Xplode use Thinking Particles for the placement of particles that determines the center pieces.
This allows us to use Thinking Particles nodes for the placement or the emission of particles.
It just so easy with presets to place particles along a spline, a surface or within a volume.
When you press "Preview" the plugin creates a group Thinking Particles called "XplodeGroup.

All particles of this group will be taken into account when cutting the object. Therefore there are two conditions for the particles to be taken into account. They must be part of the group "XplodeGroup" and be in the bouding box of the object.
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