Particles To Point Geometry
Updated: 15 Feb 2025
Renders particles as raytraced spheres.
Particles To Point Geometry
Method #
This node renders a raytraced sphere for all particles. Although it is not geometry like a primitive, the sphere will correctly simulate lighting and material shading the same way as a 3D object, and a Material node can be added for greater control.
For a particle system that only needs small points or spheres, this node can be faster and higher quality. for a wide variety of shapes, use the Particle Cloner node.
Emissive Materials can be connected, but will not emit lighting. If needed, look at a Particle Cloner workflow instead.
Parameters
These properties control the core behaviours of the node.
Parameter Details Particle Use Amount Percentage of particles that can be used by the node.
Point Size Edit the size of the particles once they are rendered.
Point Size Randomness Control the randomness in size of the particles.
Luminance Control the luminance of the rendered particles.
Luminance Randomness Control how much randomness is in the luminance of the rendered particles.
These properties control how the geometry is rendered into the scene.
Parameter Details Visible Control whether the node is visible or not to the scene.
Seen By Rays TBC
Preview the objects material in the viewport.
These properties control how the surface of the generated mesh reacts to light in the scene. See Materials for a breakdown of all these properties individually.
Inputs
These properties control the core behaviours of the node.
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Particle Use Amount | Percentage of particles that can be used by the node. |
| Point Size | Edit the size of the particles once they are rendered. |
| Point Size Randomness | Control the randomness in size of the particles. |
| Luminance | Control the luminance of the rendered particles. |
| Luminance Randomness | Control how much randomness is in the luminance of the rendered particles. |
These properties control how the geometry is rendered into the scene.
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Visible | Control whether the node is visible or not to the scene. |
| Seen By Rays | TBC |
Preview the objects material in the viewport.
These properties control how the surface of the generated mesh reacts to light in the scene. See Materials for a breakdown of all these properties individually.
| Name | Description | Typical Input |
|---|---|---|
| Material | TBC | TBC |
| Rendered Emitters | TBC | TBC |
| Transform Modifiers | TBC | TBC |
| Target Node | TBC | TBC |
| Local Transform Override | TBC | TBC |
| Position X | TBC | TBC |
| Position Y | TBC | TBC |
| Position Z | TBC | TBC |
| Rotation Heading | TBC | TBC |
| Rotation Pitch | TBC | TBC |
| Rotation Bank | TBC | TBC |
| Scale X | TBC | TBC |
| Scale Y | TBC | TBC |
| Scale Z | TBC | TBC |
| Get World Position X | TBC | TBC |
| Get World Position Y | TBC | TBC |
| Get World Position Z | TBC | TBC |
| Luminance Randomness | TBC | TBC |
| Sort Key Value | TBC | TBC |
| Particle Use Amount | TBC | TBC |
| Point Size | TBC | TBC |
| Point Size Randomness | TBC | TBC |
| Luminance | TBC | TBC |
| Visible | TBC | TBC |
| Seen By Rays | TBC | TBC |
| Colour R | TBC | TBC |
| Colour G | TBC | TBC |
| Colour B | TBC | TBC |
| Colour A | TBC | TBC |
| Colour | TBC | TBC |
| Specular Colour R | TBC | TBC |
| Specular Colour G | TBC | TBC |
| Specular Colour B | TBC | TBC |
| Specular Colour A | TBC | TBC |
| Specular Colour | TBC | TBC |
| Rim Lighting Colour R | TBC | TBC |
| Rim Lighting Colour G | TBC | TBC |
| Rim Lighting Colour B | TBC | TBC |
| Rim Lighting Colour A | TBC | TBC |
| Rim Lighting Colour | TBC | TBC |
| Absorption Colour R | TBC | TBC |
| Absorption Colour G | TBC | TBC |
| Absorption Colour B | TBC | TBC |
| Absorption Colour A | TBC | TBC |
| Absorption Colour | TBC | TBC |
| Shadow Catcher Colour R | TBC | TBC |
| Shadow Catcher Colour G | TBC | TBC |
| Shadow Catcher Colour B | TBC | TBC |
| Shadow Catcher Colour A | TBC | TBC |
| Shadow Catcher Colour | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse Coat R | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse Coat G | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse Coat B | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse Coat A | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse Coat | TBC | TBC |
| Brightness | TBC | TBC |
| Specular Intensity | TBC | TBC |
| Alpha | TBC | TBC |
| Metallicness | TBC | TBC |
| Roughness | TBC | TBC |
| Specular Falloff | TBC | TBC |
| Specular Anisotropy | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse Fresnel | TBC | TBC |
| Emissiveness | TBC | TBC |
| Density | TBC | TBC |
| Glow | TBC | TBC |
| Baked Diffuse Intensity | TBC | TBC |
| Alpha Sort Bias | TBC | TBC |
| Normal Map Intensity | TBC | TBC |
| Normal Smoothness | TBC | TBC |
| Smoothing Angle | TBC | TBC |
| Motion Blur Velocity Scale | TBC | TBC |
| Displacement | TBC | TBC |
| Displacement Offset | TBC | TBC |
| Rim Lighting Intensity | TBC | TBC |
| Rim Lighting Falloff | TBC | TBC |
| Subsurface Scatter Radius | TBC | TBC |
| Subsurface Weight | TBC | TBC |
| Parallax Amount | TBC | TBC |
| UV Scale X | TBC | TBC |
| UV Scale Y | TBC | TBC |
| UV Offset X | TBC | TBC |
| UV Offset Y | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse UV Scale X | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse UV Scale Y | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse UV Offset X | TBC | TBC |
| Diffuse UV Offset Y | TBC | TBC |
| Texture Mip Bias | TBC | TBC |
| Refraction IOR | TBC | TBC |
| Aberration | TBC | TBC |
| Transparent Diffuse | TBC | TBC |
| Absorption | TBC | TBC |