Deborah R. Fowler

Particle Example — Disintegration using Pyro Source Spread

Posted Mar 8 2024 Updated Apr 26 2026 - restyled

Another method instead of attribute transfer is to use the pyro source spread node. Essentially setting some select points to a group and assigning a temperature value of 1 and running the pyro source spread. This was showcased in the Entagma introduction to some of the then new sparse pyro tools.

I have used this method in a "non-pyro" application often.

Rubiks Cube Pyro Spread Rubiks Cube Spread Lines Spitting Hot Flying Filings Seeing Red Radial Chaos Circular Wave Kinetic Blink Helix Helix of Helixes
Example Files

Below are two example files. The first shows the basic setup for a pyro source spread solver. The second example is from a question that came up in class and Zach Jantz dove into the solver to create a modification to allow points to be added during the simulation, not just on the initial phase.

Example File
disintegratePyroSourceSpreadV1.hipnc
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Example File
disintegratePyroSourceSpreadV2.hipnc
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