Classes
struct	Source
	the Source of a particle representation (a Node, and its input) More...

Public Types
enum	CollisionFlags : unsigned char { eCollided, eKillParticle }
	Information about particle collisions which is filled in by the ParticleBounce node. More...

enum	ReadResult { eReadNotFound, eReadCorrupt, eReadOK, eReadOutOfDate }

Public Member Functions
	ParticleSystem (int maxParticles=1000000)

	ParticleSystem (const ParticleSystem &particleSystem)=delete

void	operator= (const ParticleSystem &other)

unsigned int	numParticles () const
	The number of particles in the system.

unsigned int	maxParticles () const
	The maximum number of particles which can be created in the system.

int	allocNewParticle (Vector3 position, float startTime, unsigned pathMask)

void	expireParticle (unsigned int i)
	Kill a particles. This will never invalidate the attribute pointers.

void	reset ()
	Reset the whole system back to an empty state.

void	setSystemTime (float time)
	Set the system time. This is the time at the end of the current time step.

float	systemTime () const
	Return the system time. This is the time at the end of the current time step.

void	write (const DD::Image::Hash &h, Op *node)

void	write (const std::string &filename, const DD::Image::Hash &hash, Op *node)

void	doWrite (ImageCacheWriteI f, const DD::Image::Hash &hash, Op node)

ReadResult	read (const DD::Image::Hash &h, Op *node)

ReadResult	read (const std::string &filename, const DD::Image::Hash &hash, Op *node)

ReadResult	doRead (ImageCacheReadI f, const DD::Image::Hash &hash, Op node)

ParticleNodeState *	nodeState (Node node, ParticleNodeStateFactory factory)

Vector3 *	particleInitialPosition ()
	The position at which each particle was initially created.

const Vector3 *const	particleInitialPosition () const

Vector3 &	particleInitialPosition (unsigned idx)

const Vector3 &	particleInitialPosition (unsigned idx) const

Vector3 *	particlePosition ()
	The current position of the particles.

const Vector3 *const	particlePosition () const

Vector3 &	particlePosition (unsigned idx)

const Vector3 &	particlePosition (unsigned idx) const

Vector3 *	particleLastPosition ()
	The previous position of the particles.

const Vector3 *const	particleLastPosition () const

Vector3 &	particleLastPosition (unsigned idx)

const Vector3 &	particleLastPosition (unsigned idx) const

Vector3 *	particleVelocity ()
	The current velocity of the particles (in units/frame)

const Vector3 *const	particleVelocity () const

Vector3 &	particleVelocity (unsigned idx)

const Vector3 &	particleVelocity (unsigned idx) const

Vector3 *	particleSize ()
	The size of the particle (the same units as the position)

const Vector3 *const	particleSize () const

Vector3 &	particleSize (unsigned idx)

const Vector3 &	particleSize (unsigned idx) const

Vector4 *	particleColor ()
	The color of the particles, RGBA.

const Vector4 *const	particleColor () const

Vector4 &	particleColor (unsigned idx)

const Vector4 &	particleColor (unsigned idx) const

Quaternion4f *	particleOrientation ()
	The orientation of each particle.

const Quaternion4f *const	particleOrientation () const

Quaternion4f &	particleOrientation (unsigned idx)

const Quaternion4f &	particleOrientation (unsigned idx) const

Vector3 *	particleRotationAxis ()
	The rotation axis of each particle.

const Vector3 *const	particleRotationAxis () const

Vector3 &	particleRotationAxis (unsigned idx)

const Vector3 &	particleRotationAxis (unsigned idx) const

float *	particleRotationAngle ()
	The rotation angle of each particle around its axis.

const float *const	particleRotationAngle () const

float &	particleRotationAngle (unsigned idx)

const float &	particleRotationAngle (unsigned idx) const

float *	particleRotationVelocity ()
	The rotation velocity of each particle around its axis.

const float *const	particleRotationVelocity () const

float &	particleRotationVelocity (unsigned idx)

const float &	particleRotationVelocity (unsigned idx) const

float *	particleMass ()
	The mass of each particle. Defaults to 1.

const float *const	particleMass () const

float &	particleMass (unsigned idx)

const float &	particleMass (unsigned idx) const

float *	particleLife ()
	The total number of frames that each particle is expected to live for.

const float *const	particleLife () const

float &	particleLife (unsigned idx)

const float &	particleLife (unsigned idx) const

float *	particleExpirationChance ()
	The chance that each particle will die each frame (applied separately from _life)

const float *const	particleExpirationChance () const

float &	particleExpirationChance (unsigned idx)

const float &	particleExpirationChance (unsigned idx) const

float *	particleStartTime ()
	The time at which each particle came alive.

const float *const	particleStartTime () const

float &	particleStartTime (unsigned idx)

const float &	particleStartTime (unsigned idx) const

int *	particleId ()
	A unique particle-ID. Consistent within the lifetime of the particle, and not re-used.

const int *const	particleId () const

int &	particleId (unsigned idx)

const int &	particleId (unsigned idx) const

ParticleChannelSet *	particleChannels ()
	The "channels" on which this particle exist (ie the sets it is part of)

const ParticleChannelSet *const	particleChannels () const

ParticleChannelSet &	particleChannels (unsigned idx)

const ParticleChannelSet &	particleChannels (unsigned idx) const

unsigned int *	particlePathMask ()
	Internal, used to implement ParticleMerge.

const unsigned int *const	particlePathMask () const

unsigned int &	particlePathMask (unsigned idx)

const unsigned int &	particlePathMask (unsigned idx) const

bool *	particleActive ()
	Whether or not this particle exists.

const bool *const	particleActive () const

bool &	particleActive (unsigned idx)

const bool &	particleActive (unsigned idx) const

Source *	particleSource ()

const Source *const	particleSource () const

Source &	particleSource (unsigned idx)

Source const &	particleSource (unsigned idx) const

float *	particleRepresentationFrame ()
	The frame to use from the representation.

const float *const	particleRepresentationFrame () const

float &	particleRepresentationFrame (unsigned idx)

const float &	particleRepresentationFrame (unsigned idx) const

FrameAdvance *	particleFrameAdvance ()
	The advancement mode for the representation frame.

const FrameAdvance *const	particleFrameAdvance () const

FrameAdvance &	particleFrameAdvance (unsigned idx)

const FrameAdvance &	particleFrameAdvance (unsigned idx) const

int *	particleRepresentationFirstFrame ()
	The first frame for which the representation is available.

const int *const	particleRepresentationFirstFrame () const

int &	particleRepresentationFirstFrame (unsigned idx)

const int &	particleRepresentationFirstFrame (unsigned idx) const

int *	particleRepresentationLastFrame ()
	The last frame for which the representation is available.

const int *const	particleRepresentationLastFrame () const

int &	particleRepresentationLastFrame (unsigned idx)

const int &	particleRepresentationLastFrame (unsigned idx) const

BounceInfo *	particleBounceInfo ()
	information about the first bounce for each particle

const BounceInfo *const	particleBounceInfo () const

BounceInfo &	particleBounceInfo (unsigned idx)

const BounceInfo &	particleBounceInfo (unsigned idx) const

float *	particleDeltaT ()
	The time remaining on this frame.

const float *const	particleDeltaT () const

float &	particleDeltaT (unsigned idx)

const float &	particleDeltaT (unsigned idx) const

Vector3	particleMomentum (unsigned idx) const
	The momentum of a particle.

Op *&	particleRepresentation (unsigned idx)
	The representation of each particle (ie a GeoOp or an Iop)

Op *const &	particleRepresentation (unsigned idx) const

Static Public Member Functions
static void	MakeNodeOpMap (Op op, std::map< Node , Op * > &out)

Detailed Description

A particle system consisting of a number of particles, each with a set of attributes such as position, velocity, color etc. The attributes are guaranteed to be stored as consecutive arrays for efficiency. When iterating through the particles, it is far faster to use the methods which return a pointer to the start of the attribute array, than to make a call for every element. e.g. do this: const Vector3* position = particleSystem->particlePosition(); for ( int i : particleSystem ) doSomethingWith( position[i] ); and not this: for ( int i : particleSystem ) doSomethingWith( particleSystem->particlePosition(i) );

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum DD::Image::ParticleSystem::CollisionFlags : unsigned char

Information about particle collisions which is filled in by the ParticleBounce node.

Enumerator
eKillParticle	particle has collided this frame

Member Function Documentation

int DD::Image::ParticleSystem::allocNewParticle	(	Vector3	position,
		float	startTime,
		unsigned	pathMask
	)

Create a new particle. Be aware that this may cause internal arrays to be reallocated and so invalidate any attribute pointers you are holding.

void DD::Image::ParticleSystem::write	(	const DD::Image::Hash &	h,
		Op *	node
	)

Write the entire state of the particle system to the cache.

void DD::Image::ParticleSystem::write	(	const std::string &	filename,
		const DD::Image::Hash &	hash,
		Op *	node
	)

Write the entire state of the particle system to disk.

ParticleSystem::ReadResult DD::Image::ParticleSystem::read	(	const DD::Image::Hash &	h,
		Op *	node
	)

Read the particle system from the cache.

If no cache is found, it returns eReadNodeFound, in which case the particle system has been left in the state it was originally. If all is ok, it returns eReadOK. If the file was corrupt in some way which means that the particle system is now in a potentially invalid state, then it will return eReadCorrupt.

ParticleSystem::ReadResult DD::Image::ParticleSystem::read	(	const std::string &	filename,
		const DD::Image::Hash &	hash,
		Op *	node
	)

Read the entire state of the particle system to disk.

ParticleNodeState * DD::Image::ParticleSystem::nodeState	(	Node *	node,
		ParticleNodeStateFactory *	factory
	)

Find a NodeState for the given node. If one cannot be find, it uses the factory to make one

Source* DD::Image::ParticleSystem::particleSource ( )

The source of each particle (ie a ParticleEmitter or ParticleSpawn) and the input number from that that is used for the representation.

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Detailed Description

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