glmEmitParticles
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glmEmitParticles command provides a way to create, replace or append a Particle System like the Population Tool does.
glmEmitParticles [-populationTool string] [-replace string] [-append string]
Flags
| Long name (short name) | Argument types | Properties | Description |
| -populationTool (-pt) | string | multi-use | defines the source Population Tool from which Particle System properties are extracted |
| -replace (-rpl) | string | defines the Particle System replaced with the source Population Tool's Particle System. | |
| -append (-app) | string | defines the Particle System append to the source Population Tool's Particle System. |
Return Value
This command returns nothing
MEL Examples
// emit particles from a single populationTool in a particleSystemglmEmitParticles -populationTool "myPopToolShape1" ;// emit particles from several populationTools in a single particleSystemglmEmitParticles -populationTool "myPopToolShape1" -populationTool "myPopToolShape2" -populationTool "myPopToolShape3";// replace particleSystem "particleShape1" with populationTool "myPopToolShape1" particleSystemglmEmitParticles -populationTool "myPopToolShape1" -replace "particleShape1" ;// append particles to particleSystem "particleShape1" with a populationTool "myPopToolShape1" particleSystem particlesglmEmitParticles -populationTool "myPopToolShape1" -append"particleShape1" ;
Python Examples
import maya.cmds as cmds
# emit particles from a single populationTool in a particleSystemcmds.glmEmitParticles(populationTool="myPopToolShape1")# emit particles from several populationTools in a single particleSystemcmds.glmEmitParticles(populationTool=["myPopToolShape1", "myPopToolShape2"])# replace particleSystem "particleShape1" with populationTool "myPopToolShape1" particleSystemcmds.glmEmitParticles(-populationTool="myPopToolShape1", replace="particleShape1")