Debris Dust shelf tool

Creates a simple RBD simulation that emits dust as the pieces break apart.

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Learning from this example

This tool sets up a primary RBD Simulation, which is then used to emit dust on impact. A secondary RBD simulation is also created to generate small-scale debris. It is useful as a template for creating multiple layers of RBD sims and sourcing a pyro simulation from the initial RBD sim.

Pyro and RBD simulation in the viewport. Color space: ACES, Voxels Size: 0.02.

Important Nodes ¶

debris_generator1

The debris_generator1 is a collection of nodes to generate low polygon geometry to use for debris.

debrissource

Both the debris and the dust are created using the debrissource node. This allows for easy control over sourcing from the inside edges of the RBD simulation.

Learning from this example ¶

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Replace `debris_generator1` with custom-made RBD pieces.	Make sure that new RBD pieces have a unique `variant` integer attribute. This decides which pieces will be copied to which points using the `copytopoints1` node.
Change amount of secondary RBDs	Adjust the Density Scale parameter on the debrissource1 node.
Change the size of secondary RBDs	Adjust Min Value and Max Value parameters on the attribadjustfloat1 node to change the `pscale` attribute on the points that the debris will be copied to.
Control how long the dust appears	Adjust the Life Span parameter on debrissource2. These particles are given an `age` attribute and are removed after a specified amount of time.

Debris Dust shelf tool

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