Particle Editor#

The Particles Editor allows you to create particle systems by creating a graph of nodes.

Getting started#

To open the Particles Editor. Go to Window -> Particles and click Editor.

If you have a Particle System made you can Right click the Stage -> OmniGraph -> ParticleSystem and select Open Graph in the menu.

The Particles Editor will appear in the same frame as the Content window in a Tab.

Create Particle Graph (plus) button allows you to create a new Particle System Graph.

Edit Particle Graph (pencil) button allows you to edit an existing Particle System Graph.

Note

to edit a particle system using the pencil button you must have the particle system selected in the Stage.

The Node State Control buttons allow you to expose more connections in nodes.

..note :: If you have no nodes selected the Node State Control will affect all nodes.

Node State Control	Description
‘….’	Expand node(s) to their maximum level.
‘…’	Expand node(s) to the preferred level. Default level when node is drag dropped from the node menu.
‘..’	Minimize node(s).
‘.’	Close node(s).

The View menu allows you to automatically frame or layout your node graph.

View Menu	Description
Layout Nodes	Automatically arranges all nodes in the node graph.
Frame All	Focuses selected nodes to the Graph Window frame. If no nodes are selected, focus applies to all nodes.

The Node List Search Bar allows you to filter your search for nodes in the node menu.

The Node List has all of the node options available to the particle editor.

You can Left click drag and drop nodes from the node menu into the Particles Editor Node window.

The Graph Selector button allows you to select any particle system you have created in your stage to edit.

Upon opening the Particles Editor, a pair of options will appear.

From here you can edit or open a particle system using the buttons provided.

The Particles Editor is the surface where you’ll add and connect nodes to create a particle system.

Editor Node Window Navigation	Description
Left Click	Select Node.
Left Click Drag Marquis	Select Multiple Node.
Left Click Drag Pin	Connect Nodes: Drag connector from pin to pin.
Left Click select Node	Drag to move Node.
Middle Mouse Hold	Pan Particles Node editor Frame.
Middle Mouse Wheelscroll	Zoom Particles Node Editor Frame.
Right Mouse Pin	Disconnect a selected pin

To add a Node, search for a node in the Node List and left click drag the node into the Particles Editor.

Editor Node Window Navigation	Description
Left Click	Select Node.
Left Click Drag Marquis	Select Multiple Node.
Left Click Hold Node	Drag to move Node. If multiple nodes are selected, all nodes will move

Node Pin Connectors Navigation	Description
Left Click Drag Pin	Connect Nodes: Drag connector from pin to pin.
Right Click Connected Pin	Disconnect window appears. Select Disconnect to disconnect a connected pin.

Connecting Multiple Nodes	Description
Control Left Click Pin	Allows to connect multiple nodes to a single input pin.

In this example we’ll be adding Sphere_01 prim to the Particles Editor.

1. Go to Stage -> World and Left click select and hold Sphere_01

2. Drag and drop Sphere_01 into the Particle Editor as shown below.

3. A Create Node for Prim window will appear. Left Click on OG prim Node. A sphere_01 prim node will appear in the Particle Editor.

Note

For the Particles Editor you’ll generally use the OG Prim Node option.