Cell Fracture tool always divides the object into 8 pieces

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I just installed the tool because I was going to use it for my glass-shattering animation.
But when I actually tried to use it, no matter the setting or the number in the source limit, it always divides the object into 8 pieces. I don’t know how to fix this…

I just created an account for this problem, but since new users can’t post attachments, I’ll just share that I was meant to divide it into a hundred pieces, and the glass is 0.1 meters thick. Can someone help me? qwq

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I don’t know exactly because it’s not a tool I use often.

Please refer to the attached video below.

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Welcome :tada:…

You might increase the Noise value for this subdivision in the Cell Fracture dialog…

CellFracNoise

So it will distribute a bit more random…

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Thank you for welcomeing me!~ ^^"

I did that already, but it doesn’t divide the pieces into 100… (it still divides by 8)

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Hmm… you might show your settings (Mine is in 3.6…) ?? Or even share a file… so someone else can have a look too ?? Maybe using Random insted of Small or Big… ?

( You did apply scale to you object ? )

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Here is a video of me doing cell fracture, but alas…

My version of Blender is the current one (4.4.3)

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What do you use for the fracturing effect?

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you have to add a particle system to use the own particles mode effectively.

Add a particle system with 100 particles:

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Then the cell fracture tool should work as expected:

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It worked! Thank you~

But why is this the case? (Like, are there any other options? (that involve the annotation pencil, specifically))

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There are many things I don’t know in detail because it’s a function I don’t use very well. :sweat_smile:

The way you destroy objects can change shape with optional settings.
The video attached above also has a description of the function.
※ For detailed option settings, see the video that explains the features of Cell Fracture

And the amount of objects that are being destroyed is
I think it depends on the edge configuration of the basic objet.
I set 100 for the test.

It appears to be the number of objects that can be created between each vertex from the entered value.

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Ok, take your object and draw on it using the annotation tool, set to surface mode:
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You’ll need to add a new annotation layer, the default notes layer doesn’t seem to work:
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now run cell fracture set to annotation pencil mode:
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This will generate center points for the fragments along the annotation lines and fracture out from there:
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