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metaballs are present, such as 2,000 or more. Turn
on this option only when using a particle system
or other object that produces a large number of
metaballs. Default=Off.
Off in V iewpor t—Turns off the d isplay of the
blobmesh in viewports. The blobmesh will still
appearing i n renderings. D efault=Off.
Use S of t S election—If soft selection has been used
on geometry you add to the blobmesh, turning on
this option causes the soft selection to be used for
the size and placement of metaballs. Metaballs
areplacedatselectedverticeswiththesizesetby
the Size parameter. For vert ices that lie within the
falloff set on the geometry’s Soft Selection rollout,
smaller metaballs are placed. For vert ices outside
the falloff, no metaballs are placed. This option has
an effect only if the Vertex sub-object level for the
geometr y is stil l enabled, and Use Soft Selection
on the geometry’s Soft Selection rollout is turned
on. If Use Soft Selection is t urned off either for t he
blobmesh for the geometry, metaballs are placed at
all vertices on the geometry. D efault=Off.
Min Size—Sets the minimum size for metaballs
w ithin the falloff when Use Soft Selection is turned
on. Default=10.0.
Pick —Allows you to pick objects or particle
systems from the screen to add to the blobmesh.
Add—Displays a selection dialog where you ca n
select objects or particle systems to add to the
blobmesh.
Remove—Removes objects or particles from the
blobmesh.
Par ticle Flow Parameters rollout
UsethisrolloutifyouhaveaddedaParticleFlow
system to the blobmesh, and want par t icles to
generate metaballs only during specific events.
Beforeyoucanspecifyeventsonthisrollout,you
must add the Particle Flow system to the blobmesh
on the Parameters rollout.
All Par ticle Flow Events—When turned on, all
Particle Flow Events w ill generate metaballs. When
turned off, only Particle Flow Events specified in
the PFlow Events list will generate metaballs.
Add—Displays a list of PFlow events in the scene so
you can pick events to add to the PFlow Events list.
Remove—Removes the selected event f rom the
PFlow Events list.