This input data stream reads in a selected
particle Group that is to interact or be placed on the surface of the
selected node.
Alignment - (Alignment) This input data stream reads in an alignment
value from a particle Group or other operator and uses it's value to interpolate
the X, Y and Z axis direction components for use in other operators.
Position - (Scalar) sets the position of the Emitter
Type - (Integer) sets the Emitter type
X - (Size) sets the X Size of the Emitter
Y - (Size) sets the Y Size of the Emitter
Z - (Size) sets the Z Size of the Emitter
World Position - (Position)
outputs the positional information from the Emitter in absolute world
space coordinates. For each particle a new world space position will be
created, so that an area (e.g. Rectangle) will emit particles.
World Normal - (Normal) outputs the surface normal data of the
Emitter in world space for each single particle on the surface when it
is created. So if the emitter is moved and rotated, the particle creation
will follow accordingly.
Alignment - (Alignment) outputs the alignment of the Emitter for
other nodes and rules to act upon.
Object Position - (Normal) outputs the position of the emitter
in object space in relation to its center or pivot point.
Object Normal - (Normal) outputs data of the Emitter's surface
normal information for use by other nodes. The data supplied is in local
object space.
Normalized Position - (Position) outputs the normalized position
of the Emitter the values will be between 0 and 1 and represent the distances
to the center of the emitter.
Type - lets you select between 5 different emitter types.
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Point - creates
a point emitter for particles Circle - when selected, a Circular particle emission will take place Rectangle - choose this option to create a rectangular area were particles emit from this area. Box - when selected, a BOX volume will be used to emit particles from Sphere - choose this option to emit particles from a spherical volume |
X-Size - outputs the Size
value of the emitter for the X-Axis
Y-Size - represents the Size value of the emitter for the Y-Axis
Z-Size - outputs the Size value of the emitter for the Z-Axis
Find below a suggested use of the StdEmitter Helper node. The custom particle
system created by the TD-Tool shown below has an emitter option for easy
creation of the particle emitters. All the positional information is fed
into the StdEmitter Helper node.
The above particle system is created form the TD-Tool, the outcome will
look similar the illustration shown below.
