Added Particles to Plane and Plane Disappears when Rendered

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I’m using Windows XP, 1GB RAM, Python 2.4, Blender 2.43.

When I add particles to a plane, the plane is invisible in the render.
Here is the process:
Made plane. Gave it a green material. Added cloud texture. Rendered it. It displayed fine.
I clicked on Physics Button for particles so that I could make grass on this plane. Rendered it - nothing in the render window.
Had 1000 particles, Verts and Faces were selected, Static not selected - nothing in render window.
Selected static. Checked particles settings. Rendered again. Nothing in render window.
Selected Material Button to check alpha. Alpha = 1.

It seems that if I select a plane, apply material, and add texture, it renders.
If I select particles, it does not render.
I deleted the particles and then the plane with texture renders.

Where and what setting is incorrect?

Thanks.

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when you change a plane or any object to particles, the particles emit from the vertices of the object. Faces become irrelevant and are not shown.

3

Hi.
If you want the emiter to render also select the “mesh” button in the particals menu.

Hawka.

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