Copy particles to emitter not working

[Otuama]

The copy particles to emitter command doesn't seem to be working for me.

I've tried different variations but I just get errors.

Can someone look into this?

Maybe I'm being particularly thick.

[LuisMiguel]

Hi Otuama,

It is working. Take a look at the image

luisM.

[Otuama]

Hmmm, thanks. Not sure why it wasn't working for me last night. Must have been half asleep.

One thing you may be able to help me with.

I have some particles (wow):



I have a quick script that simply looks at incremental particles from the main fluid (below). It then adds those particles to the other emitter (without deleting the originals).



Is there any way I can use the copyParticlesToEmitter command in the for loop?

In my other post about particle id's, the issue I'm having with that is that when Rf gets to a new frame it deletes the particles but when it recreates them it recreates them with new id's. So, what was id#1 will be id#88 the next frame. This might make things difficult if instancing in Maya.

It may not be much of a problem but it's annoying me.

If I copy over the particles with the copyParticlesToEmitter command instead, they'll be copied over with the same id. That will make the copied particles easier to manage and will get rid of any potential Maya instancing issues.

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New.removeAllParticles()

increment = 50

pList = []
for particles in range(increment, len(Main.getParticles()) ,increment):
	pList.append(particles)
	
for each in pList:

	getBlobParticle = Main.getParticle(each)

	getBlobPartPos = getBlobParticle.getPosition()

	New.addParticle(getBlobPartPos, Vector.new(0.0,0.0,0.0))

[LuisMiguel]

Hey Otuama,

I don't know if it is possible to do what you want when simulating. I think you should do that in batchscript cause if you are simulating, you'll need to remove the particles before creating the new one. So, I've tested with 2 emitters, circle01 and container, and the function will duplicate the particles and the ids as well so you'll have the same ids for both emitters.

I hope it helps.

luisM.