Connect emitters and particles

 
 
 

There are several techniques for connecting emitters and particles:

To connect a particle object to an emitter

  1. Select the particle object you want to connect to the emitter.
  2. Shift-click the emitter (or the object that owns it). If you are selecting the emitter in the Outliner, use Ctrl-click (Windows and Linux) or Command-click (Mac OS X) to make a non-contiguous selection.
  3. Select Particles > Use Selected Emitter.

To create an empty particle object

  1. Select Particles > Particle Tool > to display the options window.
  2. Enter 0 in the Number of Particles box and press (Windows and Linux) or (Mac OS X).
  3. Move the pointer to the workspace and press or .

    This creates an empty particle object in the Outliner.

To add an existing emitter to an object

  1. Select the object and shift-select the emitter.
  2. Select Particles > Emit from Object.

    The emitter becomes indented under the object in the Outliner. Moving the position of the object moves the position of the emitter.