This compound emits new particles from the surface of a geometry. To use it, you need to plug one or more objects' Value outputs into the Emitter1 port.
Plug the Emit from Surface's Emit output into the ICETree node. This compound should be plugged in to the first port of the ICETree node because you usually need to emit particles before any other node or compound can be evaluated.
For more general information, see Setting Up Any Type of ICE Particle Emission [ICE Particle Simulations].
| Emitter1 |
Plug in the geometry from which you want to emit particles. This must be a geometry with a surface. You can plug multiple geometries into this emitter. |
| Select Rate Type |
The way in which particles are emitted:
See ICE Particle Rate (Amount) [ICE Particle Simulations] for more information. |
| Rate |
The number of particles that are emitted according to the Select Rate Type you selected. Note that in some cases where particles are deleted immediately using one of the Filter compounds (such as Filter by Weight Map) in the Emission Control group, the actual number of particles that are displayed on screen may be less that this Rate value defines. That is because the Filter compounds delete certain particles immediately after they are born. |
| Seed |
This number is used as the basis for the random generation of particles. If two different particle emitters use the same seed, you may get identical results in their emission. Change the seed value to get a different random generation of particles. |
These parameters are the same as the Initial Value parameters in the Emit from Geometry compound.
These parameters are the same as the Direction and Speed parameters in the Emit from Geometry compound.
