xpConsole enables you to see several data items at once for one, several, or all particles.

The emitter head-up display (HUD) enables the display of certain particle data.

However, only one data item can be seen at a time, from a limited subset of the available data and even a relatively small number of particles can hugely slow down the viewport playback.

xpConsole is extremely fast and will not slow down the viewport, even with large particle numbers.

Particle Data tab

The User Interface (UI) for xpConsole, Particle Data tab, on opening.

At the top of the window there are two tabs.

The data is shown in the Particle Data tab.

By default this is empty since no emitter has been provided and only the two default data items - the particle ID number (PID) and particle age are shown.

Emitter for Output

Emitter, Get Active Emitter, Lock Emitter

To display any particle data you first need to select an emitter.

You can do this by dragging an emitter from the object manager into the Emitter link field.

Alternatively, if an emitter is selected in the Objects Manager, you can click the Get Active Emitter button and the console will find the selected emitter and set the link for you.