Grid Plexus in Niagara

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#1

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Hey again,

Another Instagram inspiration video came to me from Koma.Tebe with their creative pixel and generative design, so I thought I would take a go at it.

Heres is the example of the work from Koma.Tebe:
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The idea is pretty simple. Generate a grid of particles and have a parent particle moving around in space. Then using the parent particles position, use the “is inside sphere” module inside of a scratch pad. From their you do valid checks and then draw lines from the slected positions inside of the spehere radius and the center of the parents position.

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Here are the setup for the Modules I highlighted:

This one is called “PAR Color” in the “Grid - PointVis” emitter.

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This goes into the second emitter:

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This is a module that I took from another system I had made, going off a tutorial from Tharles VFX, I beleive, to keep the partent particle in a selected space.

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Anyways, I had fun making this and maybe this will help or inspire someones work.
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As always, thanks for looking and please write if you have any questions.

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#2

Thanks for the good inspiration. Very good .

#3

Oh wow, that’s so cool! Thanks for sharing this :slight_smile:

#4

What node is the Draw BOX of this module that I can’t find，Is there a video tutorial,Thanks

#5

i think you’re looking for the “Spawn in Grid” and “grid location” module.

#6

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Sorry, I just learned niagara, I don’t know how to search for this Draw Box node

#7

oh, I see, well thats inside of the ScratchPad I made. Have you learned much about creating your own Scratch Pads or Niagara Modules?

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Debug visuals are kind of strange in that you first need to add a “DebugDraw” parameter in your GetMap. After that you should then be able to see the “Draw Bow”, as well as some other debugging visualizers.

Hope this helps.

#9

Thank you very much for your help.
I just started to learn the niagara system, and I am not very familiar with the knowledge of Scratch Pads or Niagara Modules.
I want to learn about your great effect, but it is not easy for me to just start learning. There are still a lot of things to learn, including Scratch Pads or Niagara Modules you said,
do you have any good recommendations for learning this,
thank you again, have a nice day!