{"id":239,"date":"2017-06-23T18:58:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=239"},"modified":"2017-06-25T21:47:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T20:47:27","slug":"create-particles-utility","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide\/particle-flocker-ui\/menus\/utilities\/create-particles-utility","title":{"rendered":"Create Particles Utility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Create Particles Utility is a handy built-in utility for quickly creating sets of particles within a predefined bounding range. You can access the utility by opening the <strong>Utilities<\/strong> menu at the top of the <a href=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide\/particle-flocker-ui\">Particle Flocker Window<\/a> and selecting the <strong>Create Particles Utility<\/strong> menu item.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtilityMenu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtilityMenu.jpg 362w, https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtilityMenu-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The options for the utility are shown and described below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-243\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtility2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtility2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtility2-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Option<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Particle Type<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Select from either nParticles or Legacy Particles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Number of Particles<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Choose how many particles to generate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bounding Range<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Set the size of the bounding range in world space within which to generate the particles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1 from cache -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to creating particles the utility also sets some defaults on the created particle nodes to ensure correct simulation results:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Disables collisions on nParticles<\/li>\n<li>Disables gravity on nParticles<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The utility itself is very simple to use. Simply choose the options you want and press the Make Particles button once you are ready.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234\" src=\"http:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtility.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtility.jpg 870w, https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtility-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateParticlesUtility-768x335.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":236,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"doc_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/239\/revisions\/281"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/236"}],"next":[{"title":"Assign To Selected","link":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide\/particle-flocker-ui\/menus\/utilities\/assign-to-selected","href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/documentation.particleflocker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}