Hi,

is there an easy way to attach Geometry to Particles?
I tried to add an Instance Node, but I can't see the objects in Mantra.

Thanks for help

Greets Tom

use the copy sop with the geo to be copied into input one and particle system into input two. That's about it for a basic put this geo onto particles.

s

Hi,

thanks for the input, but I don't really understand what you mean. :cry:

I attached the example with instance node in the POP Net.
I just can't render this geometry in Mantra….


Thanks for help
Tom

Hope this helps. This is pretty basic but you could control how the particles are copied to the geo in a variety of ways with a little investigation.

s

Hi,

thanks a lot for the hint!! I wouldn't have discovered by myself…
Houdini has endless many hidden features, I just know, with Houdini, everything is possible….. but how


Greet Tom

If You want really instances with all their benefits and drawbacks, go to the objecct level select teh particle object and click on the little gear object at the top of the parameter pane, now select edit rendering parameters and search for the parameter “Mantra9.5>Instance>PointInstancing”, drag it to the right tree and click accept

now You got a new paramter Point Instancting at the objectlevel, turn it on and render. now You can see the donuts. by default the parameter is of so the instance information is not piped to mantra.

martin