xpTrail will generate splines from the path of the particles during the animation.

The splines can then be used to generate other objects, such as in a Sweep object, or rendered with the X-Particles material.


General tab

Mode

Set as Particle Trail, by default the xpTrail object has two modes with different parameter settings.

The alternative is Object Trail.

Particle Trail

Creates particle trails from an X-Particles emitter.

xpTrail_XP_v01.mp4

This animation demonstrates the Mode setting of Particle Trail.

Object Trail

Creates trails from an object in the scene.

xpTrail_Objects_v01.mp4

With Cloner_Spheres dropped in the Object field, this animation shows the effect of the Mode being set as Object Trail.


Particle Trail mode parameters