xyz coordinated from a point cloud to a particle system

[Anonymous]

I am looking to create a particle system using the xyz coordinates from a point cloud. I've heard I should use a MEL script, but I'm a bit new to MEL. Does anyone have any advice on other methods?

[cheng_xi_li]

Hi,

I am afraid MEL is the best way to do that.

Yours,

Li

[joostkonemann]

Another possibility is to use partIO, which is a tool developed by Walt Disney Animation Studios to convert between various particle file formats. In the past I used it to convert simple xyz ASCII data to a Maya legacy particle cache. Through a goal, you can drive nParticles from a legacy particle system which is run from the cache.

You'll probably need to compile the tools yourself as I don't think a binary is available.

Link to partIO website: https://www.disneyanimation.com/technology/partio.html