Particle Hair Guides

An addon for Blender 3D 2.79 and 2.80 to generate randomized particle hair form meshes, curves and nurbs. Please select the git branch according to your Blender version.

Usage

• 1. Create some strands as source:
  • Mesh: Hair roots will be at the edges marked as seams
  • or bezier curves: Handle type must not be "Vector" and Curve > Geometry > Extrude defines the width of the ribbons (must be greater than zero)
  • or nurbs surfaces: Hair roots will be at an orange edge and be parallel to the magenta edges
• 2. Make sure all strands have the same number of vertices from the root to the tip (must be at least 2).
• 3. Select this source mesh and then additionally select the target object (particle emitter) so it becomes active.
• 4. Add to or select an existing a particle system in the emitter object.
• 5. Make sure the particle system settings are set to type "Hair" (not "Emitter").
• 6. Search "Particle Hair" and apply the operator.
• 7. Tweak the operators options.