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ParticleToGeo

With ParticleToGeo, you can create 3D geometry for particles in specific channels. If you have a 3D geometry object connected anywhere in your particle stream, ParticleToGeo node duplicates that geometry at each particle.

Inputs and Controls

Connection Type	Connection Name	Function
Input	particles	The particle system for which you intend create particle geometry.

Control (UI)	Knob (Scripting)	Default Value	Function
ParticleToGeo Tab
display	display	unchanged	Adjust the display characteristics of the particles. These settings don’t affect the render output of the scene; these are for display purposes only in the 3D Viewer. • off - hides the particles. • wireframe - displays only the outlines of the particle. • solid - displays all particles with a solid color. • solid+wireframe - displays the particles as solid color with the particles outlines. • textured - displays only the surface texture. • textured+wireframe - displays the wireframe plus the surface texture. • unchanged - doesn't change the particles display mode. The Viewer can override this setting.
selectable	selectable	enabled	When enabled, you can select the particles in the Viewer by clicking on them.
render	render_mode	unchanged	Sets how the particles will render. This control is independent from the display selection, but has the same settings.
channels	channels	all	Sets which particles are assigned geometry by channel. For example, the default all assigns geometry to particles in all channels.
align mode	align	none	Sets the way sprite (non geometry) particles are aligned: • none - particles are not aligned. • spin - particles are aligned according to their rotation. • velocity - particles are aligned according to their velocity.