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Make particles use 7 instanced objects with no cycling?

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adam8it

adam8it
Posted: 30 March 2010 07:46 AM

Total Posts: 12
Joined: 11 April 2009 04:24 AM

maya 2010

What would be the simplest way to have an instancer assigned to a particle use 7 instanced objects with no cycling. the idea is to create 8 unique meshes then use the instancer to place them and animated them via a particle system

I tried assigning unique parent IDs (0-7) and creating an attribute to assign unique values to but they all get zeroed(blanked)out when I render or restart. I think I missing something basic but cant seem to find the answer in old posts tutorials or in the online ref.

thanks
Adam

Replies: 1

My current work around invloves using cycle in the instancer and setting cycle start o Parrent id. by making the frames longer than the scene it seems to fork for now

Author: adam8it

Replied: 30 March 2010 08:22 AM

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