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Particle Flow Source 135
Use Script Wiring—
Lets you u se a script to specify
certain parameters in the Force operator (page
2–204) and Keep Apart operator (page 2–172).
This command appears only when you right-click
either of the spe cified, highlighted operators in an
event.
Co mment s—Lets you add comments to each act ion
and event, and view existing comments. Available
only when the mouse cursor is over an action or
the title bar of a n event.
Choosing Comments opens a window for entering
text f rom the keyboard. B e gin typing, and click
OK to finish. A commented event or action has a
red triangle near its name to indicate the presence
of the comment. You can click this triangle to open
the comment.
Commented actions; click the triangle to view a comment.
Note: A comment is specific to the act ion or event
to which it’s applied. If you copy a commented
event or action, the comment is not included in
the copy, because it’s probably not applicable to
the copy.
Pan—Switches to the Pan tool. Drag in the event
display to change the v iew; right-click to exit.
Available only when you click over an empty area
of the event display.
Zoom—Switches to the Zoom tool. Drag upward
in the event display to zoom in, and downward to
zoom out; right-click to exit. Available only when
you click over an empty area of the event display.
Zoom Reg ion —Switches to the Zoom Region tool.
Drag a rectangle in the event display to spe cify the
area to zoom into; right-click to exit. Available
only when you click over an empty area of the
event display.
Pa rti cle Flow S o ur ce
Add a Par ticle Flow system to the scene. > Create panel
Select a PF Source icon. > Modify panel
Particle View (page 2–125) > Click a global event (title bar).
> Parameters panel
TheParticleFlowsourceistheviewporticonfor
each flow (page 3–942), and also serves as the
default emitter. By default, it appears as a rectangle
w ith a central logo (see above illustration), but you
can change its shape and appearance using the
controls described below.
When you select a source icon in the v iewport,
the Particle Flow emitter-level rollouts appear
on the Modify panel. Alt ernatively, click the title
bar of a global event in Particle View to highlight
it, and to access the emitter-level rollouts from
the parameters panel on the right side of the
P article View dialog. Use these controls for setting
global attributes, such as icon properties and the
maximum amount of p articles in the flow.