Locators to particles

[eric-hanson--2]

I have 27k locators from photogrammetry, and would like to convert them to particles, any suggs? I think it might be a simple mel script, but I don't code. Thx!

[joojaa]

Its more efficient in python (mel would be dead slow)

Python Script to turn all locators to particles in one particle object

import maya.cmds as cmds
 
pos = map(
          cmds.pointPosition,
          cmds.ls(type='locator')
         )
cmds.particle( p=pos ) # or nParticle

[eric-hanson--2]

Works like a champ, huge thanks Joojaa!